Rock Bottom: How the 2023 Oakland A’s Became the Worst Team in MLB History…
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- Опубликовано: 21 май 2023
- In this video I talk about how the 2023 Oakland Athletics became one of the worst teams MLB has ever seen and arguably the most pathetic franchise in all of sports…
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Predict the A's record for this season.
42-120
47-115
47-115
43-119
40-122
You forgot to mention that while they were tearing the team apart last year, they doubled the cost of parking, almost doubled seat prices, eliminated vendors while also raising concessions, and took away a lot of the perks for season ticket holders
Yep
That sounds absurd that they would raise ticket and concession prices, when no one goes to the games.
@@carlpacquing2575 Someone who is trying to drive the fans away so they can use them as an excuse to leave and pin the blame on them
sounds like they're saying f u to oakland because they've decided to move to vegas
Because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9
So unfortunate that such a solid development staff is completely wasted on a team that does not keep any of the players they develop, other teams would do anything to develop talent like Oakland did in the 2010s
This team would have been deadly. Instead all Oakland got was dogshit
so Oakland is just a training center for other teams?
They actually haven’t drafted well or developed anyone significant that they’ve drafted in some time. They’re recent trades haven’t been wins either. Their current GM is awful.
When WILL U OWN IT? You cant pay talent with empty seats, nor can you make long term commitments with the lowest attendance in MLB!!!
You prefer the Owner to go BK for a short run of games and demolish his franchise...long-term. The A's are great at finding young talent and then developing it... To bad the Oakland drifters can't SHOW UP! the blame falls to all including MLB that makes it an unfair game if you cant put fans in the SEATS!
@@Fractalsandie I’m a white Sox fan and we traded Marcus Semien(who wasn’t any good or even highly touted at all) and Chris Bassitt(who was young but wasn’t showing a whole lot) for Jeff Samardzija, at the time seemed like a steal, but then Oakland took those two guys and turned them into great players for years. Then when it came time to pay them, they got rid of them for nothing because the owner’s cheap.
Thank you Fisher. I hope you are proud of this embarrassment. There has never been a cheaper, penny pinching owner in the history of baseball than you. Good riddance!
Don’t even sarcastically thank him. He is spineless enough to just take the compliment and go
I would say Fisher ranks up there with Yawkey, Margie Schott and Charles Comiskey for cheapness
Billionaires are all parasites. Fisher is just more obvious about it than many
Makes you pine for the days of Finley.
The sad thing is, he is probably fine with the current state of the franchise because it allows him to leave Oakland with little drawbacks as the team has angered fans so much. This was likely by design.
RIP Oakland sports. My condolences to their passionate fans. Truly sad, they deserved better.
Thanks, we do deserve better. But the college football season always cheers me up when I get to watch little brother get stomped around 🤣
How many teams must we all watch leave before we start to think maybe there just isn’t enough fan support. Granted all Oakland teams were ass before leaving
The Warriors, The Raiders and now the A's and at one time the Golden Seals.
Reminds me of what happened in Montreal. In 1994 the Expos had the best record in baseball and then the MLB strike hit and the season ended. Following this, the ownership in Montreal basically had a "garage sale" of all their best players and the city of Montreal would not help build a new ballpark so the team ultimately moved to Washington.
@Ryan Draper Act like you'd be comfortable spending money to hang out in a dilapidated stadium that smells like piss and shit to watch a team you know is just going to disappoint you worse than your first date because the owner is literally too rich to care about what fans want. Honestly who can blame A's/Raiders fans for staying away?
A's used to be a team everyone looked up to as intelligent, gritty, etc. They seemed to always hover around 90+ wins somehow through shrewd management and good fundamentals. Now we have.... this. Its very sad really.
They were invincible when I became a fan of them in my childhood. I was 13 in '89 when they went against the Giants (my NL favs at the time). It was exciting and yet it felt like the worst thing because I would lose no matter who won, but there ended up being an earthquake at the start of Game 4 that forced me to reevaluate my idea of the "worst thing." The Bash Brothers, Ricky F*cking Henderson, Carney Lansford, Dave Stewart went like 21-4, Dennis Eckersley was literally invincible in the 9th inning, and this is really only the top of the iceberg. I'd have to study the team again but I know there's a lot more to talk about. And that was just one year out of a multi-year run.
