Like every other Major League ballpark in America, the Oakland Coliseum was closed for business. The electric fan ambiance was replaced by cardboard, a deafening silence fell over the Coliseum mere moments after baseball’s first walk-off grand slam since 1986.
Outside the ballpark’s confines, an hour before, a caravan of cars planned a parade outside the gates to protest the A’s planned move to Ho. . .
Chapman just wanted to from the A’s organization to get on the field as soon as possible that he felt.