FILE - Fans wait for autographs before a baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Seattle Mariners in Oakland, Calif., July 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

FILE - Contestants dressed as former Oakland Athletics players Dennis Eckersley, left, Rickey Henderson, center, and Rollie Fingers stand with fans after racing during the seventh inning of a baseball game between the Athletics and the Seattle Mariners in Oakland, Calif., July 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

In this undated photo provided by Nancy Finley, one of the orange baseballs that former Oakland A's owner Charles Finley unsuccessfully tried to persuade Major League Baseball to introduce into the game during the 1970s – a period when the team won three consecutive World Series. (Courtesy of Nancy Finley via AP)

FILE - Kansas City Athletics owner Charlie Finley sits astride the team's mascot, "Charlie O," for a short ride during pre-game ceremonies at the Detroit-Kansas City opening game of the American League baseball season in Kansas City's Municipal Stadium, April 12, 1965. (AP Photo/William Straeter, File)

"Right-Field" Will MacNeil waves an A's flag as the home team prepares to take to the field during a game at the Oakland Coliseum on May 1, 2024, in Oakland, Calif.. (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke)

A sign in an empty bar inside the Oakland Coliseum still included the team's former slogan, "Rooted in Oakland" is seen on May 1, 2024, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke)

Oakland A's fan staged a rally urging team owner John Fisher to sell to a buyer who will keep the franchise in Oakland in the Coliseum parking lot on March 28, 2024 - the Opening Day of the season - in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke)

A fan wearing a shirt expressing his dismay with the A's move from Oakland while walking through the Oakland Coliseum parking lot on Opening Night, March 28, 2024, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke)