⚾️💔🏟️ No Mo’ Glow, Baseball’s All-Star Game Gotta Face Da Hauna Wit Athletics’ Sayonara

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Brah, check dis out. Da big Major League Baseball’s mid-summer celebration coming right aftah dey wen announce one agreement fo’ build one new stadium fo’ da Athletics, yeah? Dey moving dem from Oakland to Las Vegas. ⚾️🏗️🎲

MLB like make you believe dey own fairy tale. Dey like you look all da talent players at Tuesday’s All-Star Game, like Shohei Ohtani, Bo Bichette, Ronald Acuña Jr., and you jus’ forget all da uku stuff. 👀⭐🤔

Plenny talents going be dea, including first-time selection: Oakland Athletics outfielder Brent Rooker, da team’s only representative. Maybe, during one bat or when da game all chill, da announcer going talk story about da Athletics’ all but poho relocation to Las Vegas, then turn back to da marketing and da dakine fireworks of da game. 🏟️🔥⚾️

No mattah what, no can hide da pain from dis kine move by da franchise. No good, bro, fo’ da sport dat no should be ignored jus’ fo’ enjoy da celebration of its best players. 🙈💔🎉

Get choke irony dat da All-Star festivities stay in Seattle dis week. Plenny of da peepo in dis tech city still get sting of betrayal aftah dey wen fight hard fo’ new arena and den get N.B.A.’s SuperSonics moved in 2008 to Oklahoma City. 🏀🏙️😡

Da A’s doing da same ting. Da team’s kanak owner, John Fisher, one kamaaina to da Gap clothing ohana, who get net worth ova $2 billion, claimed he was serious about building one new stadium fo’ replace da old kine where da A’s been playing since 1968. 💰🏟️🤥

Fisher wen start looking at one big kine land next to one busy port in 2018. He added plans fo’ build plenny houses and dakine entertainment venues next to da ballpark, make da development one of da biggest in California history. 🏗️🏘️🎢

Had choke trouble with da city of Oakland fo’ dis kine complicated project, but Fisher neva give up, and he wen push da city fo’ come up with at least $320 million in public subsidies. Had one deal dat wen look like was going happen, den all of a sudden, no mo’. In April, da A’s stop talking and announce one agreement fo’ build new stadium in Las Vegas dat could be ready by 2027. 🚧💰🎲

No surprise, get choke A’s fans who love da speech by Rebecca Welton, da owner of A.F.C. Richmond, one dakine fictional British soccer team from da Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso.” 🍏📺⚽️

Dem guys forget dat da teams dey own no really belong to dem. In da magical, almost mystical way dat sports connect teams with their communities, fans can claim da same kuleana fo’ their beloved teams as da owners. 🏟️❤️👥

So in dis way, da A’s jus’ as much Oakland’s team as Fisher’s. But da M.L.B. Commissioner Rob Manfred wen make stink about da 30,000 A’s fans who wen show up at da Coliseum fo’ one recent game fo’ protest da move and tell Fisher fo’ sell. 🏟️😡📢

He wen make li’dat and make da Oakland fans feel hauna fo’ da last few years wen dey wen respond to Fisher selling off da stars fo’ junk parts by turning da once raucous Coliseum into mostly empty graveyard. 👻💔🏟️

Did da commissioner forget dat fo’ years da Oakland fans was considered da best? He no rememba dat da team’s fans wen stay solid behind their team every time da ownership put one good team on da field? 🏆🤔🗣️

No can deny da success ova da years, da A’s wen make da playoffs 11 times dis century. From 1970, Oakland wen go World Series six times and win em four times. Das mo’ World Series titles in da same time den da Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, and even Atlanta. Same kine as da Boston Red Sox. 🥇🏆⚾️

If any of dese teams had announced dey were leaving for Las Vegas right befo’ da All-Star Game, da midsummer classic, would be played undah da darkest Seattle clouds. 🌩️⚾️🌧️

Da A’s from before wen stay on top of da game. Think about da 1970s teams. Reggie Jackson, Rollie Fingers, Catfish Hunter, Sal Bando, Vida Blue. Dey all wen bring new flavor to one old game. And da way dey wen challenge their team owner, Charlie O. Finley, helped start one drive toward player empowerment. ✊⚾️🔥

Now da city and choke of da team’s longtime fans feel betrayed. Rightly so. Da billionaire owner wen say in one hissy fit dat his team going leave Oakland for da casino life and da Nevada dust. Baseball’s commissioner wen support da move so much dat he wen make stink A’s fans and say he going waive da league’s relocation fee. 🏩💸🌵

