The Oakland A’s have an impressive list of celebrity fans, most of them Bay Area natives who stuck with their favorite team even after making it big, and one in particular is coming back to his roots in a major way this year.
With no fans allowed to attend MLB games this summer due to social distancing and the coronavirus pandemic, the A’s will be piping virtual crowd noise into the stadium to fill the silence. One of the voices we’ll hear among the ruckus is two-time Oscar-winning actor and Skyline High school alum Tom Hanks, returning to one of his earliest roles in life as a Coliseum popcorn and peanut vendor for his hometown team.