The Battle For The Ballpark: The Oakland Athletics' Quest For a New Home

"The Battle For The Ballpark: The Oakland Athletics' Quest For a New Home" dives into the Oakland A's recent stadium issues, their struggles to put a World Series winning team together, and future new stadium plans. This film features long-time NBC Sports analyst for the A's and Sharks, @brodiebrazil, who has been one of the leading supporters of the Howard Terminal ballpark plan. It also features ABC7's @CaseyPrattCreations, who has also been an excellent resource for A's stadium news. Hal "The Hot Dog Guy" Gordon, an Oakland Coliseum favorite, as well as an online personality, "Right Field" Will MacNeil, a diehard A's supporter, and @gamer_athletics, a dedicated A's KZbinr, are also featured. All five, in addition to Kasey (@giantsninersdubssharks, the editor, director, and writer of the film) illustrate their experiences as longtime supporters of the Athletics and their hopes for a new stadium on Oakland's waterfront.
Note from Kasey:
Thank you so much for checking out my film! I have been working on this project for months, from conducting interviews, to editing, to writing. I want to thank all five other members of the film for sharing their experiences! This was a long journey but I am glad to see the documentary come to fruition and make its way to a public audience.
-Kasey
Cast:
Kasey (IG: @asraidersdubssharks TWT: @ards_yt)
Brodie Brazil (IG: @brodienbcs TWT: @BrodieNBCS0
Casey Pratt (IG: @caseyprattabc7 TWT: @CaseyPrattABC7)
Will MacNeil (IG: @rfwill149 TWT: @RFWill149)
Gabe Hernandez (IG: @gamer_athletics TWT: @gamer_athletics)
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[@doots12367]

I applaud you Kasey, this is a excellent documentary. I'm actually a Oakland A's fan living in Wisconsin. I saw the A's play the brewers many many moons ago and we met a few A's players and my friends dad knew a few A's players and they allowed my friend and I on the field level at County Stadium and from that day on I was a A's fan. I noticed that the Brewers seemed to have the same issues as the A's with a stadium and player issues and the Brewers aren't a winning franchise. The Brewers seem to follow the A's playbook in letting good players go when they start to get good. I can't tell you the amount of good players I have seen come through the Brewers farm system and make the majors and then they decide that they don't want to play here anymore. I always say the Brewers are a farm team for the other teams that can afford to give them contracts. The brewers management seem to remind me of the A's management too as they don't seem to care about winning. We also had a huge issue with the Brewers getting a new stadium here in Wisconsin. Milwaukee County Stadium was a outdated pile of crap stadium that really didn't fit baseball. It was very outdated and just not with the times, the Brewers had a ton of push back from people as it was proposed that if the Brewers got a new stadium that they would have a championship in 10 years. They also threatened to leave. Well they did get their stadium at a 4 county extra .5% tax added on to purchases. The Brewers haven't really produced the results that they promised for a new stadium. They have been asking for another 100 million to upgrade American Family Field. I don't believe this will go through as a lot of people are angered. I believe the A's will get a new stadium and stay in Oakland. I really enjoy your channel, keep up the good work and uploads

[@gamer_athletics]

Great job Kasey! Thank you for including me in this project. This was very well made and produced. Hoping to see you make more content like this in the future. I truly feel like I’m apart of history. Amazing!

[@jackgemmer34]

Awesome video, Kasey. I may be a giants fan, but even I can admit that the passion and commitment of A’s fans is something most other fanbases don’t have. You guys truly deserve this stadium and I hope your owners are eventually able to see that. Keep up the good work!

[@hoapres]

The A's fans are so committed that they don't show up to the Coliseum.

[@ryanmunoz8976]

Excellent work Kasey.. really brought the project home. Let Go Oakland!

[@hoapres]

@@ryanmunoz8976 HT project is dead.

