Dan Moore
@DmoWriter
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Contributing writer @ringer | Also @TheAtlantic @Baseballpro @SFChronicle @Oaklandside @SFStandard @Longreads | East Bay 🌳 | Oliver’s dad ⚾️
Joined June 2010
I spent the last few months reporting on the strangest story in sports: the surreal, high-stakes experiment of the "Sacramento" A's. It’s a story about rootedness, compromise, & the competition between cities for big-league status. Out now in the @ringer.
theringer.com
The A’s three-year stay in Sacramento is a potential coup for the proud underdog sports town. It’s also a mess. What’s the price of big league dreams?
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RT @Jorgeleon17: “…Sports analysis shows that 12 MLB teams have engaged in the chant in varying degrees of organization the past three year….
usatoday.com
Fans are becoming increasingly vocal in their displeasure with the owners of their favorite teams.
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RT @chaykak: I think the rebellion to the utter vacuity of our current landscape is to forget all of it and make art that's meaningful to y….
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RT @SammyNute: When the A’s left the city, with them went any chance of Oakland seeing a winning pro baseball team again. Or so it had appe….
oaklandside.org
At the core of the Oakland team's success? Baseball players from Northern California reveling in the chance to play professionally close to their hometown.
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RT @UT_CSCM: The through line in Moore’s writing is Northern California with a healthy dose of pro baseball in Oakland (Athletics or otherw….
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Sure would be nice if I could root for him.
UPDATE. Nick Kurtz in July (rank among AL hitters). AVG: .425 (1st).OBP: .494 (1st).SLG: 1.082 (1st).OPS: 1.576 (1st).R: 22 (1st).2B: 13 (1st).HR: 11 (1st).RBI: 27 (1st).XBH: 25 (1st).
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RT @UT_CSCM: By @DmoWriter "After the A’s announced they were leaving Oakland, a pair of lifelong fans set out to do something audacious: s….
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#1 clearly suggests we’re talking Bay Area teams here, not just SF, so the exclusion of both the Raiders (let’s go w/ the Madden/Stabler-led 76 team) and A’s (70s or 80s take your pick) evinces either a wild blind spot or pretty gross anti-Oakland bias tbh.
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“Fisher has to realize he’s a dead man walking"—@jc_bradbury. “This is the dog catching the car”—@fieldofschemes. “He’s really bad at this.”. Just a feast of quotables in the @guardian this AM on our friend John Fisher. Thank you @LengelDavid 😂 No notes.
theguardian.com
It’s been over two years since the A’s were awarded public funding for their new ballpark. But despite last month’s “groundbreaking”, its completion is anything but certain
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lol they could have had three stadiums done in Oakland by now each w/ more public funding and each less than half this price.
A’s owner John Fisher says Las Vegas ballpark cost could approach $2B. Official budget now $1.75B, up from $1.5B ⚾. Fisher family will cover $1.4B, with $350M public funds. A’s seek up to $550M from investors to offset family stake. Via @reviewjournal.
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Just finished The Pacific Circuit by @KQED's Alexis Madrigal. So very good, one of the best histories of Oakland you'll read. Infuriates, illuminates, & captures Oakland's centrality to other larger infuriating stories all at same time. Elegantly synthesizes a shit ton of
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Oh no I feel so sorry for them.
The A’s front office is in a tough spot this deadline.
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RT @LastDiveBar: “Moving for dummies.” . Tigers ain’t holding back with the AAA’s in town. Had the Moneyball sign yesterday as well. http….
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Brian’s essay was so so good. Very worth your time.
Brian Burnsed (@brianburnsed) profiles golfer Sam Bennett, who became a star at the 2023 Masters while trying to overcome his father's death. The subsequent year proved not to have been as smooth as his made-for-TV Augusta narrative wanted. READ IT:
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RT @AlexSimonSports: New story at @SFGate:. MLB curiously removes A's 'reverse boycott' game broadcasts from digital archive. It's the only….
sfgate.com
It's the only game in the entire month of June 2023 that isn't available to watch.
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Thanks for having me on @DamonAmendo.
"Q & D.A." is live with Dan Moore (@DmoWriter), who wrote about this haphazard Sacramento pit stop for the A's and local fans @ringer. Full episode right now on YouTube.
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