The ownership of the A’s has done this intentionally to get MLB to approve a move. They ran that team into the ground so the attendance would suffer thus giving them a reason to move the team.
It’s a tragedy really that MLB sat back and let it happen. When the A’s move to Vegas it will be a completely different team that will be spending money and trying to compete.
Just like the Raiders. Its the movie Major League in real life. Face it nobody wants to stay in Oakland. Its a crime ridden ghetto shithole.
Exactly. Who in their right mind would raise their ticket prices after going just 60-102 the previous season? Someone who is trying to keep the attendance low so they can move out of Oakland. It is really a sad situation. The city is going to lose the A's, Warriors and Raiders in under a decade.
Couldn't MLB have fined the Oakland ownership heavily for tanking their team so BLATANTLY?!
@David Harrison The MLB is basically just a collection of the owners, and the commissioner works for the owners. Naturally MLB won't retaliate against the A's ownership because they don't disagree with why they are doing it. Nobody likes the current stadium situation, and since the city won't pay for a new stadium, that they'd almost certainly lose money on, the league supports the owner's decision to move. Often times the owners can't move unless they drop below a certain attendance level, so they are trying to drive down attendance. The league isn't built to stop owners from doing what they want, it's built to settle disputes between the owners and to make money.
No. they give them revenue sharing instead.
I feel so bad for the 17 A's fans left. If you're still an A's fan at this point, I salute you for your dedication to a team who has shown no reciprocity in loyalty to you. You deserve better.
who's your team?
@@QuadCloudNine Boston. It's like a constant rollercoaster the past decade or so. One minute they're on top, next minute they're in last. Can't complain in comparison to the A's fans' experience, other than Chaim Bloom who seems to be doing his best to destroy the city. That is something we share in common: front office that isn't willing to spend unless we bring pitchforks to the stadium.
@@SconnerStudios Cool. Solid team. I think the Red Sox were right there with the A's in terms of moneyball tactics. Ya, ownership of the A's sucks, but otherwise being an A's fan is great. They are usually the underdog which is kinda cool, the fans are awesome, announcers are great, and they are still better than most teams. Since 2000, I think the A's have made the playoffs 11 times, which is pretty good, but I wish they went deeper.
Oakland has the most loyal fans in all of American sports
thanks for appreciating us 🙏
The As are to blame for the relocation. The city has offered the As more money to build the stadium, on more acres of land, on waterfront property, while also offering to pay for the stuff outside of the stadium, AND help pay for the stadium itself with more money that Nevada has offered. The As had made proposals to 3 different sites in Oakland with no effort. The As have not been negotiating in good faith. And Vegas law makers seem to already be tired of the team. Notice how NOT ONE SINGLE PROTOTYPE OF THE STADIUM HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED IN VEGAS. The city said that a deal was already 90% done, and there was a summit to be held, yet the As never showed up. They said that they were never leaving Oakland, yet MADE MULTIPLE BINDING AGREEMENTS TO BUY LAND IN VEGAS. On top of that, the As and Oakland signed an agreement to not talk about the new stadium, yet the As had the audacity to say that the city never supported the new stadium because they never said anything. Fisher is a joke. Fisher did this. #SellTheTeam #FisherOut
I truly hope the A's don't leave man. I'm a Giants fan, but still support and like the A's. The fans and the city doesn't deserve this. Fisher needs to sell the damn team.
No offense... but Oakland is a shithole. The value of the A's increases $1B just by moving OUT of Oakland. Seriously... what compelling argument is there to stay? The lackluster support by fans - (and again, no offense, nothing personal but the attendance is not very good and frankly never has been)? The scintillating relationship with that hot mess of a city government? And - for the third time, no offense - but Oakland isn't the most prestigious town to slap on your merchandise. Now all of this is not necessarily the A's OR Oakland's fault... a lot of the problem is California - where every civil engineering project costs 3 times as much and takes 3 times longer than planned, not to mention a populace who's sole purpose in life is to grind every attempt at progress or improvement to a halt. I've lived in the SF Bay Area for 60 years and have no illusions about this place. It's best years are behind it and everyone knows it. It's still a good place to call home if you're established here and lived here for multiple generations, but the only reason to come here now is the hope of some of that AI money. And the weather's pretty good.
