Sign Goes Viral at A's Game

Apr 28, 2023; Oakland, California, USA; Oakland Athletics fan hang signs reading    sell    and    stay    during the second inning against the Cincinnati Reds at Oakland Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 28, 2023; Oakland, California, USA; Oakland Athletics fan hang signs reading sell and stay during the second inning against the Cincinnati Reds at Oakland Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports / Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports
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The talk in Oakland over the weekend has been about the weather. Not only how hot it has been in the Bay Area, but how hot it will be when the Oakland A's officially make their move to Sacramento and begin their exodus towards Las Vegas.

In the middle of last week, Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote about how hot the playing surface will be in Sacramento next year, once the team installs turf to be able to handle 150+ baseball games between the A's and River Cats. On Sunday it reached 105 degrees in the state capitol. On Thursday it is expected to reach 109.

The Baltimore Orioles' broadcast even talked about the heat that the players will have to learn how to handle, with no dome and an artificial surface.

That all leads us to the tweet that went viral on Sunday, where one fan in attendance brought a sign that simply had the weather forecast for each of the A's three homes.

It reads: "Oakland, 78 degrees. Sacramento, 108 degrees. Las Vegas, 113 degrees. This whole thing is really dumb." This tweet has been seen by over 750 thousand people. A number of replies listed off other hot places that also have baseball teams, but failed to understand that in Sacramento, there will be no roof to taper off some of that heat.

There were numerous people walking around the ballpark this weekend that were heard saying "this is the perfect weather for baseball."

They're not wrong.


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Jason Burke
JASON BURKE

Jason is the host of the Locked on A's podcast, and the managing editor of Inside the A's. He's a new father and can't wait to take his son to his first baseball game at the Coliseum.