Athletics' Brent Rooker claps back at Twitter critics
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Oakland Athletics outfielder Brent Rooker clapped back at critics on social media Monday as the team prepared to start a series with the Cleveland Guardians.
The A’s have been in the national spotlight due to the organization’s impending move to Las Vegas, and while they got hot for a brief moment, the team is still 19-55 and well out of contention for the playoffs. However, the outfielder, who is in his first season in Oakland, had no time for any type of criticism.
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Brent Rooker, #25 of the Oakland Athletics, bats against the Philadelphia Phillies in the bottom of the fourth inning of a major league baseball game at RingCentral Coliseum on June 17, 2023 in Oakland, California. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
One Twitter user, with the handle TonySoprano1960, remarked about Rooker’s swing and wrote "better decision making will improve your average and help the team win, continuing to try to pull a pitch 2 or 3 feet outside is useless. Needs to be fixed."
"Thanks, Tony! I, the one doing the swinging, wasn’t aware! Will begin making the necessary corrections immediately," Rooker responded to the since-deleted tweet.
He was not done there.
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Brent Rooker, #25 of the Oakland Athletics, celebrates in the dugout after scoring against the Atlanta Braves at RingCentral Coliseum on May 31, 2023 in Oakland, California. (Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
Rooker responded to a fan trying to needle him with Oakland’s record, saying "Guys what do you think the minimum record required is to