The whole situation is just so sad, if ownership cared A’s fans have showed they’re the best in baseball
I’m hoping y’all’s protests will keep the team in Oakland
@@chriswolf1089 owners and mlb are to blame. they’ve been plotting the move to vegas for a while.
@@Edwurrd_ no the owners are only half the problem the Oakland City council is the other problem the council thought that the Coliseum didn't need a renovation plus the A's are Philadelphia's team and they haven't played there for 70 years
@@chriswolf1089 The A's moved out of Philadelphia because the Phillies are Philadelphia's team...
@@HMDHEGD nah until Mack retired the Atheltics were Philly's team they still have the most championships in Philly's history with 5 and the Atheltics moved cause the MLB wanted a team in westwards and the Phillies were named for the City of Philly plus the Oakland Phillies doesn't sound well.
13:56 Fact Check: The City of Oakland has never voted down an A’s stadium. It has never gone to a public referendum or city council vote. All ballpark pursuits have failed because of different reasons, and often outside Oakland city limits.
Source?
@@bamafan5099 There isn’t a source if something didn’t happen 🤪. You’re supposed to find a citation of the vote happening if you want to counter. Everything I said above are objective facts.
As a Oakland Native, the city wanted to build a new stadium for the A’s. They were interested in Howard’s Terminal which would’ve completely revitalized Oakland. However the A’s owner, John Fisher, refused to pay property taxes and kept delaying his decision. The Oakland mayor has come out in public showing their support of keeping the A’s in Oakland. I say this because you noted that the city of Oakland didn’t want to build them a new stadium… just a correction. Great video!
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This. Oakland wants them to have a new stadium but isn't willing to let Fisher billionaire ass not pay taxes. Also he wants to collect the tax revenue from around the stadium too.
Fisher is just trash, in the end, just trash
I hope they move to Vegas, maybe I'll watch them when visiting. Definitely will never visit Oakland. I mean who plans vacations to Oakland. I think these words have never been spoken "I'm going to Oakland for my vaca"
@@jamesmead8460no one wants to take a vacation to vegas unless you plan on gambling away your kids college fund
Man we deserve better in Oakland. We’re such die hard fans, I’d argue some of the best fans in the league.
Ownership is truly screwing us of our beloved A’s
"How the MLB let a ownership groud run a storied franchise out of Oakland" should be the title.
I blame the city of Oakland more than anybody. They were legit and the team tried for years to get a new stadium, same with the raiders and the warriors. Nothing worse than wanting to invest and not being allowed to. I’d wait for the move to Vegas before I started dropping big money as well.
@@kilroywashere9678 buying professional sports franchises stadiums is a waste of taxpayer money. They're right not to give them anything more than a pittance.
@@kilroywashere9678 Mr Fisher was certainly allowed to finance his stadium. But he wanted taxpayers to pay for it. Good OAK resited.
Sorry but the title is how it is, it’s not changing
@@kilroywashere9678 Stop it, the A's ownership has been dealing with Oakland in bad faith the entire time. It's all about the $$$ but it isn't like the city has been blocking the A's every step of the way. The opposite is far more true.
This is actually so sad. Been a lifelong Reds fan but I completely empathize with A’s fans. You deserve better. I’m sorry it has come to this.
The 2023 Oakland A’s are doing the plot from the movie Major League in real life.
Congrats! That's the 10,000th time that joke was posted on RUclips today!🎉
I just finished that movie for first time a couple weeks ago. Didn't they play better in the beginning
The current situation reminds me of the A's in 1977-1979, when Charlie Finley couldn't compete in the early years of free agency and either let players go or traded them for minor leaguers and backups. The 1979 A's finished 54-108, which would have been the worst record of any major league team in the 1970s if that year's Blue Jays hadn't gone 53-109. Home attendance that year was 306,763; I remember listening to the KIRO radio broadcast of the April 17 game vs. the Mariners when the Seattle broadcasters kept dwelling on the low attendance, even by Oakland standards; it was finally announced at 653, but it was said that the actual attendance may have been 200.
