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.
Tailgaters accidentally set fire before @athletics opening day pic.twitter.com/0EkAqXbXXN
— Joe Vazquez (@joenewsman) April 4, 2017
And the fire department had to come put it out:
Oakland fire department puts out tailgating fire just before @athletics opening day. Nobody hurt. pic.twitter.com/MyOdOtvJA2
— Joe Vazquez (@joenewsman) April 4, 2017
Here’s another look at the fire:
And here’s a wider version of the header photo:
Naturally, this provoked some Twitter commentary:
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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