There are 452,000 Google results for “Oakland A’s dumpster fire,” with many of them showing up as commentary on the team’s last two seasons (where they went 68-94 and 69-93 respectively). On Monday, though, and the opening day of their 2017 season, the team was associated with a literal fiery disaster, as a car in the parking lot at Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Authority was engulfed in flames.
https://twitter.com/joenewsman/status/849061305952677888
And the fire department had to come put it out:
https://twitter.com/joenewsman/status/849061949828587520
Here’s another look at the fire:
And here’s a wider version of the header photo:
Naturally, this provoked some Twitter commentary:
So a car got set on fire in the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum parking lot before the A's vs. Angels game. Oakland is in a good mood I see
— Jesus Shuttlesworth (@topshelftrash) April 4, 2017
A's season already a dumpster fire https://t.co/pOJwK2yDfD
— Sean O'Shea (@EastBayBias) April 4, 2017
A's open the season literally on fire https://t.co/JDqa0yWFYv
— nick (@nick_pants) April 4, 2017
If this is symbolic of the A’s season, I’d hate to see what’s going to symbolize the year for the soon-to-be-moving Raiders, a team the stadium authority executive director has already said is going to put taxpayers in the red just by playing there. A flaming pit of money, perhaps?
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