In 1978, the team didn't publish a yearbook, but at the Coliseum you could still buy old yearbooks and scorebooks going back to 1972. The 1978 scorecard consisted of a piece of paper with the numerical roster for each team, selling for 10c. At least the Coliseum wasn't falling apart then. There wasn't a radio deal at the beginning of the season, so for the first 16 games their games were carried by KALX, the Berkeley-based University of California station, with students calling the games. It was a 10-watt station that reportedly couldn't be heard inside the Coliseum or more than 10 miles away.
As for the worst MLB team ever, you mentioned it when you mentioned the Spiders. Baseball being different then from now is irrelevant; they were losing to teams who were also playing 1899 baseball.
The 1916 and 1915 Philadelphia Athletics posted the worst MLB records of the 20th century, and like the 1970s' Oakland team, they had an owner who was unable or unwilling to pay high enough salaries to his players to remain competitive. Like Finley, Connie Mack sold or traded some of his best players and replaced them with "prospects," and it took a decade before they became competitive again. After the next great Athletics era in the late 1920s-early '30s, Mack sold or traded some of his stars again in the middle of the Depression, and the team again dropped to or near the bottom for a long time.
I went to a game in Oakland in '79. The "crowd" was rather small but we saw history made as the A's starting pitcher Matt Keough lost his 14th game without a win to start the season. He finished with a 2-17 record. Another starter on that team, Brian Kingman, lost 20 games, which was his claim to fame for many years (as the last pitcher to lose 20 games in a season). When the Tigers had that really bad season in 2003 (43-119), Kingman lost that distinction as Mike Maroth lost over 20 games.
Not that bad compared to now there's no future in Oakland w a rundown stadium I'm surprised this stadium is allowed to be in use and not condemned by the city of Oakland
With the way attendance is going, I wouldn't be surprised if they would end up challenging the 1979 A's for the lowest attendance in a single game which happened in April of that year where the team drew only 653 fans. Twice more in the season would they have attendance in triple digits, against the Milwaukee Brewers and the Texas Rangers. Only about 5 times in the season did they draw above 10,000. Opening day only drew about 10,000 fans-- compared to 22,000+ in this year's home opener.
And, in reality, only about 250 showed up for that game.
@@LouieKaboom And over 1,000 crickets.
The challenge cant work. The grotesque plandemic had games en masse with zero attendees. It seems you forgot.
Looked a lot better tonight..
A’s hottest team in baseball all of the sudden
bryce miller was called up from AA to make his first major league start in oakland. there were more fans in the stands for his last start in arkansas than in his MLB debut
I visited the Oakland and was lucky enough to watch a rare A's home win against the Rangers in overtime. Probably what's going to end up being one of their best highlights this year. I feel bad for the Oakland fans. The diehards that still show up and the staff that work at the ballpark clearly love their team and deserve way better. As a Mets fan that lived through the embarrassment of the Wilpon family and has the 1962 Mets as one of the key historic teams in our franchise's history, I greatly sympathize with their plight.
There’s no overtime in baseball
Overtime 😂😂😂
I feel for this team. They were great in the early 1970's winning those World series in a Jammed pack Coliseum. I will never for that game against the Mets. I remember Willie Mays was called out at Home plate and raised his hands high. I met Willie Mays in 1982 and he was so nice. I digress. Yeah, The 1980's were a revival winning the WS in 1989. The 2000's wasn't always bad. They had a few good teams. Now they are bad. Praying for them to get better
So sad, the most unknown 3peat in World Series history.
I think it’s too early in the season to say for sure they are the WORST team in history. But damn, they are making a strong effort for it!
1 key correction: Oakland hasn’t voted down any stadium proposal. Let alone several.
I don't even think the A's ability wise are that bad of a team, but have just been mentally beaten down by the politics surrounding their stadium situation along with the fans not showing them full support in the rough times they're currently going thru.
The way dude threw that punch when running up just to miss and fall on the ground in front of the entire enemy team was hilarious 😂😂😂😂
The biggest “what if” story for the As is the 2020 season.
What if the full 162 game season happened? What if the pandemic never happened? How many wins for the As with their competitive core? Would their deep playoff run save Oakland from ruin?
The As would win 98 games and win the division (based on win pct from their 60 game season record). The As would’ve been to the ALCS but lose to the Rays with a better record.
The playoffs have been cursed for the A’s for quite a long time now.
