You Can Sit Wherever You Want In Oakland

You would think that a Major League Baseball team that served as the inspiration for an Academy Award nominated movie would be a hot ticket in their local market, but it appears that the success of “Moneyball” and the “genius” of the supposedly legendary Billy Beane does not equate to butts in the seats in Oakland these days.

After drawing a respectable 35,067 customers for their home opener versus the Seattle Mariners, the Athletics have averaged a meager 13,019 fans in the club's three home dates since that game. Frankly, this 13,000 number maybe a bit generous considering how truly empty The Coliseum actually has been.

By stark comparison, when the Athletics and Mariners opened the regular season with two games in Tokyo, those contests averaged nearly 44,000 rabid baseball fans.

In light of this situation, if the A's fail to land the new stadium in San Jose that they so desperately seek, perhaps a relocation to Japan should be seriously considered.

In the meantime, if fans want to attend an Oakland home game, they can sit wherever the heck they please. If one asks nicely, they might even be able to sit in the home dugout. The team of the great Billy Beane is that desperate for attention.