Reggie being denied any part of A's ownership is unbelievable!

@lisbeth6911

15 күн бұрын

It’s believable knowing the racist history in sports. Mr Jackson has the scars of racism clearly he speaks of to this day.

@kevindwelle1625

15 күн бұрын

Realistically! This is no different when F1and the FIA stole sir Lewis Hamilton's record breaking 8th WDC title in Abu Dhabi 12/12/21! To the only "Black" driver to ever participate in the motorsport! For millions of fans to witness in shock! One of the biggest sport "Coruptions" in our history...

@J-Hue

15 күн бұрын

It's par for the course. Systemic racism has only moved it's focus. Black men have led investment teams as the highest bidders for multiple major network tv stations as well. Keeping black men out of ownership stake in industry is a big part of the game. Michael Jackson was potentially killed for maneuvering majority ownership at Sony music America.

@jr9655

15 күн бұрын

Unbelievable? Have you not paid attention to anything in this country

@teresam5199

15 күн бұрын

Ohhhhhh, it's believable

this is crazy and sad. To prevent one of baseball's greatest players from owning the team he helped create a dynasty with is strange. MLB wants diversity on the field not at the ownership level and it is sad. If baseball doesn't think Reggie Jackson is better for baseball and the A's than John Fisher then baseball (corporate baseball) is a perfect example of systemic racism. I hope Reggie doesn't stop talking about this to force baseball to deal with it.

@naturallawman2965

11 ай бұрын

Selig went above and beyond to flood MLB with as many Jews in ownership as he could even if it meant less money. He didn't hide it. He was on record multiple times it was his goal.

@craigm461

11 ай бұрын

I agree, but I wouldn't call it systemic racism, I would call it the old boys club. This is an example of the rich hooking up their rick friends at the cost of everyone else.

@danbratten3103

11 ай бұрын

Jackie Robinson would be furious!!!

@henrymanzano2201

11 ай бұрын

This is EXACTLY what it is,and it's so obvious!

@christopherking9338

11 ай бұрын

I'm seriously considering boycotting the mlb over this Reggie was my hero as I was growing up in the East Bay!! Disgustipation 101 ps. My allegiance will shift to the collegiate level. Go Cal Bears Baseball!!! GO!!!

Holy cow! Oakland could have had one of the best hall of famers in the league as an owner. This blows me away. Things would have been different in Oakland

Major League Baseball continues to be a disgrace to our national pastime. You're a class act, Reggie. Wish we could have had you in charge.

@ryandouglas8382

11 ай бұрын

Agreed. MLB continues to do corrupt things, and shady things

@henrymanzano2201

11 ай бұрын

Especially as a former Oakland A. You want someone that the team means something to owning them

@christopherking9338

11 ай бұрын

I Fear You Are Correct. 😡😡😡

@tylermanter1548

11 ай бұрын

Oakland sucks .

@IlluminovaNibiru

10 ай бұрын

Reggie your better than this degenerate MLB organization. Be glad your not more a part of it. Yes you got messed over out of a lot of money 💰 but you have your class. Love you ❤ & what you did for baseball.

Reggie, as an owner of the A's, would have been great for major league baseball. He understood baseball and he understood business.

Them jerks. Reggie would have loved our team and dedicate his time to make them World Champions again with out a doubt

@FormerIFBBJudge

15 күн бұрын

Yes sir!

Continue speaking out, Mr. Jackson!! Expose them!!

@Adonisjordan1

16 күн бұрын

100 % It’s essential that we keep voicing our opinions and continue the dialogue to ensure positive changes are implemented.

@Jesse-ii5md

15 күн бұрын

Exactly

I, as a fan of the Yankees, see him as a Yankee... But, I forget his best years were probably as an Oakland A... I did not know the story that he tried to buy the Oakland A's... That's disgusting how his offer to buy the team was treated...

@Ares14

3 ай бұрын

Reggie is a legend for both organizations. Shame what Selig did to him.

@M_Lev___

16 күн бұрын

@aspireahead8388 ... Same here... Although I realize he was an Oakland A, I see Reggie predominantly as a New York Yankee, especially because of his World Series heroics.

