No matter how much Oakland A's fans try, their efforts to keep the team from moving to Las Vegas might be too little, too late, says MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred.
A few weeks ago, the fanbase pulled off a"" in which over 27,000 people flooded the stadium to catch an A's game against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Athletics have averaged fewer than 10,000 people per game this year.
Manfred said the day after the"reverse boycott" that he felt"sorry for the fans in Oakland," yet some thought his comments about the game drawing"almost an average Major League Baseball crowd" was sarcastic. MLB is set to begin a months-long approval process for the Athletics' proposed move to Las Vegas. Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo last week signed legislation granting $380 million in public financing for a ballpark on the Las Vegas Strip.
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