These past decades have seen pro sports fans around the country spurned by the teams they support and cheer on when owners of sports franchises see shinier, brighter, newer things elsewhere – well, Money Talks.
Oakland, California has been especially hard hit lately. Five years ago, after nearly 50 years in Oakland the Golden State Warriors ferried across The Bay to a basketball court in San Francisco. For 60 years Oakland was, on and off, home to The Raiders until four years ago when the football team left for Las Vegas. In 1968 the A’s came to Oakland (like the Warriors originally from Philadelphia) to play baseball. Today the A’s played their last game in Oakland.
Yeah, Janie McCauley, an AP Baseball Writer, can report about it (above link), but how does a lifelong A’s fan feel about the team leaving? For that we turn to Nomi Kane, a Berkeley-born editorial cartoonist and lifelong A’s fan.
For The Oaklandside Nomi illustrates her love and memories of the team that is forsaking her.
From the end of that AP report:
“Memorable day for I think so many people but for me, it’s starting to hit me now that baseball’s done here [emphasis added]. It’s kind of sad. Because I love this place, love the field and everything.”
Nomi’s ending is more hopeful. She sees a new beginning for Oakland baseball:
