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Home Record Proves Why A’s Fans Are Not Coming To Games

By Andres Chavez June 28, 2022 @andres_chavez13

The Oakland Athletics play the Texas Rangers at a nearly empty RingCentral Coliseum on May 26, 2022 in Oakland, California. Attendance at Oakland Athletics baseball games have dwindled to historic lows as the team has traded away fan favorite players and continues to explore moving the team to Las Vegas if they can't reach a deal to build a new stadium near the Port of Oakland. The Athletics have the lowest attendance of all 30 Major League Baseball (MLB) as well as the league's lowest single game attendance for a May 2nd game that only drew 2,488 fans.
(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

 

Before the season started, many analysts, fans, and even players suspected the Oakland Athletics would be the worst team in baseball.

It took a while, thanks to the Cincinnati Reds’ ugly 3-22 start, but it is already happening: the A’s own the worst record in MLB, at 25-50.

Now, there were definitely reasons to think they would be lousy.

They lost several players over the offseason: Starling Marte, Chris Bassitt, Yan Gomes, Matt Chapman, Matt Olson, Sean Manaea, Mark Canha, Andrew Chafin, and several others.

That’s a significant talent downgrade, one that resulted in a non-competitive team this year.

It’s really sad to see the A’s, a team that contended for a Wild Card spot until late last season, with the worst record in MLB a year later.

 

Ownership Just Didn’t Want To Compete (And Pay) This Year

It stems from an ownership decision to tear things apart and start a rebuild.

The team, sadly, has been particularly bad at home.

“The Oakland A’s are 8-28 this year at home. Plenty of time to improve that mark but as is it’d be the lowest home win % ever,” Codify Baseball tweeted.

The Oakland A's are 8-28 this year at home. 🤯 Plenty of time to improve that mark but as is it'd be the lowest home win % ever.

— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) June 28, 2022

No fan likes to go to the stadium with a 75 percent likelihood of seeing the team lose.

Additionally, the A’s stadium is one of the oldest in the league and in need of modernization.

The fan experience, overall, is lousy.

It’s actually not hard to see why fans aren’t going to see the A’s in the Coliseum.

If some of their prospects pan out in the next year or two, perhaps they have a shot to return to respectability.

That point does not seem close, though.

It’s hard for the fan base, because they don’t deserve it.

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About Andres Chavez

Sportswriter, fantasy sports enthusiast. Covering MLB, NBA, and NFL from every possible angle.

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