How bad have things gotten at the A’s stadium at RingCentral Coliseum, ranked as the worst MLB stadium in 2023?
The answer begins in 2022. It was back in May that we wrote about the possum that had invaded the press box. You’d figure that someone from the franchise would have gone in and taken the creature out of there, right?
Well, NOPE.
Because over the weekend, the visiting New York Mets’ broadcast team at SNY detailed the fact that they weren’t calling the game against the A’s from the visiting box.
They had to move because the possum is still there, living in the wall and appeared during the opening game of the season in Oakland and had avoided traps. And when Gary Cohen and Co. got to the stadium, they were sent away because the “stench” of possum … droppings … was very present.
Last night, Gary and Ron shared the story of how they got moved out of the visiting television booth thanks to a possum 😂 pic.twitter.com/t3aK3siEzT
— SNY (@SNYtv) April 15, 2023
Uh, yeah. This isn’t great.
MLB teams visiting the Oakland A's have been unable to use the visiting broadcast booth.
A possum is "living inside its walls", and has been since last season. pic.twitter.com/0x60DKf3Wc
— Front Office Sports (@FOS) April 15, 2023
If it was helping the A’s win games, I’d feel differently. But nope.