As an organization, the Oakland Athletics are a complete mess. Ownership has alienated the fanbase and appears set to relocate to Las Vegas. In turn, attendance has been awful, so we can’t really blame security at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum for not caring. After all, nobody associated with the team seems to care either.
But this was still wild to see.
Ahead of Sunday’s game between the Athletics and Astros, a fan ran onto the field from the left-field stands, ran towards second base, rounded first base, stomped on home plate and returned to the section without any member of stadium security posing much resistance.
A’s saw this and signed him on the spot pic.twitter.com/cmhxSEAvyp
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) May 30, 2023
The best effort was made by some member of the groundscrew who tried to trip him around third base. But for the most part, he was allowed to run around the field freely.
This wasn’t the first time A’s security had failed to stop a fan from running on the field and escaping either. It happened back in 2019 with a fan climbing over the right-field wall.
Yet, this lap around the field seemed different. Security had no interest in intervening at all.
No wonder fans had jokes about that pregame scene.
This was how Twitter reacted
Lol I’m feeling the security team here. They were like he’s not attacking anyone, let him be lol. https://t.co/CCn7UVTiAB
— Jonathan D Rodriguez (@thejrod_87) May 31, 2023
Any other stadium this guy woulda been tackled in .5 seconds 💀💀💀
A’s franchise in shambles https://t.co/6crMFfhtjF
— BDUBZ💰📈 (@CEOofC4SN) May 31, 2023
No fans or security https://t.co/i9aF2JYSVt
— collin (@Cantguardcollin) May 30, 2023
How will they ever find him in that massive crowd? https://t.co/bLMPwWT6q3
— All Sports History (@AllSportHistory) May 30, 2023
This is the most cheering they’ve done all season https://t.co/sReSM4AZ61
— JP 🎙️ (@jp_creative_) May 30, 2023
all 3 of the A’s fans in attendance were probably so hyped https://t.co/pHnJrl7oQ4
— mackie (@mack_png) May 30, 2023
Well if you ever dreamed of running onto a big league field with no fear of repercussions, it looks like Oakland is the place to go! But you better hurry, this offer won’t last long…. https://t.co/NieUwHy05X
— Mark Jent (@MarkHJent) May 30, 2023
A’s security might just be as bad as the actual team. https://t.co/H1qzDlPng8
— Devin (@d_pangaro) May 30, 2023
I love this. Not the kid, but the way security just absolutely doesn’t care at all. You can tell they know they’re supposed to detain him, but nobody wants to. https://t.co/rAn5BeZnMF
— Ryan (@pencerm) May 30, 2023
He’s Las Vegas’ problem now.