@turtle19dad

15 күн бұрын

I don’t think they wanted anyone to know Reggie wanted the A’s. No wonder Reggie is in an Astros hat.

@WAHollier54

15 күн бұрын

Bud Selig was a crook man. He was the one who knew all about the steroid use and let it slide because the ratings were up!! Selig was trash!!

@StevenEveral

9 күн бұрын

Especially his 3 homers on 3 swings in the '77 WS. Instant legend. Reggie should have been allowed to buy the Oakland A's.

What has happened to the A’s and is happening to the team is a disgrace

And in addition to Reggie Jackson, I read another article that Joe Lacob tried to buy the A's back in 2005 but was also rejected. So Lacob bought the Warriors instead and helped turn them into champions. From that article, and what Reggie Jackson said in another interview, the reason why they were turned down was because John Fisher's partner, Lewis Wolff, was an old fraternity buddy of Bud Selig's. Fast forward to 2016, Wolff sold his 10% share of the A's to Fisher.

@brianjacob8728

2 ай бұрын

Bud Selig is a corrupt fool.

Never stop letting the world know about this Reggie

@bobhillenbrand1112

16 күн бұрын

Amen.

@CJ-zp7qj

15 күн бұрын

Or anything you've experienced that you shouldn't have had to. Only way we can make change or see it in our lifetime

@cantgetright61

15 күн бұрын

Well we'll well i never knew that ,a top of a line player treat like 🙈🙉🙊

This is really really upsetting as a die hard A’s fan who saw Reggie in his heyday on the A’s. In a perfect world Reggie sues MLB and blocks this move and is made able to now save the A’s!!!!!

@travisyarbrough4033

11 ай бұрын

The A's have had the same success as the Raiders. The Las Vegas folks have voted for the money to build so it's over for Oakland. Warriors moved out, Raiders moved out, coming soon .... The A's will too. Niners, Giants and Warriors are now San Francisco teams. A's and Raiders will be Las Vegas. The A's screwed the Raiders and Oakland out of a rebuilt nice stadium so the A's deserve all they caused ...... Ask Max Muncy about it.

@deanwille8130

11 ай бұрын

@@travisyarbrough4033 Raiders never wanted to stay! They use A’s as a scapegoat! Don’t get me wrong, A’s didn’t help but truth is Mark Davis planned move before owning team

@ncarls123

16 күн бұрын

I too saw Reggie play in Oakland as a kid - totally obsessed with the early 70's A's. Nothing would have made me happier than Reggie buying the A's.

@rainbowmade1880

16 күн бұрын

@@ncarls123 Monty Moore used to say “Reggie hit another tater!!” He hit a surprising number of opposite field homers. I saw one game at the Coliseum where he hit one out to left into the old wooden bleachers and one rocket that barely cleared the fence height and hit the concrete in the right field corner, bouncing way back onto the field. Plus Captain Sal hit one out to left that day too. I loved the Coliseum.

@ncarls123

16 күн бұрын

@@rainbowmade1880 I was 11 in '71 and totally obsessed with the A's. My mother had to go to either Grodin's or Roos Atkins (men's clothing store, don't remember which) to buy A's tix that my Dad and I would go to. I sayw Charlie Finley give Vida a blue Caddie Eldorado in a pregame ceremony for pitching his no hitter. Monte Moore! how many summers listening to him on a transistor radio... wow. A simple time. So good.

I’m right with you, Reggie. Selig sowed the seeds of what is now occurring by not approving the sale of the A’s to an Oakland-based ownership.

The more we know, the more I wish I didn’t know.

@stuartdamon3610

4 ай бұрын

🎯

@GregLucas-pv8nm

17 күн бұрын

DEVILS

@lynelljones2375

16 күн бұрын

When you know and you know better-everyone wins! Black history is American history. #BLM TOO!

@joryscott6736

16 күн бұрын

Don’t run from the truths my fam. Just respect the changes

@CJ-zp7qj

15 күн бұрын

@P31B look at how this country was built it's not really a surprise. They tell you in history class

Class act - I rode with Reggie on a LAX to Vegas flight - an elderly woman sat in his first class seat … she was confused. Reggie said let her have it. He also talked to me about local sports talk radio - very generous man

I had no idea that Reggie Jackson made an offer to buy the A's and it is a shame that Bud Selig did not even submit Reggie's proposal. Reggie would have been a great owner of the A's and most importantly, would have kept them in Oakland.