[@anthonypezzola8300]

Great video. What Brodie said towards the end is what hits me the hardest about not being able to raise our kids or future generations of Oakland/East Bay A’s fans and getting the experience of taking them to the local ballpark.

[@hoapres]

C'mon man. Get real. I get it. If you are a diehard Oakland fan then I understand that your kid may not see an A game but they can just go to SF and see a Giants game.

[@radiowrjp9201]

Very clear summary of the situation, thank you. Wishing the OAKLAND Athletics and its great fans all the best, from Australia. Go A's!

[@SemBoyzE17thSt]

This channel continue to be awesome. Great job young man. Go A's ⚾ stÁy 🐘

[@andyflaherty7586]

Kasey, This was fantastic! We’ve talked a lot about how there’s so much misunderstanding about this whole situation, even among A’s fans. This was a phenomenal presentation of the heart of the matter. I’ll be forwarded this to every nominal fan I can think of! Thank you so much for all your hard work! Great production values and journalism!

[@JHSports]

This is such a well produced documentary/film! Keep up all the amazing content! Pray The A’s can stay in Oakland 🙏🙏

[@bennettleary5185]

Kasey this is really well done bro. Ik this took a lot of time to make and it paid off! Great job man ❤

[@jonahh9313]

Fantastic, comprehensive, moving video. Hoping they stay in Oakland forever!

[@JHSports]

The sad part is the A’s made the playoffs in 2020 & had so many great players- Matt Olson,Chapman etc.

[@leeltastic7889]

This is awesome more of this please

[@madisonmontez19]

This is incredible, keep going baby korach🙌🙌

[@17vs41]

Don't lose that passion that you obviously have for things like this. The way you told the story actually made me tune in till the end, so keep it up and GO DODGERS!

[@jhighdavillain96]

Great Video Brotha Stay In Oakland As ⚾️

[@lowpasskid]

great Video! My Father worked on the coliseum in 65-66. got pics of it. Fremont family all the way. world series in 89! was there, drove pile at Howard terminal in the 80's. have to build the coliseum there!

[@sllstimmah]

Really great piece. These fans are unique in sports, and deserve a home worthy of their passion and welcoming spirit.

[@Old_Foxy_Grandpa]

I grew up an Oaks fan. I wear my Oaks jersey to the A's game and never cease to strike up a very pleasant conversation with another old guy like me who grew up with the Oaks and now are guest services guys.

[@depressedasfan9452]

This video was awesome Kasey! I pray to god the A’s stay in Oakland

[@ray-zy3lk]

Insane!!! This video was amazing and I agree with everything you said. You have a lot of knowledge and this video helped me understand more! Your skills are unmatched and so is your knowledge. Great job Kasey

[@mattf7772]

This is insanely well done

[@VagWhisper]

I'm from Kansas City, Missouri (second home of the Athletic's) and we are about to build a new stadium in downtown KCMO for the Royals and not far behind them, the KC Chiefs. We here in Kansas City, stand behind our Athletic's brothers & sisters. Don't let the bastards beat you down!!👍💪⚾🥁🏟️

[@karly1825]

so good! loved hearing your thoughts and you made a very impressive video. incredible production and you include amazing footage! you have talent

[@kurt666morris]

You captured the fan angst over the decades perfectly. A plus production Kasey. By the way when will you give your last name? Or will you forever stick with just a first name like "Drake" and "Oprah.?" LOL. :) .......Loved the interviews. "Hal the Hot Dog Guy" is an institution. Brodie Brazil is always good. I wish long time Radio Announcer Ken Korach could have appeared. Ditto the late great Ray Fosse. .......You really should sell this to NBC Sports Net in the bay area. This will be a great thing for your resume, if and when you apply to an ESPN type sports network. .......Some critics might see this as a 30 minute infomercial for the Howard Terminal Ball Park. Fair enough. .....My back up plan would be to reconfigure the Coliseum the way it was before the Raiders came back and destroyed it in 1995. How about an upgrade in concessions? For crying out loud they shouldn't be the only major league park to forgo Pepsi and Coke and just have RC Cola. That's so bush league that the Reno Aces and Sacramento River Cats would never pull that. Keeping dead rats out of the vending machines would go a long way for good publicity. :( ......Again great job. I hope you do more of these documentaries in the future.

