All summer, A’s broadcasts have — pathetically, if understandably — downplayed the “SELL THE TEAM” chants ringing out against owner John Fisher. But there are no such soft restrictions on the “Summer of Sell” on opponents' airwaves.
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The Rays broadcast did a segment on the reverse boycott in June. The Giants broadcast pointed out the “Sell” chants at last weekend’s A’s-Giants series in San Francisco. And the Dodgers broadcast saluted the booming mantra in Los Angeles on Tuesday night. (The A’s lost to the Dodgers, 7-3, but no one, least of all A’s management, cares about that.