MLB commissioner Rob Manfred had a fairly harsh assessment of Oakland A’s fans’ reverse boycott of Tuesday’s game.
With the A’s on the verge of a move to Las Vegas, Oakland fans staged a protest at Tuesday’s game by attempting to demonstrate that the market still exists for a baseball team in the city. A season-high 27,759 fans attended the game and created a raucous environment while demanding A’s owner John Fisher sell the team.
At his scheduled press conference Thursday, Manfred was asked about the reverse boycott, and he came across as incredibly dismissive of the effort.