Just lower ticket prices. It’s a crap stadium, so offer cheap seats and people will come. Ownership will probably end make up the difference in commissions.

While Semien WAS atrocious his first couple years, in terms of SABR Def metrics he’s Top 5 in AL this year:

2018 A’s Baseball - Bullpen, Homers and Other Stuff

Blah, is it possible that these blow out games has to do with the pervasive attempts of 3 pointers? It’s a make or miss league now. In any given game, it’s rare that both teams are shooting the 3 ball well (or conversely not well) to equate to a “closer” game.