Shooty Babitt
An Oakland native, has appeared on NBC Sports California as a commentator and analyst for years. Played the 1981 season with the A's. Is a current and longtime scout for MLB clubs.
A's Fantasy Camp
January 8 - 14, 2025 in Mesa, ArizonaThis is your chance to be a big leaguer. Join us for an unforgettable week at the A's Fantasy Camp! Experience the life of a Major League player and play on the same fields as the Athletics during Spring Training at Lew Wolff Training Center Complex in Mesa, Arizona, one of the best facilities in all of Major League Baseball. Registration is open to all genders, ages 21 and over. Proceeds from this event will benefit the A's Community Fund.
"The most fun that I've had in years! Thank you to the support staff and coaches for making this an experience that I'll never forget!"
"Camp was really great, as it is every year. I describe it to people as my own personal Disneyland."
"It's hard not to get romantic about baseball…" I was so grateful for how well I was treated, and [The A's] did such an incredible job "plucking" me out of my normal life and truly dropped me into one of my lifelong fantasies of playing baseball as an Oakland A's "big leaguer."
"[The A's] have created an excellent environment that combines a love for baseball, the will to compete, and the enjoyment of seeing each other relish playing a game we've shared since we were kids."
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Fantasy Camp Coaching Staff
Bobby Crosby
The AL Rookie of the Year in 2004 played seven seasons for the A's at short. He is currently the A's first base coach. Crosby returns to A's Fantasy Camp as a favorite among campers.
Carney Lansford
An All-Star third baseman for the A's, Carney was an instrumental part of the 1989 World Series championship and 1988 and 1990 AL championship clubs. The Bay Area native is a former AL batting champ and played Kit "Hit or Die" Kesey in Disney's Angels in the Outfield movie.
Adam Rosales
Adam Rosales had an 11-year career in the majors, including five seasons with the A's from 2010-13 and 2017. He was known for sprinting around the bases on home runs and one home run that wasn't in 2013 in Cleveland. Rosales had an 11-day journey later that season that saw him claimed off waivers by Texas on Aug. 2, re-claimed by Oakland on Aug. 8 and claimed again by Texas on Aug. 12. He returned to Oakland in 2017 and had his last Major League action with Cleveland in 2018. Rosales hit .226 with 48 home runs and 179 RBI in 651 games, including .226 with 19 home runs and 82 RBI in 268 games with the A's. After retiring as a player following the 2019 season, he was hired by the A's as a minor league coach for the 2020 season. Rosales has been the manager of the A's affiliate in the Arizona Complex League since 2021.
Terry Steinbach
Terry Steinbach homered in his first at bat as an Athletic in 1986 and his final at bat with the A’s in 1996 and had 130 long balls in between to set the A’s record for home runs as a catcher. After 11 seasons with Oakland, the Minnesota native spent three seasons with the Twins and finished with a .271 average, 162 home runs and 745 RBI in 1546 games in 14 seasons in the majors. Steinbach was a three-time All-Star and earned MVP honors in 1988 when he drove in both of the American League’s runs in a 2-1 victory. He was the catcher on the A’s four AL West Championship teams in 1988-90 and 92 and had seven RBI in the A’s four-game sweep of San Francisco in the 1989 World Series. Steinbach had his finest season with the A’s in his final year in Oakland in 1996 when he clubbed 35 home runs and drove in 100 runs while batting .272 in 145 games.
Ernie Young
Originally selected by the A's in the 10th round of the 1990 draft, Ernie Young made his Major League debut with Oakland in 1994. Ernie played for eight seasons in the majors with the A's, Kansas City, Arizona, Detroit and Cleveland.
More coaches to be named later.
*DISCLAIMER: There is no guarantee that the coaches listed here will participate in Fantasy Camp. The coaches scheduled to participate in Fantasy Camp are subject to change for any reason, or no reason, at the sole discretion of the A’s. Participants should not rely, in whole or in part, upon the participation of any one, or group of, coaches in making their decision to participate in Fantasy Camp.
ADDITIONAL DISCLAIMERS: All participants consent to being housed in a double occupancy room for the duration of Fantasy Camp, unless an individual occupancy upgrade is purchased. If the participant has any requirements concerning their co-occupant, such participant should notify the A’s as soon as possible. Participant accepts and acknowledges that the A’s are not performing background or security checks on Fantasy Camp participants, and each participant accepts the risk of dangers and injuries, including death, inherent in living with an individual not known to them. Each participant voluntarily accepts and assumes all risk of injuries or loss of property incurred or suffered by the participant as a participant.
The A’s shall not be obligated to hold Fantasy Camp or to perform any term or condition of any agreement associated with Fantasy Camp if Fantasy Camp is prevented by matters or conditions beyond the reasonable control of the A’s, including but not limited to war (including hostilities with or without a formal declaration of war), terrorism, public emergency or calamity, fire, earthquake, flood, act of God, strikes or other labor disputes involving the A's, civil disturbances or riots, or any governmental restrictions. No refunds are permitted after 11:59 PM EST on June 1, 2024. After June 1, 2024, all sales are final.