It's probably not nearly so simple as that. If I'm headed in to work and they tell me it's gonna be a short night, I'll probably be more relaxed. But on the other hand, if my job was chasing statistical milestones as many players probably see it, it could have been a lot more stressful than normal. Math can be fun and probably would get you pretty close, but the psychology of that season had to be different than usual. It would be interesting to see a book about that.
That 2020 team was good enough to lose in divisional round like other recent teams.
@@mustbtrouble unless they play vs Minnesota, which we all know what’ll happen
Absolutely tragic what has happened to the A's. I grew up during their early 70s World Series wins and still remember most of the players (Reggie Jackson, Vida Blue, Sal Bando, Catfish Hunter etc). The city of Oakland will now have lost all of its Major League sports teams (Raiders, Warriors, and now the A's). The owners of the A's are probably going to take the team to play in the Las Vegas AAA park until their new stadium is built (despite its smaller attendance capacity). I'm sure they'll draw better in the AAA park for a few seasons than they would in Oakland
Back in 1990, I was a junior in high school in a Seattle area suburb when my dad told me and my older brother we were going to drive down to Oakland to watch the season opener against our hometown Mariners. What I mostly remember was those annoying vuvuzela noisemakers made popular in the 2010 World Cup and I think the Mariners lost. I hated that A's team for the success they had and the cockiness of their players like Rickey Henderson, Jose Canseco and Dennis Eckersley. Having said that, no fan base or team deserves to be this bad.
I remember back in 2018 thinking that in a few years the athletics would at least appear in a World Series in the next 5 years, I could never imagine how much things would change so drastically in those 5 years, it’s sad seeing this once historic franchise, looking like they would be a great team to watch again, become basically a triple A ball club. Hope things get better for the city of Oakland soon, my condolences from Boston.
As a passionate A's fan, this makes me so sad. Terrible management and the city of Oakland is what really screwed the team over.
Well put together, about 95% of it. The city of Oakland has its woes but was not entirely responsible for losing the Raiders and Warriors. That's for a deeper dive. I wish you could have mentioned the city and its work with Howard Terminal. Was the city about three years behind? Yes. But it is a valid proposal.
Honestly, I've been watching more A's games on the MLB network app than any other team. My team's games are blacked out, so I watch A's games just to see what goes wrong for this good group of players. BTW Ruiz is a beast! I also watch a lot of Pirates games...just because.
John Fisher was not the owner during the Moneyball years.
Moneyball was too expensive for the man who makes Fred Coupon look like Dodgers ownership.
The way it's looking now, that move to Las Vegas might fall apart thanks to the incompetency of Fisher once again
awesome video man, loved all the number crunching. got a new sub from this vid!
“There are rich teams and there are poor teams… then there’s 50 feet of crap and then there’s us” - Billy Beane
Crazy how fast everything can go downhill. Bad ownership can ruin a team quick.
Awesome video. Well done!
I feel so sorry for genuine A's fans.
As a 22 year old diehard A’s fan it’s so sad how they always have to get rid of their prospects once they become all stars and their contracts is up. This isn’t just a recent thing either this has being going on before they were even in Oakland.
They had Roger Maris before he was a Yankee
Great video! Subbed :)
Yikes! I have "visit every MLB stadium" on my bucket list and was going to try to go to the Colliseum before the A's move out... after seeing the state it's in, I think I'll pass. Thanks for the video!
I'd like to see a breakdown on how Arte Moreno is wasting the careers of 2 generational talents. I don't want Ohtani to leave but man should he.
Not sure Moreno can be blamed. Management can. They won a lot from 200-2009 with only one generational talent.
Sad really. In my teens in the '70s, Oakland always had a more than average classic sports vibe. Everybody thought I was crazy to be a Torontonian A's fan until they rolled on to be like;' the 1970s three-peat champions loaded with big names, from pitchers like Catfish, Rollie, Vida, and Blue Moon, to hitters including Reggie, Campy, Sal, Rudi, Tenace, and Fosse.
I then soon got , 'Hey Philly, 'Cool hat..'
1899 Cleveland Spiders grindset
jesus... A's are my favorite team since im from the bay area and since 2016 i been away from the sport just cos i been so busy but you just caught me up so many years! i feel like i havent been away i appreciate it! and shoutout Semien!
They really dropped the moneyball on this one!