Selig is on record saying the move of the A’s from Kansas City was a mistake.

@darylwille4878

13 күн бұрын

He was a mistake as commissioner

@volodymyrzablotsky5372

19 сағат бұрын

The A’s leaving Philly was the mistake. Reggie grew up a Philadelphia A’s fan in Pennsylvania

one side of the story In his Schott’s 2022 book “Long Schott”, he wrote: “Reggie Jackson had a group that he said wanted to buy the team, with Brian Shapiro and other investors, and said they were willing to pay $25 million more than what the Fishers were offering. But by the time Reggie contacted me, we had the deal in place. It would have been great and historic for Reggie to be part of the ownership group, as the first African American owner. I had a good relationship with Reggie, having retired his No. 9 a year earlier. But I had to commit to the deal with the Fishers and baseball and couldn’t chase the last dollar.”

MLB in the last few years is a joke. God Bless ya Reggie.

I always hated Selig.

@BAKER22-l4u

15 күн бұрын

Most people did

@daviddavis2648

9 күн бұрын

What do you expect from a former car salesman?

This appears to be a textbook example of "Institutionalized racism" in MLB regarding ownership of the Oakland A's. Prove me wrong if you disagree!

@turtle19dad

15 күн бұрын

No one disagrees. It’s BS how they did Reggie. A’s should be staying in Oakland.

@BAKER22-l4u

15 күн бұрын

And you're surprised WHY?

@justinalley3399

2 күн бұрын

Disagree

MLB DIDN'T WANT A BLACK OWNER.

@kevinforeman4485

15 күн бұрын

Only 3 likes. Talk about denial. It's coming, wait for it. Awww they're too sensitive. There is no racism etc.

@user-bx3oo6pl3z

15 күн бұрын

Period!

@calvintillman9250

15 күн бұрын

I stopped watching MLB years ago and the NFL.

@stephenmedlock6766

15 күн бұрын

Of course they don't.

@martyyoung3611

14 күн бұрын

@@stephenmedlock6766, No, (((they))) don't.

my mom used to work at Modesto airport and he would fly in a lot, he was mad when she denied his advances 😂

@davidhalcon5594

11 ай бұрын

She made the right decision!

@DLO0622

11 ай бұрын

He coulda owned the A's, kept them in Oakland, and been your dad

@buicklincoln

11 ай бұрын

Famous guys are just used to gettin' it because of their fame. Good for your mom saying no.

@owenlawson8660

11 ай бұрын

Wow, now I understand why Reggie didn’t get his team? Glad that the league defended your mother’s honor. It makes complete sense that this comment appears in this thread. 🤷🏾‍♂️

@chocolaza

15 күн бұрын

Or, could it have been the other way around. 😮 Accusations are just that, without proof. Too many women have attempted to tarnish a man's reputation because of what they didn't receive. Many have even gone so far as getting them jailed or imprisoned. So, I'm always skeptical without proof...🤷🏾

Reggie would have made us World Series ready

Joe Lacob also made an offer, an offer he has increased and left open to this day. Bud Selig decided to sell the team to John Fisher and Lew Wolfe because they were fraternity brothers. It really is "the good ol boys club" or whatever the saying. It's BS and at somepoint MLB is gonna piss off the fans and push us away

@christopherking9338

11 ай бұрын

Yep. It's happening as we speak.

@seanhoward8025

13 күн бұрын

Lew Wolfe was Selig's frat brother. Fact.

Who tries to keep a former player like Reggie (HOFer) with a good reputation out of ownership. What were the reasons? Bud Selig was an absolutely awful commissioner. What was best for him and his own interests. Only baseball hires a commissioner who is also an owner….batshit crazy

@buicklincoln

11 ай бұрын

That was by design. Fay Vincent tried to show some strength and the owners fired him and inserted the puppet.

@markkeneson6806

16 сағат бұрын

​@@buicklincoln, Fay Vincent was also awful.

