As an organization, the Oakland Athletics are a complete mess. Ownership has alienated the fanbase and appears set to relocate to Las Vegas. In turn, attendance has been awful, so we can’t really blame security at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum for not caring. After all, nobody associated with the team seems to care either.
But this was still wild to see.
Ahead of Sunday’s game between the Athletics and Astros, a fan ran onto the field from the left-field stands, ran towards second base, rounded first base, stomped on home plate and returned to the section without any member of stadium security posing much resistance.
A’s saw this and signed him on the spot pic.twitter.com/cmhxSEAvyp
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) May 30, 2023
The best effort was made by some member of the groundscrew who tried to trip him around third base. But for the most part, he was allowed to run around the field freely.
This wasn’t the first time A’s security had failed to stop a fan from running on the field and escaping either. It happened back in 2019 with a fan climbing over the right-field wall.
Yet, this lap around the field seemed different. Security had no interest in intervening at all.
No wonder fans had jokes about that pregame scene.