Ticketmaster changed the team name this morning from Oakland Athletics to “The Athletics”
September 15, 2024
Ticketmaster changed the team name this morning from Oakland Athletics to “The Athletics”
32 comments
I thought people here would find it interesting that the name change looks to be beginning.
Fuck John Fisher
New York Times coming after them for trademark infringement
Drop the “The.” Just the “Athletics.” It’s cleaner that way.
The Athletic Baseball Team Formerly of Oakland
I know it’ll probably be ‘ATH’ but I hope their three letter abbreviation on scoreboards and tickers is ‘THE’
The Ohio State University
lol get over it
*Nobody liked that.*
sounds faintly like a knock-off, fairly inconsequential superhero team name
Soooooo dumpster fire sale on Fanatics for Oakland A’s gear?
It’s going to be weird seeing “Oakland A’s” vintage jerseys in the same category as the Expos, Senators, Pilots, etc. I wonder if they’re going to do any sort of uniform refresh or if they’ll continue with the iconic aesthetic. My guess is they’ll tweak it a little but not too much
Oakland Baseball Team
Earth wallpaper in the background makes this feel more grandiose for some reason.
**The Athletics belong to *all* of us now.**
welp, it was fun
When they were based in Philadelphia, newspapers would print their name in presented standings as just “Athletic”, in reference to Athletic Club of Philadelphia.
What’s old is new again.
#DeployedToProd
Seattle Mariners vs. TBDs
I am definitely not a fan of the trend started by the Washington Football Team to play entire seasons with placeholder names.
I also think this is decision is pretty dismissive of Sacramento, it comes across that the A’s are embarrassed and ashamed of playing there and are trying to downplay that fact by hiding the city from their name. I don’t think it bodes well for Sacramento supporting the A’s for these 3-4 years.
Six games left in Oakland this season. They couldn’t have waited until those were done before making this change?
Incoming $5 permanent service fee to every ticket to cover the cost of the name change on their website and the notification.
Still better than THE LOS Angeles Angels of Anaheim
As if we needed more proof that TicketMaster is evil
What are the chances they become a road warrior team next year?
How old is your phone?
Oakland Athletics of Sacramento
I just got the same notification 🙁
Was hoping they’d go for Sacramento Athletics. Merch would probably sell for a lot and have good resale.
This thread has more traffic than that section of the website gets all season
…drop the “The”
Call them Rover Athletics or Wanderer Athletics. Have 3 or 4 ‘home’ stadiums. I’m surprised we don’t see this more: billionaires extorting *multiple* cities with just one team!
Petition to make The Athletics a travel team if they don’t have a city
_I ain’t never heard of no city named The; they speak English in The?_
32 comments
I thought people here would find it interesting that the name change looks to be beginning.
Fuck John Fisher
New York Times coming after them for trademark infringement
Drop the “The.” Just the “Athletics.” It’s cleaner that way.
The Athletic Baseball Team Formerly of Oakland
I know it’ll probably be ‘ATH’ but I hope their three letter abbreviation on scoreboards and tickers is ‘THE’
The Ohio State University
lol get over it
*Nobody liked that.*
sounds faintly like a knock-off, fairly inconsequential superhero team name
Soooooo dumpster fire sale on Fanatics for Oakland A’s gear?
It’s going to be weird seeing “Oakland A’s” vintage jerseys in the same category as the Expos, Senators, Pilots, etc. I wonder if they’re going to do any sort of uniform refresh or if they’ll continue with the iconic aesthetic. My guess is they’ll tweak it a little but not too much
Oakland Baseball Team
Earth wallpaper in the background makes this feel more grandiose for some reason.
**The Athletics belong to *all* of us now.**
welp, it was fun
When they were based in Philadelphia, newspapers would print their name in presented standings as just “Athletic”, in reference to Athletic Club of Philadelphia.
What’s old is new again.
#DeployedToProd
Seattle Mariners vs. TBDs
I am definitely not a fan of the trend started by the Washington Football Team to play entire seasons with placeholder names.
I also think this is decision is pretty dismissive of Sacramento, it comes across that the A’s are embarrassed and ashamed of playing there and are trying to downplay that fact by hiding the city from their name. I don’t think it bodes well for Sacramento supporting the A’s for these 3-4 years.
Six games left in Oakland this season. They couldn’t have waited until those were done before making this change?
Incoming $5 permanent service fee to every ticket to cover the cost of the name change on their website and the notification.
Still better than THE LOS Angeles Angels of Anaheim
As if we needed more proof that TicketMaster is evil
What are the chances they become a road warrior team next year?
How old is your phone?
Oakland Athletics of Sacramento
I just got the same notification 🙁
Was hoping they’d go for Sacramento Athletics. Merch would probably sell for a lot and have good resale.
This thread has more traffic than that section of the website gets all season
…drop the “The”
Call them Rover Athletics or Wanderer Athletics. Have 3 or 4 ‘home’ stadiums. I’m surprised we don’t see this more: billionaires extorting *multiple* cities with just one team!
Petition to make The Athletics a travel team if they don’t have a city
_I ain’t never heard of no city named The; they speak English in The?_