Let’s just say it: Baseball is going to be weird this season.
The A’s have been one of the teams to introduce cardboard cutouts of fans at their home park, but it’s something pitcher Sean Manaea has embraced.
“It’s awesome,” Manaea told reporters on Sunday.
Manaea wants to see the entire Coliseum filled up with them -- a sentiment to the AL Wild Card record sell-out crowd last season.
Despite the fans not being fully “present,” it won’t be quiet at the games either. MLB will be piping crowd noise through speakers across the game, and the A’s have been experimenting with using music during those outings.