Hendriks saddened by Athletics' move: Rewarded owner's 'ineptitude'

Liam Hendriks spent more seasons with the Athletics than any other team in his career, so he has strong feelings about them moving out of Oakland.

"It definitely sucks," Hendriks said during an appearance on "Foul Territory."

"Both my wife and I watched that last game in Oakland and I teared up. It was an emotional day."

Hendriks, who's under contact with the Boston Red Sox, spent some of his best years with the Athletics between 2016 and '20.

The right-hander credited the organization for giving him an opportunity to prove himself, which allowed him to improve from "mediocre" to one of the game's top closers.

"I don't think without Oakland, I'd be where I am today," Hendriks explained.

The Australian hurler also didn't hold back when pointing the finger at A's owner John Fisher as the reason Major League Baseball no longer exists in Oakland.

"It just sucks. I've said it before, but you're rewarding the ineptitude of an owner," Hendriks said.

Fisher, son of Gap founders Donald Fisher and Doris F. Fisher, inherited his fortune from his parents. In 2005, he sold his ownership stake in the San Francisco Giants to buy the Athletics and has been accused of deliberately tanking the franchise so he could move it to Las Vegas.

The Athletics will play at a minor-league park in West Sacramento for the 2025-27 campaigns before moving to Las Vegas.