[@StevenSax-rt9ig]

Sure the A's have like 20 k fans on a good day at the old Coliseum but their so die hard and absolutely love the A's as a Dodger fan keep the team in Oakland !!!

[@SuperJK-Man]

Great video. Oakland politicians are delusional. The stadium is privately financed, but the city is demanding the team to pay for everything outside of the stadium. Oakland should be lucky that a team is building their own stadium.

[@pwrfwd26]

Great work.

[@tkmcnichols]

Yayy Kasey!! This is so cool

[@jacobahearn4263]

Very well done

[@hihihi4817]

so good and the talent is unreal. very well spoken and everything that was said was very smart and factual. looking forward to more videos in the future keep it up!

[@jackcui8175]

Love the A’s ❤❤

[@Draymondpunch]

Goated video bro🔥

[@uknw5458]

Great video keep up the great work. I pray the A's stay here in California

[@dashiellmartin7983]

Great job Kasey. You truly represent us fans who love the team but are angry about this whole situation. Hopefully we can get a deal done soon for the HT stadium

[@GregAlterton]

Kasey, excellent job. You took a complex story that a lot of fans don't quite understand, and summarized it beautifully.

[@mikepuncsak7297]

OUTSTANDING video Casey !!

[@krissolson7043]

I loved watching the Bash Brothers when I was much younger.

[@alexekman9458]

Great job on this, Kasey

[@TheOaklandAthletics1989]

Been growing my stash for the 2023 campaign. Let's go Oakland ⚾

[@brandonfox2178]

Good video and commentary. PLEASE STAY IN OAKLAND!!

[@troutski7698]

Dope video dude

[@markhutchins6188]

Really well done

[@edwarddobrowolski9398]

Thank you for doing this

[@Angrygenzer]

As a San Jose A’s fan, I’ll never forgive the Giants and MLB for keeping the A’s out of SJ. Look at that territorial map, it’s ridiculously one sided

[@tony676]

Babe wake up, K dog dropped!!

[@Summitclym]

Long time Vegas resident here, would love to have an MLB team and someday soon we will. Better for everyone we get an expansion team not the A’s.

[@nickhoffman1587]

Nice job on this Kasey

[@michaelwilson134]

let’s goooo

[@KWAME2RAW]

Great video family keep up the good work 💯🦾🔥

[@vvarietyshow]

I believe the A's will stay!

[@andredouglass7800]

AS A LONG TIME TRUE A'S FAN WE DESERVE BETTER

[@michaeladams5636]

If Oakland can’t build a new stadium San Jose or Portland would be a good city to move to.

[@mosinc7388]

The more I think about it the less bad I feel. You still have local teams for every major sport. 49ers, Giants, Warriors, and Sharks are all the bay area's local teams. Not every fan of a team lives right down the road from their areas team.

[@mikepuncsak7297]

$#@! Brodie you got me a gushy talking about legacy ...

[@wildcard3907]

Why are tickets not available for 2023 season?

[@joelcarrillo294]

It makes me so angry to know that the Coliseum could be like Dodgers stadium had they done what the Dodgers did and kept it up. Dodgers stadium is a nightmare to get in and out of and has a dated look but they have been able to turn it into an icon. This was possible for the Coliseum and we don't have the traffic issues since we have BART and multiple ways in and out of the complex. Here's hoping we can somehow make HT work.

[@CesarPerez-it8xy]

I wonder how much it'll cost to remove mount Davis.

[@bullwinkle2380]

If the Howard Terminal Ballpark project implodes, what about the Giants and the A's sharing Pac-Bell Park??????????

