Things are not going well for the Oakland A’s outside of the dugout.
While the A’s recently posted a seven-game win streak, the team’s possible move to Las Vegas has the baseball world hoping A’s management will sell the team and keep it in Oakland.
A’s fans recently held a reverse boycott to protest the possible move, and it worked out as droves of Oakland fans showed up to voice their displeasure.
While nobody has any ill feelings going to the players, the franchise itself is going to continue to catch flak for a possible move to Vegas until it doesn’t happen.
Even 2011’s viral sensation Rebecca Black (of “Friday” fame) isn’t letting the team off easy without some serious trolling.
Yes, the pop singer’s viral song got mentioned by Oakland’s Twitter account ahead of a Friday stand against the Philadelphia Phillies.
“Gotta get down on Phriday – Rebecca Black’s cousin who is from Philly,” the tweet read, but there was one problem.
Black responded that she doesn’t have a cousin in Philly, and that she thinks management should sell the team. Yikes.
I DONT HAVE A COUSIN FROM PHILLY? SELL THE TEAM https://t.co/tDLI2E3BFd
— Rebecca Black (@MsRebeccaBlack) June 17, 2023
If you had to put your computer down from the heat of that response to such a silly tweet, then you are picking up on how upset people are with A’s management right now.
Black (and her imaginary Philly cousin) have joined many folks in wanting the A’s to stay right where they are with a franchise sell. The team is going to have to be careful which pop culture jokes they make on future tweets.
You never know who will reply.