Oakland A's Pull Racially Insensitive Ad
After an outcry from East Bay Latinos, the team covered up a giant billboard on I-880 that many viewed as being racist.
By Steven Tavares
On June 21, the day that Yoenis Céspedes, the Oakland Athletics' top Latino slugger, blasted a game-winning, walk-off home run that completed a sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the A's' front office was headed toward controversy. A group of East Bay…
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