The tide seems to be turning for sports in Oakland thanks to two friends who are betting everything on the idea that, if you build it, they will indeed come.
In the last few years, Oaklanders have suffered unfathomable sports losses. First, it was the Raiders, then the Warriors and most recently the A's. But that tide seems to be turning, thanks to two friends who are betting everything on the idea that if you build it, they will indeed come. Ever since they were little kids, Paul Freedman and Bryan Carmel have always thought of themselves as a winning team. But these days, they're focused on owning a winning team.
'When we first came up with the idea, I think people were skeptical that we were serious. We told some of our friends and they laughed at us,' Freedman said. It all started in high school, after Carmel, a baseball junkie, moved to Oakland from Chicago not knowing a single soul. It was during those games in the Coliseum, watching the A's, that he met Freedman and the two hit it off. 'It's amazing the connections that you make through sports, through baseball.
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