The Oakland Athletics have gone to great lengths to win over a new fan. Thanks to a thoughtful gift from the ball club, it appears 6-year-old Amelia Lyttle is abandoning her former beloved Toronto Blue Jays for the Athletics.
The young baseball fan became an Internet hit when her father posted a video on YouTube of her crying, lamenting the blockbuster November trade that sent third baseman Brett Lawrie – her favorite player – from Toronto to Oakland.
The video eventually got the attention of Lawrie himself who treated the fellow Langley, B.C. native to pizza to cheer her up.
But thanks to a savvy PR-move Amelia has since been converted to an Athletics fan. When the Lyttle family returned home following a holiday vacation a care package full of Athletics swag was waiting for them.
In a bizarre presumed oversight, part of the care package included a doll with the likeness of Josh Donaldson – the very player that went from Oakland to Toronto in the trade.
Regardless, the move worked. Amelia’s father Alex told the Toronto Star that she was “super excited” and that the Athletics have won her over:
“I think she will forever be an Oakland fan because she’ll remember the time someone took to do that for her.”
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