Imagine anyone thinking that Lew Wolfe and a trust fund baby like John Fisher would be better owners than a man like Reggie who lives, breathes, and epitomizes the game of baseball. If anyone asks why I care less and less about baseball these days, it's stories like this. Just terrible.

@somerandomguy5977

12 күн бұрын

Wolfe was friends with Selig. That's why. Not racism, not anything else. But the classic "it's who you know"

As a dedicated lifelong badeball "A's" fan Im done, its over for me 😭

@christopherking9338

11 ай бұрын

Yep. My allegiance will shift to the collegiate level. Go Cal Bears Baseball!!! GO!!!

@atrain132

11 ай бұрын

​@@christopherking9338even college is all screwed up now with conference realignments. That whole landscape is about to change too.

@christopherking9338

11 ай бұрын

@@atrain132 Yep. Very Sad. 😥😥

Man, if Reggie was…allowed (that irks me to even say) to buy the A’s, we wouldn’t be talking about this right now. Screw you, Selig!!!!!

@santiagoandujar2518

11 ай бұрын

From the very day that he replaced Fay Vincent, I had a feeling that Selig was underhanded and sneaky.>

Like the amount of public funding available in Oakland as opposed to LV (I know there's some other factors as well), in the words of Jon Lovitz's character in A League of Their Own, "Well, then, this would be more. Wouldn't it?" I find it just sad that Selig had the A's sold to Fisher for less because he was buddy buddy with Wolff, yet they weren't buddy buddy enough to overturn the territorial rights to SJ. It was because it fell into that really un-sweet spot that we're now stuck with the worst owner in MLB

I always associated Reggie Jackson with the World Series rings, the candy bar, and the rest of the glitz that was part of his success on the field. I am delighted that now Reggie is speaking out against the institutional racism that everyone ignored or denied for so long. He clearly is refusing to have his silence bought. Thank you, Reggie. And I am sorry for what this nation's power structure did to you.

Selig kept A’s out of San Jose

Another example showing how bad Bud Selig was and is. Was he corrupt?

It would've been poetic justice to have this man partially own the team that he helped make history with. Imagine John "Baby Gap" Fisher being shown favoritism over a legend like Mr. Reggie Jackson who actually played for this team SMH

Reggie Jackson had the most powerhouse swing I have ever seen, he was a beast at the plate!!!

Bud selig and rob manfred ruined the A’s

It’s great that he put it on the record. The silence of MLB is notable. But baseball fans should take note: the owners don’t care about you. You’re only the customer. They’ll do what they want to do and you’ll buy it because it’s the only product in town. I will probably always follow baseball. But I’m so glad I didn’t bite on the latest mlbtv offer. I’ll have to remember this the next time I want to buy a cap or t-shirt or jersey.

@tigertank06

11 ай бұрын

Unless your name is Haas or Larry Baer.

@christopherking9338

11 ай бұрын

I'm seriously considering boycotting the mlb over this. My allegiance will shift to the collegiate level and I will remain East Bay loyal!!! Go Cal Bears Baseball!!! GO!!!

@moonglow630

11 ай бұрын

My Dad was so disgusted with baseball after the strike in ‘94 that he never went back. It was kinda the same thing, realizing they don’t give a crap about you & you’re just dollars to them. It was sad cause he had really loved baseball.

Thank you for the interview

Joe Morgan, another Oakland legend, once made a bid with a group of investors including the founder of the MensWearhouse to buy the A's and they got rejected too. They didn't get turned down just because they are black men...but STRONG, opinionated black men. That's how MLB and corporate America does it. They'll accept the "go along to get along" types and Reggie and Joe weren't cut from that cloth.

@BAKER22-l4u

15 күн бұрын

Lol..PROVE it

@Ms.MaryAnn

15 күн бұрын

​@BAKER22-l4u your comment is elementary and ignorant. Smh

@BigMonty686

14 күн бұрын

⁠@@BAKER22-l4uDIS-prove it! Lol

@BAKER22-l4u

12 күн бұрын

@@Ms.MaryAnn - Then PROVE what you are claiming..simple

A shame Reggie was precluded from owning the A's. . They would be so much better off !! He cares about this team.

MLB NEEDS TO WAKE UP! The crap is piling up on Manfred, Fisher, MLB. This video is shameful and I thank Reggie for opening up about it. Fishers lack of caring about out team, its history,, Oaklands commitment and our MLB fans who have been proudly cheering with us in their stadiums... this is what baseball is about. Fisher doesn't want to win. #MLBOwnersVoteNO #GoAs #SELL

Total travesty Reg wasn't allowed AT LEAST a 10% stake. Such a crime.

Don't let your kids play on a team with the son's coaches. I remember making a spectacular play @ shortstop & the next inning, I was in the outfield for the rest of the season. # Jr. Babe Ruth ⚾️

@TheBatugan77

14 күн бұрын

Then the alarm clock ⏰ went off. Dreamer. 😀😄😆

MLB doesn't want the A's in Oakland anymore bottom line.

@lionheartmerrill1069

Күн бұрын

BINGO

Thank you Reggie. Knowing the truth will make some of us free.

Reggie Jackson “owns “ the A’s , if it weren’t for those 70’s World Series the A’s would be nothing , what a damn shame to the MLB organization denying a legend a right to own

@lionheartmerrill1069

Күн бұрын

No doubt about it

My best friend was a born and raised Oakland As fan. Lived in Oakland his whole life. After 30 years of the up’s and downs. Eventually seeing their demise due to a greedy and bad owner that didn’t want to put resources into the team; he now hates baseball and has a deep hate for the Oakland As that have caused him so much emotional pain. I’m starting to understand it and the faster they move out of Oakland the better

Looks like this was recorded @ the Coliseum. Fitting. Reg got hosed. Hopefully, he gets involved IF Oakland has a shot to buy the A's from Fisher OR an expansion opportunity exists in the near future. Btw...props to the stadium DJ. 😊

This man made this journey about Negro league all about himself

Thanks Reggie for your care

Where's your camera? Reggie become more and more awesome as the years go by.

The Oakland A's were bought for 180 million in 2005. Reggie just said he offered "$140 million + $25 million = $165 million.

Give Mr. October a chance at MLB ownership. Baseball legends should be encouraged to actively participate in the sport that is losing popularity. Major league sports ownership seems to be a secret society than a free enterprise.

To be denied the right to buy Oakland A's by MLB needs to be investigated ...

Holy cow I had no idea , what a total disgrace

That was some of racist stuff. Call it what it is. Looking out for each other, Sielig and Fisher?

I thought he was a bit corrupt before. This is really sad

This man is the definition of excellence..Ditch the skin tone narrative..

Reggie must be pissed because the Athletics are worth about $1.3 billion in 2023.

That is sad a man with his kind of history to the sport that we love today we have always loved

The layers of racism continue to be peeled back . thank you Reggie.

Why is the MLB so committed to not having the smaller market teams flourish and grow? It's stifling the growth of the game and the old ones in charge are too filled up with nostalgia. If Mario Lemieux was majority owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins then Jackson should have been given the opportunity.

Wolff and then Fisher destroyed this organization. Billy Beane also helped.

We have no idea if Reggie is talking out of his ass or not.

Crazy that man is a living legend, they didn't want him in their little club

That’s really something, a Hall of Fame player who is still on the New York Yankees executive staff interested in buying the Oakland A’s while wearing a Houston Astros hat

They could not allow a known gambler to own a team.....simple

Wow😮😮😮😢that breaks my heart 💔

@AliFrazier100

11 ай бұрын

Mines too

MLB colluded with John Fisher to buy the A’s, lie to the city of Oakland and te fans, and move the team to Vegas. Nothing less.

There is racism in this game and the business side of it. In my view bug ceiling was a f****** moron anyway. To disallow Reggie Jackson to have a minority stake in the Oakland A's is outrageous and it's a slap in the face. And it show how rascim is alive and well in baseball

@skipfluck4299

13 күн бұрын

Racism is alive and well in Black America also. Are we not going to talk about the Black on Asian racism during the pandemic?? Or we just being selective?

@somerandomguy5977

12 күн бұрын

Just because everyone is crying racism doesn't make it right or not stupid. There are several comments explaining the bud selig john fischer connection. It is croneyism and has nothing to do with race. A white man could've offered 50 million more than what Jackson would've offered and he still would've given it to his pal.

We was robbed. But everything comes back around eventually.

There are a lot of people on your side Reggie. You are very good for baseball and we appreciate you!

He's not the only powerful black man with money who wanted to buy a team or television station, etc, and was stopped from doing so. One even had his reputation destroyed!

Pretty much happened with Lacob too, I think he wanted to buy the A's as well at one point.

Reggie would have kept the A's in Oakland. What a tragedy to an iconic baseball franchise

@lionheartmerrill1069

Күн бұрын

No doubt about it. MLB SUCKS

I remember growing up as a kid , in the early 1970's, and looking forward to every summer, when all of us kids would go to the Oakland Coliseum to watch Reggie and the A's play, even before their first World Championship. Reggie's story is a reminder of what America truly is. It does not matter what you have done for Baseball and all of sports. Baseball is racist to its core , when it comes to Black Americans. I noticed it by the time I was about 15 years old, then as a fan of Baseball. I have not been a fan of it since about 1989. Never watched the sport again, to this day over 30 years.

That wouldve been dope if he bought the As... especially considering he led their dynasty in the early 70s 💯💯

It's not only going on in MLB and other sports racism is institutionalized and occur in many forms and fashions. What a shame how they treated Mr. Reggie!

Reggie has been ahead of the curve in so many areas. His early push for SGC grading transitioned the industry. I don't like what that has become over time, but it was Reggie that got out in front of it. That is just a tiny example where we see his skills and insight transcending the field. A shame we still have so much collusion

Signed by the Kansas City A's, became a star with the Oakland A's and locked out by men with no conscience. if Reggie had been sold the team he would have worked out something with the city of Oakland. John Fisher has no shame.

The MLB plantation is real despite whatever they say. All those pro sports leagues are Plantations

Never knew this.also still pissed bowie kuhn stopped deL,sending joe rudi and Vida blue to red Sox effectively keeping them from a championship for another 35 years

Hard to take him serious , calls racism on everything. Loved him as a player though. Also just cuz u wanna buy a team doesn’t mean they will sell, most potential buyers get turned down.

I think we can add the "WE WANT REGGIE" to supplement the "SELL THE TEAM" chant

My best friend was a born and raised Oakland As fan. After 30 years of the up’s and downs. Eventually seeing their demise due to a greedy and bad owner that didn’t want to put resources into the team he now hates baseball and has a deep hate for the Oakland As that have caused him so much emotional pain. I’m starting to understand it and the faster they move out of Oakland the better

Reggie killed the dodgers down thru the years hes a real superstar

Reg and Dave Stewart leading an A's ownership group. How amazing would that be?

165 Mill .... unbelievable that any MLB franchise has sunk that low in value .... yikes .....

Wonder if Reggie and Dave Stewart ever worked on a joint deal for the A’s?

This is how deep and low down racism is! Sad but true!

No surprises here, it's sad that the MLB did him like that. They are deplorable, exposure is the only way to call out these injustices

Cmon everybody, MLB wants out of Oakland and nothing is going to change that

Just the look he has with that choked up tone, i was too young to catch Mr Jackson my player was jeter. But i did go back when i was young to watch tape of you. Sports century was one about you and othe magazines or books. A legend in life and baseball, even a pretty good actor too lol. 😢makes me sad to see this happen to you, god bless Mr Reggie Jackson

Things like this are why it’s always funny when people act like there’s no more racism in the US

Sorry Reggie. When they get a new park, the value will triple or more. Which was needed all along....Park AND location.

Mr Jackson told us his side very eloquently, very well said in all his points. I wish we could hear why MLB chose not to accept, what do they know that has not been said, so we can honestly judge his comments. Otherwise, I would have to say, Mr Jackson is correct in his assumptions.

this fucking sucks to hear, what is MLB doing

I'll always remember Reggie as an Oakland A. This is very disturbing. It doesn't make any sense. On a PR level alone it would help the franchise.

They don't want to see us with nothing even though we made them something.

This is similar to the coliseum city with Raiders and As offer where it was a minority controlled ownership group of mostly former players who have built a massive complex at the Coliseum site