San Jose Mercury News · Jul 26, 2020
Matt Chapman’s frustrations with A’s organization evident
(Randy Vazquez / Bay Area News Group) MESA, ARIZONA – FEBRUARY 20: Oakland Athletics’ Matt Chapman (26) during spring training at Lew Wolff Training Complex in Mesa, Ariz., on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (Randy Vazquez / Bay Area News Group) Like every other Major League ballpark in America, the Oakland Coliseum was closed for business. The electric fan ambiance was replaced by cardboard, a deafening silence fell over the Coliseum mere moments after baseball’s first walk-off grand slam since 1986.
Outside the ballpark’s confines, an hour before, a caravan of cars planned a parade outside the gates to protest the A’s planned move to Ho. . .