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OH, WHAT A NIGHT!
A’s fans pack Coliseum to protest ownership’s effort to move, support their team
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Fans, whose “Sell the Team!”, “Let’s Go Oakland!” and other chants echoed through the Coliseum on Tuesday, were on their feet in the ninth inning as reliever Trevor May recorded the final outs of the A’s seventh straight win. The fan-organized “reverse boycott” came as Nevada lawmakers neared an agreement on public funding for an A’s stadium in Las Vegas. RAY CHAVEZ — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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Fans such as Tracy’s April Kenton, right, arrived as early as 3 p.m. Tuesday to help hand out T-shirts urging A’s owner John Fisher to sell the team. JANE TYSKA — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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The “reverse boycott” drew a season-high 27,759 fans and the A’s beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 in a game that had the energy of a playoff game. JANE TYSKA — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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Anton Casanares’ Oakland 680s fan club teamed with Oaklandish to produce thousands of the green “SELL” shirts that were given out to fans. JANE TYSKA — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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Manny Mendoza of Oakland displays fake money, some of the many props fans used to express their anger with ownershiip’s relationshp with fans. JANE TYSKA — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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Pepito Mendez, 3, of Pittsburg, plays cornhole on a board with owner John Fisher’s face on it during pregame tailgating at the Coliseum parking lot. JANE TYSKA — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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A’s manager Mark Kotsay after the game said of the crowd, “The energy, the atmosphere, was everything that this stadium can be.” JANE TYSKA — STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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