Imagine getting called up the majors. Best day of your life, you finally fulfilled you childhood dream. Only to find out that not only are you playing infront if less fans, but not only are the facilities that should be high quality on the same level as a rusty tug boat, but people are clowning on the team you play for for being terrible and in essence undermining the work you put in to make the majors all because your owner didn’t want to shell out a few extra thousand out of his billions.
In 1932 the Red Sox after 67 games had a record of 12-55 a win percentage of 17.9 %. The A's are currently 11-45 a winning percentage of 19.6% so they aren't off to the worst start ever since 1900. The Red Sox did end up with a record of 43-111 so they got a little better later in the season.
Moving to Vegas isn't the only way to save them. Shoot Fischer to the moon, hand the reins to an owner that actually respects the organization and who will do right by the team and its fans in Oakland. That sounds like a much better solution.
Now that we're three months on from when this video was posted, we can now see that the '62 Mets continue to claim the title of being the worst team ever.
Fisher did not own the A's during the 2002 Moneyball season, he took over after 2005.
only thing that can save the team is for John Fisher to sell the team
Having been to many A's games as a child in the late 80's, early 90's, seeing the Coliseum in such disrepair and filth.....the Coliseum was not perfect, but it used to be a beautiful and clean venue.
I would rather see the A's move and the Coliseum torn down, then to keep hearing about it in its rotting state.
The A's deserve far better than Oakland.
I went to an a’s vs giants game this year, on the way home on the Bart train. There was a guy talking to a kid and he said you know there was a time when it was cool to be an a’s fan. The kid was a giants fan and the guy was a a’s fan. The kid just laughed at the guy
Two things: I like the pieces in their young rotation, a veteran presence would do wonders for their development. Also, they actually have a decent outfield with Rooker, Ruiz, Laureano, and Brown, so they could have some trade leverage to build around a great young backstop. But their bullpen is a mess and this might be the most nonexistent infield I’ve ever seen. I know they won’t win, but nobody is coming up through the minors to mend their problems. That’s organizational incompetence.
The new new for the A's in Vegas should be :The Las Vegas Aces.
I feel so sorry for the players!! Imagine being a part of the disgrace that is the Oakland A’s but can’t get out of it because of a contract
On the other hand, there are players who are making major league salaries who otherwise would be in the minors or with no team at all.
Don’t worry they make far more money than you ever will and don’t care
Good for the As. Out of that dump
Great vídeo
11:08 I'd like to correct you there.
There's still another player on the roster currently that was there during the A's playoff push from 2018-2020. Paul Blackburn is still there.
Not that it actually matters, though.
I remember they were pretty bad in the late seventies when their owner was dumping good players for $$$. No fans or city deserves this.
😂 I would like to know who caused that toilet too clog. Lol me and my brother used to work for the clean up crew after Jays games at Rogers centre. My bro took a huge dump in one of the public bathrooms and ended up clogging the toilet.
They have some damn good prospects. Traded 6 players over the course of a year. And they fleeced us in the Montas trade.
I have a feeling the A's will be worse than the 2003 Detroit tigers
I have an image of Alan Trammel being interviewed with the biggest "I know we suck" frown engrained in my memory. If it was actually Alan Trammel's fault, I'd say he deserved to never be in the hall. But a manager can only do so much. Took Miggy and Verlander to make the team halfway decent.
3 years later they’re in the World Series. Insanity.
@@Snipes-76 I'm pretty sure that year is what got us Verlander. If that was the case, it was 100% worth it.
6:34 2020 A's make playoffs and "meet expectations" when their "most notable hitters" list is topped by a guy below the Mendoza line.
I'll always remember 1989. Go A's
This is a great time to be a Vegas sports fan.
I like these videos because it makes me feel better about the Jays
I’m always amazed at what passed for a good picture before we got HDTV.. we were basically looking at like 4 pixels without realizing how bad we had it..
And it was awesome
I get that we live in a capitalistic society but how has fisher gone this long making a complete mockery of a professional sports organization & not been canned as an owner? I’d like to think that damages the image of the league while profiting every year off the backs of the other owners in the league (revenue sharing)
I expected the record to be better than last season, but I was way wrong.
The team ERA is close to infinity, the team makes multiple mistakes in lots of games, and there's only a couple guys who hit well for any given period. A bunch of injuries means a young guy needs to be replaced by another young guy.
