“In a divorce, two people just don’t see eye-to-eye,” he said. “The fans are the children that are feeling the damage of this split.”
Dave Stewart is as Oakland as it gets. As a kid, that meant hopping the Coliseum fences to watch Reggie Jackson. As an adult, it meant becoming a champion and having his number retired with the team he idolized.In 2021, the Oakland City Council turned down Stewart’s bid to buy a 50 percent share of the Coliseum as a backup plan to keep the A’s in Oakland, opting instead to sell it to the African American Sports and Entertainment Group.
“And, obviously, me as a player and higher-profile person in the A’s organization with my number retired it’s almost like you’re being asked, ‘Who are you going with, your mother or your father?’ And I can’t make that decision.” “There are two people that made an impression on my life: Willie Mays when I saw the Giants in 1962 and Reggie Jackson in 1968,” he said.“What started as a stern tongue-lashing for hopping the fence and hiding out in the seats turned into forming and building a relationship that has lasted from 1968 to today,” he said.
Stewart’s favorite memory as an A’s player is when owner Walter Haas brought in Tony La Russa as manager to replace Jackie Moore, also adding Dave Duncan as the team’s pitching coach.team in Major League Baseball in the ’80s going into the ’90s,” he said. “ brought professionalism to our team. He brought accountability to our team. Responsibility to our team. He brought winning attitude.”
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
A's Las Vegas ballpark bill passes Nevada Senate, heads to AssemblyA stadium financing bill aimed at drawing the Oakland Athletics to Las Vegas cleared one hurdle Tuesday after passing the Nevada Senate — with requirements strengthening its benefits to the community. The 13-8 vote marks another step as the bill moves through the Democratic-controlled Legislature and has revived the national debate over public funding for private sports clubs. The bill must now be considered by the Assembly. It calls for $380 million in public funds for the stadium, which would mainly come from $180 million in transferable tax credits and $120 million in county bonds.
Read more »
Golden Knights' Stanley Cup win cements Las Vegas as a big-time sports cityThe Vegas Golden Knights won the Stanley Cup after just six seasons in existence.
Read more »
Oakland A’s, Nevada Assembly still negotiating over Las Vegas ballparkThe vote stood to make or break the Oakland A’s vision of a $1.5 billion, 30,000-seat ballpark on the Las Vegas strip.
Read more »
Nevada Assembly passes $380M bill to fund new A's stadium in Las VegasBREAKING The Athletics are yet another step closer to their expected move from Oakland to Las Vegas after the Nevada Assembly passed that $380 million bill to help fund a new stadium along the strip.
Read more »
Nevada Assembly passes amended A's Las Vegas ballpark bill; Senate vote nextDEVELOPING: The A’s take another step towards moving to Las Vegas after the Nevada Assembly passes the amended public funding bill, sending it back to the senate for concurrence.
Read more »
Nevada Legislature on brink of final approval of public money for A's Las Vegas stadiumA public financing package to help build a new $1.5 billion baseball stadium for the Oakland Athletics in Las Vegas has taken what's expected to be the last step toward final approval.
Read more »