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    • The Mercury News

      Oakland A's pregame: Fan boycott doesn't ruin Opening Night sentiments, especially for Stephen Vogt

      Whether or not this will be the A's final Opening Night lineup from the Coliseum, and whether or not this is their final season here, manager Mark Kotsay is not ignoring fans' feelings of abandonment. “My heart is with the fans,” Kotsay said while many were protesting in the parking lot rather than enter to watch the A's host the Cleveland Guardians. “I understand the emotion and the impact, not just from this organization's history of being here 55 years or more of being here,” Kotsay added. Echoing those words in the opposing dugout was Kotsay's counterpart, Stephen Vogt, who's making his managerial debut in front of some 30 friends and family from his native Visalia.