That day, Major League Baseball announced that the former outfielder and first baseman’ s Expos were moving to Washington, D.C. after years of dysfunction. The Expos, who became the Nationals…
Brad Wilkerson remembers feeling “pretty emotional” on Sept. 29, 2004.
“You feel bad for the fans,” Wilkerson said, speaking from experience. “The fans of Oakland are probably hurting pretty good right now.” Of course, the Coliseum has long been considered inadequate, and turmoil and turnover have long accompanied the A’s. “You’re talking about one of the largest markets in baseball in the Bay Area,” Donaldson said. “It gets perceived as a small market team, but it’s only a small market because of what the team is willing to put out there. One of the wealthiest owners in all of baseball owns the A’s.
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