Baseball is full of surprises.
The Oakland Athletics still plan to give away a Yoenis Cespedes "La Potencia" T-shirt to the first 10,000 fans showing up for the Aug. 2 game against Kansas City, the team announced Thursday.
Things got a bit awkward after news broke Thursday that Cespedes had been traded to the Boston Red Sox for outfielder Jonny Gomes and pitcher Jon Lester, a three-time All-Star who is scheduled to start Saturday.
After a few hours of intense speculation from fans about whether the A's would move forward with the giveaway in light of the deal, that the team tweeted the T-shirts would be distributed as originally planned.
"La Potencia means 'The Power' in Spanish and recognizes Yoenis Cespedes for his contributions to back-to-back American League West titles," the A's said in a statement.
In addition, the A's announced the team has added a new giveaway date -- on Aug. 7, 15,000 fans will receive a Josh Donaldson Silhouette T-shirt, prior to Oakland's game with the Minnesota Twins. Donaldson was among the six A's players selected to this year's All-Star team.
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If fans act quickly, they can also take advantage of a special $10 ticket offer for field level tickets for the Aug. 7 game.
The A's had been heavily promoting the Cespedes T-shirt giveaway on their website, which appears to have disappeared with news of the trade.
The team even promoted the shirts with a tweet Tuesday, exciting fans.
Some tweeted back at the A's Thursday, calling the T-shirts a "collector's item."
La Potencia giveaway still on for Saturday. On 8/7, 15,000 fans get Donaldson Tees+ $10 FL tix http://t.co/2blWawKpxw pic.twitter.com/KbvE0rKNtc — Oakland Athletics (@Athletics) July 31, 2014
The #Athletics t-shirt featuring a shirtless Cespedes just because a throwback. pic.twitter.com/BIm80yorL1 — Casey Pratt (@CaseyPrattCSN) July 31, 2014
The #Athletics just updated Saturday's giveaway. It's now just a green shirt. pic.twitter.com/4R1YfGDsag — Greatest Sign Maker (@Gr8estSignMaker) July 31, 2014
#RedSox add Yoenis Cespedes in deal for Lester and Gomes. Read the full release: http://t.co/FjAv0TWRAu pic.twitter.com/gloqh71pVr — Boston Red Sox (@RedSox) July 31, 2014
