Open Letter to A's Front Office

Dear Billy Beane, Lew Wolff and all members of the A's Front Office,

I am writing this letter as a frustrated East Bay A's fan. Now I'm sure you've heard this story before but I suggest you hear me out because my thoughts are the same of several East Bay A's fans.

It's been well documented that you want no part of building a new stadium in Oakland or in the East Bay and that's fine there's no sense in trying to convince you all.

Instead I would like to talk about the frustrations that have been hanging over my head the last several years and that is the way the personnel has been handled.

I understand you all badly want a positive decision about the San Jose stadium come January but after that decision comes I expect you all to actually make an effort to trying to make the last few years in Oakland a special time.

You may not have any interest in giving us any joy which is suggested with all the trades you have made these last few years but at least reward the fans like myself who have stuck with this team these last few tough years. I've bought your merchandise, I even went to 15+ games despite being a high school student who had to have jaw surgery.

And if you have no interest in doing that then at least make the effort to contribute to the proud baseball tradition that has been in Oakland since Casey Stengel managed the Oakland Oaks during the late 1940s. Whether you all want to admit it or not we have a proud tradition of great baseball in Oakland and I would appreciate it if you all would make the effort to giving us a few happy moments before you guys pack up and leave for the South Bay.

As for my fan loyalty, I will let that ride on whether or not you try and build a winner after you get the "green light" from Mr. Bud Selig. If you continue to put a mediocre product on the field and let our fans suffer like the last 4 years, I will jump ship and become an LA Dodgers fan (you'd be crazy to think I'd ever put on orange and black) or stop watching baseball altogether.

If you make the effort, I will stay with the team through their move to the South Bay and I'll do my best to try and convince the people I sit with at games to join me.

Thank you,

Wes Mills