To recap, Japanese phenom Shohei Ohtani is the latest elite talent to spurn the Oakland A’s in lieu of a more attractive option. Only this time the more attractive option might be one of Oakland’s biggest rivals, the San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, or the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. For the fan who has paid any attention the past two decades this is business as usual.
Then today news broke of Oakland’s stadium plans being halted by a community college district’s board of trustees. Pardon my language, but the metaphorical shit is piling up on the actual shit filling Rickey Henderson Field.