MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says A's fans 'reverse boycott' doesn't make up for 'a decade worth of inaction'

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Oakland A's fans have been making last-ditch efforts to keep the team from moving to Las Vegas.

A few weeks ago, the fanbase pulled off a "reverse boycott" in which over 27,000 people flooded the stadium to catch an A's game against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Athletics have averaged fewer than 10,000 people per game this year.

However, it's very likely too little, too late, and MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred says the city of Oakland are to blame themselves.

Manfred said the day after the "reverse boycott" that he felt "sorry for the fans in Oakland," yet some thought his comments about the game drawing "almost an average Major League Baseball crowd" was sarcastic.

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Oakland Athletics fans display signs during a reverse boycott game against the Tampa Bay Rays at RingCentral Coliseum on June 13, 2023, in Oakland, California. (Brandon Vallance/Getty Images)

But at the end of the day, one night will not change "a decade worth of inaction."

"My comment about Oakland was that I feel sorry for the fans, that it was my initial and -- preference that we find a solution in Oakland," Manfred said Friday when asked whether he had regrets about his remarks. "The comment that I made about the fans on a particular night was taken out of context of those two larger remarks: I feel sorry for the fans. We hate to move. We did everything we could possibly do to keep the club in Oakland. Unfortunately, one night doesn't change a decade worth of inaction."

Manfred's words echo his sentiments from last week when he said he did "not like this outcome."

"I understand why they feel the way they do," Manfred said