Lets talk Athletics

[CrowdedHouse]

All official...



The A's will play in (West) Sacramento from 2025-2027 at a AAA ball park, and just be named "the Athletics" during this time.

This (2024) will now be the last season of the A's in Oakland.

I might be a Padres fan, but F**k John Fisher for what he has done to the Oakland fans.

 

[Upstart Swan]

FJF

 

[Dixie Flatline]

All official...



The A's will play in (West) Sacramento from 2025-2027 at a AAA ball park, and just be named "the Athletics" during this time.

This (2024) will now be the last season of the A's in Oakland.

I might be a Padres fan, but F**k John Fisher for what he has done to the Oakland fans.

There were reports after Peter Seidler died that he was in the process of rallying enough 'no' votes at the Owners meeting to scupper the relocation of the Athletics to Las Vegas. Then he died suddenly and it all fell apart.

I'm a bit miffed about how the Padres treated Bob Melvin, but the combination of their brown & gold colours and their former owner's love for the city and the team certainly make them an attractive team for me to shift my allegiance to after this season.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Still think it's better than 50-50 odds that the relocation to Vegas will fail anyway, especially by the timeline that nepo baby and Kaval set out (opening day 2028, from recollection). There's no way a stadium in Vegas will be ready by opening day 2028.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Significant layoffs coming at the end of the season, according to Kaval (as reported by ESPN).

Athletics to make home in Sacramento for '25-27

The Athletics will spend the next three seasons playing at a minor league ballpark in West Sacramento before their planned move to Las Vegas for the 2028 season.

www.espn.com

 

[Upstart Swan]

Time to start to find a new team .

Or a new sport. This whole saga has almost killed my love of baseball. John Fisher isn't the only villain here, the MLB and the other owners (apart from the late Peter Seidler) have been complicit in the relocation the whole time.

 

[CrowdedHouse]

Still think it's better than 50-50 odds that the relocation to Vegas will fail anyway, especially by the timeline that nepo baby and Kaval set out (opening day 2028, from recollection). There's no way a stadium in Vegas will be ready by opening day 2028.

The one thing to watch is not only Fisher's struggle to get the finance together to build the stadium, but also Bally's Corp (operators of the now closed Tropicana Casino, who would share the site with the A's) having the credit rating downgraded to virtually junk level, and not having the finance to complete their casino project in Chicago.

If Bally's Corp goes under, it makes a mess for the A's, as the $380M of Nevada Gov funding is (as written in the bill that passed) dependent on the stadium being built on that site.

Plus throw in the two schools over stadiums lawsuits, there's a feeling the Sacramento move is a back-up plan in case things fall apart in Vegas.

 

[AJ_2000]

Fisher is looking forward to seeing big league ball in Sacramento and guys like Aaron Judge coming to hit homers

What a *****

 

[Dan Moody]

So I honestly don't know whether I continue to follow the A's now or not?
Followed since '87, deciding whether I change teams or continue to support a team that bears no resemblance to anything I grew up watching.

 

[Santana]

Very sad end to almost 60 years of a lot of great moments in Oakland

 

[Santana]

So I honestly don't know whether I continue to follow the A's now or not?
Followed since '87, deciding whether I change teams or continue to support a team that bears no resemblance to anything I grew up watching.

Change teams. You're team moving is a perfectly valid reason to do so. * Fisher and * Vegas

 

[Upstart Swan]

So I honestly don't know whether I continue to follow the A's now or not?
Followed since '87, deciding whether I change teams or continue to support a team that bears no resemblance to anything I grew up watching.

After this season I won't be supporting the team as long as it's owned by Fisher with Weird Dave Kaval as his right hand man. Even this year my support is lukewarm.

 

[AJ_2000]

I'm pretty much done with the situation. It's been pretty shocking to see them tear the heart out of the team to artificially do anything they can to move the team.

Don't know if I can find any other team that I could follow. So many reasons against pretty much any other team.

 

[Dan Moody]

I'm pretty much done with the situation. It's been pretty shocking to see them tear the heart out of the team to artificially do anything they can to move the team.

Don't know if I can find any other team that I could follow. So many reasons against pretty much any other team.

I'm torn between a couple of teams to follow now
The Braves because:

• I played for Malvern Braves in the 90's
• Matt Olson is an ex A
• Ronald Acuna is an ex-Melbourne Ace

The D'Backs because I've always liked Joc Pedersen and the bond between him and his brother.
The Cards because Goldy has always been one of my favourite players.
The Rays because I've followed the Durham Bulls ever since I saw the movie in 89' and they're the Rays Minor affiliate.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Pretty in-depth session involving RHP Mason Miller on MLB Network talking about his pitching mechanics and his journey to date.

 

[Upstart Swan]

Pretty in-depth session involving RHP Mason Miller on MLB Network talking about his pitching mechanics and his journey to date.

Wonder when his eligible for arbitration...because that's when the A's will trade him.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Wonder when his eligible for arbitration...because that's when the A's will trade him.

Read somewhere he is under team control for either four or five years, not sure which. So he will be around through the move to Sacramento and Vegas if the latter goes ahead.