A's Ballpark

[PEOPLESCHICKEN]

They aren't a comparison, they are the same entity.

The Oakland A's were once the Kansas City A's.


Who were once the Philadelphia A's.

Shibe Park - Connie Mack Stadium, in Philly, was the last new park the A's called home. In 1909.

You just blinded me with science

 

[PEOPLESCHICKEN]

A's are floundering in Oakland, some blame for a horrible stadium. I'm actually surprised the A's have put up with that p.o.s. stadium for this long ....

On a related note, the Rays have always floundered in tampa. So much so that the Rays are now going to close off their upper deck, reducing their capacity to 25,000.

I hope that when teams in certain markets, including Oakland, build new stadiums in the future, they will consider building MUCH smaller ballparks.

Some of the games just look ridiculous on tv in the massive 40,000 seat stadiums when there are only 18,000 people in attendance. Most MLB markets can't consistently fill 40,000 seats and it's just a bad look.

I hear tell that Baltimore would love to have a major league club again

 

[JohnU]

The A's are only in Oakland because Finley couldn't get KC to build for him and Oakland had the Coliseum. I don't see how they will ever build a ballpark there.

 

[skinzfan]

I've been to A's park one time in my life, forget the year, it was the day after they traded Mark McGuire to the Cards. Afternoon game, tix were a dollar, I had a Seating Section all to myself. McGuire gear was being sold for 75% off.

 

[MizzouFalcon]

I’ve been to that stadium. It sucks. But Oakland isn’t going to foot the bill for a new one either so...

 

[msgkings322]

I've been to A's park one time in my life, forget the year, it was the day after they traded Mark McGuire to the Cards. Afternoon game, tix were a dollar, I had a Seating Section all to myself. McGuire gear was being sold for 75% off.

When the Yankees played the A's in I think 2000 in the playoffs, my buddy and I walked up to the ticket window the day of game 1, got good seats, and watched Roger Clemens pitch a playoff game. Sad.