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  1. David Boles @[email protected] ·

    The Vans Are Still Warm

    Just after two in the morning on March 29, 1984, fifteen Mayflower moving vans pulled out of the Baltimore Colts' complex in Owings Mills and scattered onto different highways so no single court order could catch them all. Maryland's legislature had spent that week advancing a bill to seize the team by eminent domain, and Robert Irsay beat the bill out of the state. By sunrise the Colts belonged to Indianapolis, which had spent $77.5 million raising the Hoosier Dome on speculation, a nest built before Indiana had any bird to put in it. One landed. The city took its bows, Irsay took the building, and Baltimore took four decades of grief it can still recite by heart. […]

    bolesblogs.com/2026/08/15/the-

    #aldavis #allegiantstadium #arlingtonheights #athletics #billionaireowners #buffalobills
  2. Emily Gladstone Cole @[email protected] ·

    Tomorrow I am going to my final #OaklandAthletics game, ever. Not just for this year. The #baseball team I grew up watching with my dad is moving away due to the greed of the owner, #johnfisher

    The ballpark is not in great shape, in fact it's a bit of a pit, but it's where I learned to keep score and learned to love baseball.

    I've been to some pretty great games there, but I may never see another A's game. I'm certainly not traveling to Sacramento (their temporary home for the next few years) or Las Vegas to see them.

    1/N

    #oaklandathletics #baseball #johnfisher
  3. Beth P @[email protected] ·

    Recommended by Craig Calcaterra in his newsletter this week, a #murderedbywords takedown of #oaklandas owner #johnfisher. #baseball #mlb

    joesheehan.com/2023/11/newslet

    #murderedbywords #oaklandas #johnfisher #baseball #mlb
  4. dave @[email protected] ·

    It's honestly weird to even think about, but I've been a fan of this team for more than 35 years, and this may finally be the end of the line for me.

    Wolff, Fisher, and Kaval have destroyed the club. I could see myself sticking around for new ownership, for a rebuild. But a move from the East Bay crosses a red line.

    #OaklandAthletics #Oakland #JohnFisher #MLB

    amp.theguardian.com/sport/2023

    #mlb #johnfisher #oakland #oaklandathletics