Local Anchor GOES OFF on Oakland A’s Owner As Team Prepares to Relocate: ‘You’ve Destroyed Your Family’s Great Name!’

ABC7 news anchor Larry Beil slammed Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher for a letter be recently wrote to fans upset about the team’s move.

On Monday, Fisher published the letter to remind fans that the upcoming series against the Texas Rangers will be the last series played in the city. The embattled owner has been working to move the team to Las Vegas; but for the next three seasons, the A’s will play in a Minor League park in Sacramento.

In his letter, Fisher explained how team ownership tried relocated within the San Francisco Bay Area but “came up short.” It wasn’t until 2021, he claimed, that they began considering the possibility of moving to Las Vegas.

Beil called it a “great work of fiction” before explaining why he wasn’t buying it:

Now, over the weekend, the A’s hosted the Yankees for the final time at the Coliseum; and it was emotional. They got swept in three games, the A’s did, but the series brought out some of the biggest crowds of the season to the Coliseum. The final series ever in Oakland starts tomorrow. The A’s [are] hosting the Texas Rangers. The very last game at the Coliseum is set for Thursday afternoon, starting at 12:45. That game is sold out, by the way. Cheapest resale tickets are going for around $65. In typical A’s fashion, they raised the price for the last game.

Alright, so you heard Fisher’s statement. Let me tell you what reality is, OK? John, you tried five different extremely flawed stadium proposals. You never got even close to a shovel in the ground! Yes, Oakland politics is often a mess. I will give you that. But John, you surround yourself with incompetent “yes” men; and because you were born into a billionaire family, apparently never learned you have to spend money to make money. See Joe Lacob and the Golden State Warriors — your buddy — who still wants to buy the team! John, you’re a serial penny pincher. You’ve destroyed your family’s great name and legacy because of your cheapness! As for the statement about loyal A’s fans — “I wish I could speak to each and every one of you individually” — seriously? John, we’ve been trying to interview you for years; but you always choose to remain invisible unless you’re begging politicians for public funding and then you’re out in front in Las Vegas.

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