John Fisher reminds me of my favorite teams owner, Jerry Reinsdorf. Cheap, doesn't want to spend money on superstar caliber players, and we the fans want him to sell the team. Like the A's too, sox are the only other team besides the kc royals to not give out a $100 million contracts and trying to win with homegrown mediocre talent. A formula that continues to keep backfiring on the white sox.
The thing is, they beat Miami 20-4, and the Rockies are worse, not only 2024, but last year as well
All this talk about the 2023 A’s being the worst team the Royals are only 1-2 games behind them.
No one talking about the KC royals
It crazy how many players the As had at one point it nuts and have no one left.
Baseball is a game of records and statistics. In saying that the A's are the worst in MLB and using statistics , aren't the 1962 New York Mets at a record of 40 -120 , the worst ? Even at this stage of the season the A's cannot be as bad as the Mets !
Good bad ugly has to also include 10 cent beer night in Cleveland in the 70s
If they end up having a worse record/win percentage than the 1962 Mets, that’ll be truly ridiculous
This team looks disturbingly like the 2003 Detroit Tigers where they replace an injured young guy with another young guy to an atrocious record.
They might even threaten the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, but probably won't surpass them.
It sucks that they are leaving.But honestly,maybe Oakland can get a fan oriented team in it's place.
"There's 100 feet of crap ' then there's us"
In that venue, quite literally (with sewage backups known to occur there).
So sad when you consider the great age teams of the 70s, the World Series winner in 89, and other good teams they had. Especially as a Braves fan I could relate goes in the seventies we were pulling less than 10,000 people a game, had a cheap ownership, I'm playing in a dual-purpose stadium. There was even talk about the Braves moving out of Atlanta back then. Then Ted Turner bought the team and things changed. For team that had won so many World Series this is a tragedy. The fans in Oakland deserve better than this.
Also funny how the A’s made the list of top 5 historicaly worst run differentials and Win% TWICE
3rd as 2023 Oakland A’s and 5th as 1916 Philadelphia A’s
So many great players either played for the As or started their careers like reggie Jackson, Josh Donaldson and Matt Olson, etc.
Jeers Reinsdorf is also stingy when it comes to his money, which is why the Chicago White Sox are also rans. Reinsdorf, too, isn't committed to winning, which is why Pedro Grifol is in the dugout as manager a guy with no managerial experience, instead of hiring someone like Bruce Bochy, who ultimately came out of retirement to manage the first place Texas Rangers, Rick Hahn is the GM, and Kenny Williams is VP. Need I say more?
The worst ever record in major league history: the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, who finished 20-134 for a win percentage of .130
Just discovering your channel now as an A's fan 😢😂, great vid and ill share this w my baseball sim group
If you wanna know if your spouse would cheat on you, ask if theyre still an Athletics fan
Wish the Astros didn’t stop him when he charged the coach for running his mouth😂😂😂 that was the best part of the whole 2020 season.
They still didn't loose 120 games like the mets in 62
This is what makes baseball frustrating to attempt to be a fan of. No salary consistency throughout the league. There needs to be an actual salary floor and cap like in the NBA. Owners who want to be cheep need to sell their teams to people who actually care.
What went wrong with the A’s? Short answer: Capitalism destroys everything.
The move to Vegas is a recipe for disaster. I suggest Oklahoma City. The Dallas/Ft. Worth area can certainly seem to handle a second franchise, and it would be a good distance from the Rangers in Arlington.
Heard on the radio: the Oakland As ballpark is the worst in the MLB, and the Trop is a dump, so (the Coliseum) is at a sub-dump level.
It's hard being an A's fan...Fisher and Co. have been choking the life out of the team for years. For what? Feels Bad Man...
But Money Ball only focused on the offensive players. I don't understand why the A's could win with good position players when they had 3 Cy young winners, but they were not able to win games when they have good offensive players with no Cy young pitchers.
I must be old.
I can actually remember when the A's moved to Oakland from Kansas City 55 years ago.
When that happened, a senator from Missouri said "Oakland is the luckiest city since Hiroshima."
A's pain scale:
2018-19: No pain
2020: Mild
2021: Moderate
2022 Offseason: Severe
2022: Very severe
2023: AAAAAAHHHHH (worst pain possible)
2024: Death