Now you see him, now you don’t.
It took just one commercial break for an unhappy Athletics fan to be told to move on.
During the NBC Sports California pre-game show Thursday at Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, a fan wearing a green shirt with the word “sell” on it was spotted in the background.
A few moments later, the show took a commercial break. When the show returned, the fan was swarmed by stadium security.
The fan in question is Joe Horton, and this wasn’t the first time he’d done this type of stunt.
On Wednesday night, he was in the background of the Athletics’ pre-game show with his infamous shirt.
Even after the significant response by security on Thursday, Horton took to X.
“They let me stay!,” he wrote. “Had a great chat.”
Horton is far from the first A’s fan to speak out over the team’s direction from the top.
Owner John Fisher has long been the subject of criticism from fans as he moved the team to Sacramento with an ultimate destination of Las Vegas.
The A’s have been quick to stamp out anti-Fisher sentiment.
In April 2023, some fans found out that their signs were edited out of MLB.com’s replay of former first baseman Ryan Noda’s two-run home run.
After blowback, MLB quickly deleted and then reinstated the unedited version.
Horton, meanwhile, was able to see Oakland get its first win since May 25 — and much like his baseball team, he isn’t giving up either.
“Keeping up the fight,” he wrote on X.
