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Athletics troll Giants on Twitter with funny meme

March 17, 2018
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The MLB season may still be a couple of weeks away, but the Oakland Athletics are already getting in some shots at their crosstown rivals.

The meme du jour that has been lighting Twitter on fire this week has been (another) “SpongeBob SquarePants”-themed one. The basic meme template features a logo or likeness Photoshopped onto an image of the Krusty Krab, the town’s most popular restaurant in the TV show. A competing one is also Photoshopped onto an image of The Chum Bucket, a restaurant across the street that nobody in the town ever eats at. The meme is essentially meant to indicate the superiority of one brand to another. Here are a few examples:

Come Friday, the A’s decided to get in on the fun by trolling fellow Bay Area club, the San Francisco Giants, and you can guess where they went with it.

Granted, a bit of fact-checking might quell Oakland’s Twitter fingers — though the A’s finished with a better record than the Giants in 2017, they still went a mere 75-87. They also haven’t won a World Series since 1989, as opposed to three World Series wins for San Francisco in just the last decade alone. But you can probably excuse Oakland’s little bout of topical fun since they have proven to have perhaps the best team Twitter account in the MLB.

Best outfits from A’s rookie dress up day

September 27, 2017
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The Oakland A’s had their annual dress up day for rookies and, not surprisingly, the outfits were outstanding.

After the A’s defeated the Mariners in their final home of the season, the team’s traded their uniforms for outfits with a wide variety of themes. There was a Babe Ruth, Marvin the Martian, a judge, and more. Take a look below.

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Oakland A’s support catcher Bruce Maxwell kneeling during national anthem

September 23, 2017
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MLB has its first national anthem kneeler.

Oakland A’s catcher Bruce Maxwell knelt during the national anthem played before Saturday’s A’s-Rangers game in Oakland.

Maxwell is African-American, and despite kneeling, the San Francisco Chronicle describes him as very patriotic. You can see he held his cap over his heart for the anthem. They say his father was in the Army.

Maxwell appeared to be moved to kneel after being troubled by President Trump’s “son of a b—-” comment Friday night about those who kneel in the NFL. Take a look at what he wrote on Twitter:

Maxwell, 26, has been in concussion protocol since taking a foul ball off his mask on Wednesday. The catcher is batting .244 on the season.

The A’s may have known about Maxwell’s plans to kneel, because they sent this statement of supporting shortly after the anthem:

Athletics have priceless tweet in response to reports of raccoon on Oakland interstate

August 2, 2017
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The Oakland Athletics’ social media team remains undefeated.

California Highway Patrol in Oakland relayed a report on Wednesday about a massive raccoon, so huge it was originally believed to be a kangaroo, being removed from a local interstate highway.

In response to the report, the A’s tweeted out this hilarious inquiry about the animal’s availability:

The 47-60 A’s are the second-worst team in the AL this year, so it couldn’t hurt to stir up some excitement by tabbing a gigantic mammal for ceremonial purposes. Heck, it would probably throw out a better first pitch than 50 Cent.

Sonny Gray traded to Yankees

July 31, 2017
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The New York Yankees have reportedly acquired Oakland A’s starting pitcher Sonny Gray.

According to multiple reports, the Yankees sent three prospects to Oakland in exchange for the right-hander.

The Yankees had been the favorite to land Gray all along. They were also interested in Texas Rangers starting pitcher Yu Darvish, but he is in the final year of his deal whereas Gray has two years of team control remaining.

Gray, 27, is 6-5 with a 3.43 ERA this season.

The Yankees took back first place in the AL East over the weekend, and they obviously feel they can make a deep playoff run. In addition to getting Gray, they also bolstered their starting rotation by trading for left-handed starter Jaime Garcia, formerly of the Minnesota Twins.

Athletics reportedly willing to keep Sonny Gray

July 29, 2017
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The Oakland Athletics and New York Yankees are reportedly locked in trade discussions involving pitcher Sonny Gray, but Oakland isn’t in desperation mode.

According to Jerry Crasnick of ESPN, the Athletics and Yankees are struggling to match up on which prospects would go Oakland’s way — and A’s president Billy Beane has hinted that trading Gray doesn’t have to happen by Monday’s trade deadline.

The Yankees have been aggressively pursuing Gray for some time. They seem like his likeliest destination, but for now, the two sides appear to be at an impasse.

Billy Beane: A’s must ‘change the narrative’ by retaining best players

July 16, 2017
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Even in their successful periods, there has been something inevitable about the Oakland Athletics.

Synonymous with Moneyball, the A’s have consistently had talent — but due to their small market status, have inevitably watched it either traded or depart via free agency. The likes of Jason Giambi, Johnny Damon, Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, Barry Zito, and more recently Yoenis Cespedes and Josh Donaldson have all been a part of Oakland’s success — before leaving.

After nearly two decades, Billy Beane is ready to change that.

Hours after dealing two more established players for prospects, including fan favorite reliever Sean Doolittle, Beane trampled on two decades of Moneyball doctrine by saying that Oakland needs to get serious about keeping talent around long-term.

Beane has a long history of trading stars against his own wishes, but Oakland has consistently kept a low payroll. He has rarely said anything critical of that fact, but this is definitely a rather firm call for a loosening of the purse-strings.