OAKLAND FANS START “LET’S GO HARPER” CHANTS IN SUPPORT OF BRYCE HARPER FOLLOWING HIS COMMENTS OPPOSING ATHLETICS MOVE TO LAS VEGAS

 

Bryce Harper and the Philadelphia Phillies swept the Oakland Athletics over the weekend to improve to 38-34 on the season. 

The Athletics, now 19-55 on the season, haven’t made much noise on the baseball field, but their fans have made national headlines thanks to a “Reverse Boycott” early last week which brought over 27,000 Athletics fans to the Coliseum in protest against the organization’s ownership and the team’s pending move to Vegas.

Bryce Harper, a guy who usually does not get a warm reception from opposing fanbases when the Phillies hit the road was greeted with cheers in Oakland following his comments made last week about the organization’s decision to leave town.

“I feel sorry for the fans in Oakland,” Harper said, according to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale. “It’s just not right. They have so much history in Oakland. You’re taking a team out of a city. I’m pretty sad because of all of the history and all of the greatness they’ve seen there. I see the A’s as Oakland. I don’t see them as Vegas.”

“Those fans (in Oakland) are so passionate, they bleed green,” Harper said. “I’m not sure what they’re going to be, or how they’re going to be in Vegas, but it won’t be the same. Pretty small market.”