“It feels like it’s their last chance to actually do something as opposed to say something on Twitter.”
Oakland Coliseum denizens are planning a reverse boycott on June 13 to tell the world that Oakland A’s fans won’t go down silently amid plans to move the team to Las Vegas from its home of 55 years. The boycott seeks to fill up as many seats as possible at the old stadium for an otherwise nondescript Tuesday night game against the Tampa Bay Rays.
To get butts in seats, a group of fans called the Oakland 68s collaborated with local clothing company Oaklandish to produce and give out to attendees thousands of green shirts that read “SELL” in white across the chest. The Oakland 68s paid out of their own pockets to make the shirts and put a link on their website and social media for fans and any supporters to donate to their cause.
As of Monday, the Oakland 68s reached $27,000 worth of donations with each shirt going for $5 a pop. The shirts will be given out for free to anyone who shows up to a reverse boycott tailgate in the Coliseum parking lot. The hope is to make their message unavoidable by cameras broadcasting the game: A’s fans want Fisher to sell the team to an owner who will keep their beloved team in Oakland.
BREAKING: as of this morning WE HAVE REACHED OUR 25K goal and are sitting at 27K!!! We will use funds for more shirts and increase the chance of everyone grabbing a shirt!! WOW!! WE ARE FOREVER grateful and we are an incredible community of A’s fans!! S/o
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