So go ahead and watch da All-Star Game. Try enjoy. Jus’ don’t get so caught up in da fairy tale dat you forget da hauna dat baseball wen do to itself. ⚾️🧚🏽‍♂️🌋

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NOW IN ENGLISH

⚾️💔🏟️ The Shine of Baseball’s All-Star Game Can’t Hide the Stench of Athletics’ Departure

Hey, check this out. The grand mid-summer celebration of Major League Baseball is happening right after they announced an agreement to build a new stadium for the Athletics. They’re relocating them from Oakland to Las Vegas. ⚾️🏗️🎲

MLB wants you to believe in their fairy tale. They want you to witness all the talented players at Tuesday’s All-Star Game, like Shohei Ohtani, Bo Bichette, Ronald Acuña Jr., and just forget all the troubling stuff. 👀⭐🤔

There will be plenty of talents on display, including first-time selection: Oakland Athletics outfielder Brent Rooker, the team’s lone representative. Perhaps, during a bat or a lull in the game, the announcer will make mention of the Athletics’ nearly done relocation to Las Vegas, then return to the marketing and the spectacular fireworks of the game. 🏟️🔥⚾️

None of this will hide the pain being caused by this move by the franchise. It’s bad for the sport and should not be ignored just to enjoy the celebration of its best players. 🙈💔🎉

There’s a lot of irony that the All-Star festivities are in Seattle this week. Many of the people in this tech city still feel the sting of betrayal after they fought hard for a new arena and then the N.B.A.’s SuperSonics were moved in 2008 to Oklahoma City. 🏀🏙️😡

The A’s are doing the same thing. The team’s stingy owner, John Fisher, an heir to the Gap clothing family, who has a net worth over $2 billion, claimed he was serious about building a new stadium to replace the old one where the A’s have been playing since 1968. 💰🏟️🤥

Fisher set his sights in 2018 on a large plot of land next to a busy port. He added plans to build many residential units and entertainment venues next to the ballpark, making the development one of the largest in California history. 🏗️🏘️🎢

There were a lot of difficulties with the city of Oakland for this kind of complicated project, but Fisher didn’t give up, and he pushed the city to come up with at least $320 million in public subsidies. A deal seemed to be close, and then suddenly, it wasn’t. In April, the A’s ended the dialogue and announced an agreement to build a new stadium in Las Vegas that could be ready by 2027. 🚧💰🎲

No surprise, there are plenty of A’s fans who loved the speech by Rebecca Welton, the owner of A.F.C. Richmond, a fictional British soccer team from the Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso.” 🍏📺⚽️

They forgot that the teams they own don’t really belong to them. In the magical, almost mystical way that sports connect teams with their communities, fans can claim ownership over their beloved teams just like the owners. 🏟️❤️👥

So in this way, the A’s are as much Oakland’s team as they are Fisher’s. But the M.L.B. Commissioner Rob Manfred was dismissive about the 30,000 A’s fans who showed up at the Coliseum for a recent game to protest the move and tell Fisher to sell. 🏟️😡📢

He passive-aggressively criticized the Oakland fans for the recent years in which they responded to Fisher selling off the stars for spare parts by turning the once vibrant Coliseum into a mostly empty graveyard. 👻💔🏟️

Did the commissioner forget that for years the Oakland fans were considered the best? Does he not remember that the team’s fans stood firmly behind their team whenever the ownership put a good team on the field? 🏆🤔🗣️

Can’t deny the success over the years, the A’s made the playoffs 11 times this century. From 1970, Oakland went to the World Series six times and won it four times. That’s more World Series titles in the same time than the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, and even Atlanta. The same number as the Boston Red Sox. 🥇🏆⚾️

If any of these teams had announced they were leaving for Las Vegas right before the All-Star Game, the midsummer classic would be played under the darkest Seattle clouds. 🌩️⚾️🌧️

The A’s of the past were at the forefront of the game. Think about the 1970s teams. Reggie Jackson, Rollie Fingers, Catfish Hunter, Sal Bando, Vida Blue. They all brought new flavor to an old game. And the way they ended up challenging their team owner, Charlie O. Finley, helped start a drive toward player empowerment. ✊⚾️🔥

Now the city and many of the team’s longtime fans feel betrayed. And rightly so. The billionaire owner announced in a tantrum that his team would leave Oakland for the casino life and the Nevada dust. Baseball’s commissioner so heartily backed the move that he criticized A’s fans and said he would waive the league’s relocation fee. 🏩💸🌵

So go ahead and watch the All-Star Game. Try to enjoy it. Just don’t get so caught up in the fairy tale that you forget the wound that baseball has inflicted upon itself. ⚾️🧚🏽‍♂️🌋