A’s fans can’t go to games, but can ‘catch’ a foul ball

Fans won’t be allowed in the seats for A’s home games this season — but fans’ images will.

The A’s announced Tuesday that fans can purchase a cutout featuring their photo to be placed in the Coliseum stands for the 2020 season, shortened to 60 games amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Cutouts will cost $49 for A’s Access members and $89 for general fans. Fans also can pay $129 for a cutout in the “Foul Ball Zone,” where a foul ball that knocks over a cutout will be sent to that fan, the team said.

Seat requests are not available but fans who buy cutouts will receive two tickets to the A’s first home exhibition game in 2021, with proceeds from the “Coliseum Cutouts” program going to benefit the Alameda County Community Food Bank, East Oakland Youth Development Center and Oakland’s African American Chamber of Commerce, according to a team news release.

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Fans for a also cutout can in pay the $129 “Foul Ball Zone,” where a foul ball that knocks over a cutout will be sent to that fan.

couraged to upload their photo by Sunday to be installed before the A’s first home game.

Photos cannot include socialmedia hashtags or handles, MLB player names or “offensive or negative references” to any MLB team, commercial advertisement or “statements or endorsements of political candidates,” according to the team.

Cutouts will remain in the Coliseum through the regular season and can be picked up afterward, though the team noted it “cannot guarantee the condition” after two months outdoors.