{"id":438185,"date":"2023-10-17T16:56:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T16:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=438185"},"modified":"2023-10-17T16:56:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T16:56:43","slug":"trevor-may-retires-on-his-way-out-slams-athletics-owner-john-fisher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/trevor-may-retires-on-his-way-out-slams-athletics-owner-john-fisher\/","title":{"rendered":"Trevor May Retires, On His Way Out Slams Athletics Owner John Fisher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trevor May, a seasoned pitcher, called Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher &#8220;greedy&#8221; during a Twitch broadcast after declaring his retirement.<\/p>\n<h2>Trevor May Retires, On His Way Out Slams Athletics Owner John Fisher<\/h2>\n<p>On Monday night, May, 34, announced his retirement. The nine-year veteran pitched for the Athletics this season, going 4-4 with a 3.28 ERA and a career-high 21 saves in 49 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Trevor May, a reliever for the Oakland Athletics, criticized team owner John Fisher when announcing his retirement on his Twitch Live on Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trevor May talking about John Fisher is \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7l25ANUKCi\">https:\/\/t.co\/7l25ANUKCi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sH6NDJI777\">pic.twitter.com\/sH6NDJI777<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vitamin Dee (@2Legit2QuitDee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/2Legit2QuitDee\/status\/1714042928463761430?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dude, sell the team. Man, sell it,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnSheaHey\/status\/1714102947028869441\">he said<\/a>. &#8220;Let someone who actually, like, takes pride in the things they own, own something. There are actually people who give an s&#8212; about the game. Let them do it. Take mommy and daddy&#8217;s money somewhere else, dork.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During a Twitch stream, May said, &#8220;To the A&#8217;s organization and every single person part of it, I love all of you, every single one of you, except for one guy and we all know who that guy is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former Athletics reliever Trevor May told team owner John Fisher to &quot;sell the team&quot; in a video where he announced his retirement from baseball.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Take mommy and daddy\u2019s money somewhere else, dork.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>More: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KZMoxNFXTM\">https:\/\/t.co\/KZMoxNFXTM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FGrAqszKAc\">pic.twitter.com\/FGrAqszKAc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Athletic (@TheAthletic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthletic\/status\/1714108407907557474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>May will become a legend in the Bay Area as a result of his remarks. One of the most despised sports owners, Fisher may be regarded as the worst person in the Bay Area.<\/p>\n<p>After the Athletics&#8217; lease in Oakland expires in 2024, Fisher intends to transfer the club to Las Vegas. This idea has drawn condemnation from Oakland city officials, fans, current and past players, and others.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trevor May expressed lots of love for A&#39;s fans, his teammates and the organization during his retirement announcement, but he had very critical words for owner John Fisher <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EnhpKQnDIf\">https:\/\/t.co\/EnhpKQnDIf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; A&#39;s on NBCS (@NBCSAthletics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSAthletics\/status\/1714086920786190506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Athletics did not immediately reply to a request for comment on Tuesday, but in August, Fisher told NBC Sports Bay Area that he felt horrible about the situation and that he was offended to see Athletics supporters wearing &#8220;sell&#8221; T-shirts during games.<\/p>\n<p>May has played in the big leagues for nine years; his first six were with the Minnesota Twins, followed by two with the New York Mets. The 34-year-old right-hander was 4-4 with a 3.28 ERA in 462 3 innings for the A&#8217;s in 2023 and had 21 saves.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wrote a few words about what May said today: <\/p>\n<p>Former A\u2019s pitcher Trevor May implores owner John Fisher to \u2018sell the team\u2019 in retirement video <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O7RzBuClkR\">https:\/\/t.co\/O7RzBuClkR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O7RzBuClkR\">https:\/\/t.co\/O7RzBuClkR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steve Berman (@BASportsGuy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BASportsGuy\/status\/1714104741612118354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In his final 15 appearances, he went 1-0 with nine saves and a 0.00 ERA, capping out an amazing career.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Former NFL Player Terrell Owens Gets Hit By A Car Post Argument At A Basketball Game\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/former-nfl-player-terrell-owens-gets-hit-by-a-car-post-argument-at-a-basketball-game\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Former NFL Player Terrell Owens Gets Hit By A Car Post Argument At A Basketball Game<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trevor May, a seasoned pitcher, called Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher &#8220;greedy&#8221; during a Twitch broadcast after declaring his retirement. Trevor May Retires, On His Way Out Slams Athletics Owner John Fisher On Monday night, May, 34, announced his retirement. The nine-year veteran pitched for the Athletics this season, going 4-4 with a 3.28 ERA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":438186,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[3265,2221,17335,17336],"class_list":["post-438185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-mlb-2023","tag-mlb-news","tag-trevor-may-john-fisher","tag-trevor-may-retires"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}