Forget everything you think you don’t like about the embattled Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The stadium, home to the city’s beleaguered Oakland A’s, is a civic icon, a throwback to a simpler era for America’s pastime, and a worthy space for a baseball team that deserves more from its owner. So argues writer Jesse Nathan in the Alta Journal weekly newsletter. Nathan joins Alta Live to celebrate the Coliseum’s advantages over its more modern counterparts, lament the team’s lack of investment in its players and planned move to Las Vegas, and field your opinions and questions about what is likely the end of an East Bay era. Peanuts and Cracker Jack optional.
About the guest:
Jesse Nathan was raised in Northern California and rural Kansas. One of his earliest memories is watching the Oakland A’s beat the San Francisco Giants at the Coliseum as part of its four-game sweep of the 1989 World Series. His writing has been published in the New York Review of Books, the Paris Review, and the Nation. His debut collection of poems, just published, is called Eggtooth.•
