Former A's pitcher rips owner John Fisher over public apology ahead of planned move: 'Be an adult'

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Former Oakland A’s pitcher Trevor May ripped team owner John Fisher after he penned a public apology to fans ahead of the team’s final home series at the Coliseum before the franchise’s planned move to Las Vegas. 

Fisher issued the apology, where he acknowledged the "failed" goal of keeping the A’s in Oakland, ahead of Tuesday’s game against the Texas Rangers.

An Oakland Athletics fan holds a scarf during the sixth inning against the Cincinnati Reds at Oakland Coliseum in 2023.  (Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports)

"This upcoming series with the Texas Rangers will be the final games of the A's storied 57 years in Oakland. And while the A's previously played in Philadelphia and Kansas City, Oakland has been home for the greatest era in the franchise's more than 123-year history." 

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Fisher went on to name several Oakland legends and storied moments, and emphasized his attempts to keep the team in Oakland.  

"The A's are part of the fabric of Oakland, the East Bay, and the entire Bay Area. When Lew Wolff and I bought the team in 2005, our dream was to win world championships and build a new ballpark in Oakland. Over the next 18 years, we did our very best to make that happen. We proposed and pursued five different locations in the Bay Area. And despite mutual and ongoing efforts to get a deal done for the Howard Terminal project, we came up short," the letter read.

"Only in 2021, after 16 years of working exclusively on developing a home in the Bay Area and faced with a binding MLB agreement to find a new home by 2024, did we begin to explore taking the team to Las Vegas."

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