[@bullwinkle2380]

Dear Major League Baseball: Please arm twist the A's and the city of Oakland to swing the Howard Terminal Ballpark project!!!

[@benlin06]

hype

[@mikepuncsak7297]

As a die hard Oakland Athletics fanatics I have to ask these new brand A's fans...When do you plan on putting more pressure on the Oakland politicians to get this Howard Terminal plan done ??

[@stebstebanesier6205]

Viva Las Vegas!

[@hubaldotorres4841]

Vegas doesn’t have existing Raider fans 😂. Vegas is a city where opposing teams go. A’s moving to Vegas their will be more Dodgers, Yankees & Red Sox fans flocking to Sin City. Keep the A’s in Oakland

[@bullwinkle2380]

Las Vegas A's??? But what if Lake Mead runs 100% dry???

[@curtisdavis8261]

Oh, How Crazy Is This Right Here?

[@FischerFan]

Dark times for the A's. A bad start to the season, and a bleak outlook for a new facility.

[@dawnnarry3500]

AS A BASEBALL FAN, & resident of Alameda County, While I'm not against a new ballpark I have never heard good reason against building on the current site,& tearing down the old one. As for the violence and other crime, in the area, that cannot change without significant investment in the area. Plus the transportation infustructure power and connection to travel all are presently in place and upgrading these would be more cost effective. IMO AS A TAX PAYER IN ALAMEDA COUNTY, that is important to me. I support the A's but these are important me moving forward. The Howard terminal site is all about $$$, and it would price out true and moderate fans needing to work many more times to afford to go ,let alone not be able to take a family. This was a good article but I think it did miss a small but important part. But more conversations still need to lead to results which will work for all. Good luck.

[@hoapres]

The A's aren't staying at the Coliseum.

[@jeffconnor]

Hello Dawn 👋 How are you doing today?

[@panowa8319]

What's the point? If the A's are going to be leaving Oakland for Las Vegas ,the fans should stick it to John Fisher like what the Houston Oilers fans did to Bud Adams, since he planned on moving his team to Nashville, stop attending the games and buy any team merchandise.

[@TheJasonVoorhees]

Vegas A's

[@scotttild]

Too bad they are never getting anything done in Oakland. HT is a total smoke screen. Port is never going to sell the land and ED is too expensive and will take too long, it would be tied up in courts for years. A's will be in Las Vegas in a couple years. They already have two options on land, just depends on where they want to build.

[@timmccrory7630]

Houston Astros are the 2022 World Champions🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@share4us700]

The issue is San Francisco. Everything in the Bay area has to go through San Francisco San Jose and Oakland. Like a Committee. And SF is Chief. When the giants asked to move to San Jose Oakland said it's OK and it's cool but then giants change their mind and build a new stadium in SF. But when Oakland asked to move to San Jose it was not MLB who said no it was San Francisco. That was giants territory which I'm from San Jose And it never was until now that the 49ers moved here But in the community its still split. When the 49ers asked to move to San Jose, Oakland said it's cool and it happened. But now for Oakland to build a new stadium it has to be approved by San Francisco and they will not approve it. On the budget paper it will say approve or not approved. And when it came to the Oakland terminal project. San Francisco said "not recommended". Worse than not approved it's "not recommended". And why because this stadium will give light to Oakland and San Francisco does not want that. How dare Oakland have anything good and take any light from San Francisco... and if you ask anybody from San Francisco they will admit it!!!... When I was a child in the 80s San Jose build there first sky scraper next to Campbell and San Francisco stop San Jose from building skyscrapers until the 2 thousands. when they couldn't stop them no more. That why there's a random skyscraper by Campbell. It's San Francisco and there Need to be conceited.

