The new Oakland Ballers independent baseball team is hoping to incorporate a bit of Oakland sports history in its renovated ballpark as the club prepares for its opener next month.
FILE – Seagulls occupy the upper deck of the Oakland Coliseum with Oakland Athletics fans during team’s baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, July 8, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. The new Oakland Ballers independent baseball team is hoping to incorporate a bit of Oakland sports history in its renovated ballpark as the club prepares for the opener next month.
“This is an innovative and worthwhile idea that I am excited to pursue with the Ballers and with my colleagues at the coliseum authority,” Kaplan said in an email. “Being able to put the previously used seats into positive and productive new use to serve the community would be a win-win example of recycling and creative reuse. I’m glad the Ballers are proposing it, and that they are dedicated to being rooted in Oakland.
“As we prepare for Year 1, we are at the same time looking ahead to our long-term future. We hope to continue playing at Raimondi Park after our inaugural season and are planning for what the ballpark will look like in subsequent seasons as we establish our permanent home,” Freedman wrote in the letter, viewed by The Associated Press.“To that end, we think there is a great opportunity to repurpose these seats for our future seasons at Raimondi Park.
The B’s announced their new team last November, with a similar font to the A’s and plans to carry on the city’s green-and-gold color scheme.
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