In the time the A’s have been searching for a new ballpark, I’ve gone through high school, college, worked, went back to school, finished that, worked more, got married and had 3 kids. Also in that time, the list of significant improvements to the Coliseum starts and ends with new scoreboards. On one hand, it’s hard to blame the A’s, tenants in a house they don’t want, for not improving that building. However, if you’re never going to get a new house you might want to at least fix up what you have.
And in this vein, the current iteration (circa 2016 offseason) of the long stadium saga saw the A’s launch their #RootedInOakland campaign.