HEADLINE: No Longer “Rooted in Oakland”

Noah Booras, News Editor • October 2, 2024

Rooted in Oakland Sign Quintin Soloviev, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Oakland A’s. A team with a rich history “Rooted in Oakland” since 1968. The A’s played their final home game in Oakland on September 26th, 2024 against the Texas Rangers. The A’s moved to Oakland from Philadelphia in 1968 and have been committed to the city of Oakland ever since. Until breaking news came out that the A’s were looking for an alternative place to play for the 2025-2028 season until they get their new stadium built in Las Vegas.

The A’s fan base has been heartbroken ever since hearing the news and wanted to do anything to stop this from happening because they didn’t want their final professional sports team to leave the city they all loved. The A’s have won many World Series championships in the Colosseum and have lots of rich history built in that building. Fans especially are mad at their owner because they believe he did this all on purpose by not putting any real competitive talent on the field causing them to not want to support the team. Jon Fisher uses this opportunity to show the team had nothing left in Oakland and that they need to finally take their ties with Oakland and uproot them.

The fanbase had so much pushback holding rallies during the games and pouring the utmost support into the team hoping something changed. Nothing happened and when the A’s played their final game fans were filled with so much emotion and were caught collecting dirt from the field being given to them by grounds crew members. So many fans supported this team to the end and now that it’s over it almost feels surreal. Oakland will forever be known as home to the A’s but it will no longer look like it.

Oakland Athletics Fans With with Banners August, 25.
D. Benjamin Miller, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Oakland Alameda County in 2023
Quintin Soloviev, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Noah Booras, Sports Editor

Noah Anthony Booras is a dedicated, hard-working, and laid-back kind of guy. He’s been my best buddy since kindergarten and I’ve gotten to know him very well and about his future goals. Noah is attending Journalism right now to further his career in the Journalism field and to become a play-by-play broadcaster for the Giants baseball team in San Francisco. He’s always been very intrigued by the game of baseball, although he isn’t much of a fan of playing it, his undying love for the game makes him want to continue talking about it. If you ever want to talk about baseball or ask a question about a player, Noah will have the answer. Noah has many hobbies and interesting likings that many people may agree with. He is a fan of playing golf, and his favorite player happens to be John Daly because he is such a successful golfer. Noah also likes to play video games like MLB The Show, Madden, and even Fortnite. He enjoys spending time with his little brother Lincoln and little sister Cadence. He and Lincoln play games together a lot and Lincoln even plays baseball because his big brother paved the way for him. He is a big fan of wings, but in particular mild buffalo-flavored wings from Buffalo Wild Wings. Noah Anthony is 6’0 200lbs, has dark brown hair, and brown eyes, and always seems to be wearing something that has the San Francisco Giants on it, whether is be a hat or a shirt. Noah loves his shoes and has multiple types, ranging from Nike dunks, to hey dudes. He dresses very casually and sometimes is a country kind of guy. He never wears any type of glasses, even when he drives his beautiful Chevy truck which just so happens to be a red 1981 Chevrolet C10. He’s a very nice and friendly person who is a social butterfly. You could leave this man in a room with people he’s never met before and he would make friends with just about every one of them. Overall, Noah is the type of person you can get along with no matter what. If you don’t know how don’t worry, he will find something to talk about. Noah has been one of my closest friends since I’ve known him and I trust him with any info that I may need to talk about. He’s a wonderful person and he will achieve whatever he puts his mind to.