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Oakland Is Down to Its Last Strike as a Sports Town

Three years after the Warriors left to chase titles in San Francisco, the A’s may be moving on as well if their stadium plans don’t move forward this month

The A’s are averaging an MLB-low 8,283 fans per game at the Oakland Coliseum. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

By

Jared Diamond

Not long ago, a single strip of land beside a freeway in Oakland, Calif., was the epicenter of innovation in American sports. 

The Moneyball A’s ushered in the data revolution that forever changed baseball and even inspired a hit movie starring Brad Pitt. The Golden State Warriors completely broke basketball and reinvented how the game is played with a barrage of 3-pointers from previously uncharted regions of the court.

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