A’s closer Mason Miller has funny quote about crafting special entrance from bullpen

The Oakland A’s currently have one of the worst home venues in professional sports, and pitcher Mason Miller certainly is not hiding from that.

During a recent appearance on “Foul Territory,” Miller was asked if he has any plans to get in on the trend of closers having elaborate bullpen entrances with light shows and other effects. Miller said the A’s have been “experimenting” with a few things, but he doesn’t think having the stadium go dark as he heads out to the mound is an option. Why? Because the lights might not come back on.

“We’re trying a couple things out,” Miller said. “We talked about the lights. I don’t think that’s gonna happen. They said the lights might not come back on. They seemed like they were kind of experimenting with something. They shut all the scoreboard lights off until I picked the ball up on the mound, but that was a little more of like an awkward silence until I got to the mound. I think they’re working on it.”