[@manwhore7019]

even if it gets built the owner is cheap and will never invest in a big payroll

[@hoapres]

Reality check. HT isn't going anywhere. MAYBE and it is a somewhat distant chance, you have a development eventually without the ballpark. Outside the slight detail that the land is best suited for its original purpose being the port, Fisher is looking at this a pure real estate development project. The A's are just an unfortunate cost of getting the deal done. You know, I know it. Everyone knows it. Fisher is just a CHEAPSKATE. Teardown the rebuild. ANY time an A's player gets good then just trade him away. We are going into an economic recession and the numbers just don't pencil out for an HT development with the requirement of low income housing. Fisher is never going to sign off on a deal requiring him to build low income housing. Fisher is TOO CHEAP to spend millions on a baseball team so people expect him to spend billions on a ball park. Nah. Not happening. The real cost of capital has gone way up so the IRR and NPV numbers for HT have taken a dramatic change for the worse.

[@gamer_athletics]

If you actually looked into the project you would know how deep of the project is. Some of the things you pointed out have been talked about and have been discussed and settled. Can’t call for a reality check when you, yourself don’t even know what’s fully going on.

[@hoapres]

@@gamer_athletics You are way off base. HT is dead.

[@hoapres]

@@gamer_athletics Actually they haven't. Oakland wants 35% affordable housing and the A's haven't addressed that. NO ONE believes that Fisher is going to give everything that the Oakland city council wants.

[@le9335]

The stadium and owner are a joke. Die hard A’s fan who has attended several games a year for 25 years. Last year I didn’t attend a game for first time because I reached my breaking point. I still wear my gear and root for players, but refuse to support that ownership. You have plenty of money, Fisher, why ruin your legacy by being the most hated owner in baseball?

[@jordanjohnson9866]

Nah. Not historical landmarks. Not historical lanmar. /

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Oakland is dying. Maybe the Athetics finding a new home is for the best. I am sorry if I sound like I am looking using a narrow lens but I hear nothing but bad news about Oakland.

[@hoapres]

BOYCOTT Gap. Hit Fisher in the pocketbook so he sells the team.

[@hoapres]

New owner or no new stadium. The A's are masquerading as a professional sports team. You thought the 2022 season was bad. Wait until 2023 comes around with a 50-112 season.

[@hoapres]

This is what happens when you have a team MASQUERADING as a professional sports team. Fans lose interest. Sure you have some diehard fans but you don't have enough. 2023 season is going to be an ABSOLUTE disaster. The players will show up but they will be concentrating on their individual stats looking for their next team. Don't think of a poor 60-102 season. Try looking at a 50-112 season.

[@Dsalv003]

Kinda sad that you've made like 10 comments on this video all trying to bring negativity to the situation. If you're not a fan, why are you wasting so much energy spreading misinformation on an issue that doesn't really pertain to you.

[@hoapres]

@@Dsalv003 Sounds like that You can't handle the truth.

[@hoapres]

Fisher needs to sell the team.

[@elihuntersherman]

I understand your passion for the A's. I really do. But Oakland is such a shit city. It's declining very fast. Retaining a basebal;l team is the least of its problems.

[@hoapres]

Brodie Brazil supports HT because it is his JOB. That's fair enough as Brodie points that out. Sorry to give you the bad news Brodie but you lose credibility when you neglect the real problem being the owner. Maybe you can't address that but ignoring it actually brings more attention to Fisher being a cheapskate.

[@hoapres]

Oakland needs to concentrate on REAL problems being crime and homelessness. Either the cheapskate Fisher steps up to the plate with REAL MONEY footing the entire cost of the HT project or he leaves town.

[@stewgotz1]

‘Loyal To The Soil’…….ain’t Gonna root for a team outta state, out of the area

[@hubaldotorres4841]

Vegas is the most overrated city in America & lacks transportation. Vegas doesn’t have underground metro rapid trains like BART & Subway in NY 🚊

[@korenng5553]

RTC buses here are actively on top of new transportation growth and staying flexible to serve community...by SF native build in Summerlin 2001 & takes RTC. Accessibility is much easier than Bay Area.