Oakland Athletics relocation to Las Vegas thread: Move to Vegas approved by MLB owners - Will play in Sacramento for 3-4 years

[John Price]

 

[Terry Yake]

It's gonna be refreshing to see the A's play in front of fans that care for once. Not in my life time did Oakland ever care about them.

what makes you think the people of oakland didn't care about the A's?

and if you think that vegas is going to give a single shit about the A's, then i have some really bad news for you

 

[donghabs98]

what makes you think the people of oakland didn't care about the A's?

and if you think that vegas is going to give a single shit about the A's, then i have some really bad news for you

Same as the Expos, when ownership doesn't put in the effort, then the fans won't. People who think its A's fans who failed the team don't fully understand what has been going on over the past decade

 

[donghabs98]

imagine if fisher had tried pulling this shit with the yankees or red sox? the league would've forced him to sell immediately

MLB is a f***ing joke of a league

I think MLB gave up on Oakland and just want to wash it away like the A's didnt exist. Its a shame as when ownership invested in the team, fans showed up and competitive rosters were fielded.

 

[MMC]

I think MLB gave up on Oakland and just want to wash it away like the A's didnt exist. Its a shame as when ownership invested in the team, fans showed up and competitive rosters were fielded.

When the city has given up on itself, can you blame them?

 

[Terry Yake]

I think MLB gave up on Oakland and just want to wash it away like the A's didnt exist. Its a shame as when ownership invested in the team, fans showed up and competitive rosters were fielded.

and ownership hasn't invested in the team since the 90s

imagine saying the fans "don't care" when ownership doesn't care about putting a winning product on the field and trades away all the talent whenever the team does manage to put up a couple winning seasons. why even bother caring when ownership has repeatedly given the finger to winning for all these years?

 

[Mightygoose]

Apparently they won't have a city designation while they're in Sacramento. So just the Athletics or A's? I would call them the Triple A's.

 

[Terry Yake]

Apparently they won't have a city designation while they're in Sacramento. So just the Athletics or A's? I would call them the Triple A's.

homeless A's would be my pick

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Apparently they won't have a city designation while they're in Sacramento. So just the Athletics or A's? I would call them the Triple A's.

That doesn’t make sense to me. My hunch is that a decent number of Sacrament…arians will view the A’s being there as a trial run for them to hopefully get a future team of their own. There’s undoubtedly more than a few that would like to buy Sacramento-named gear.

 

[EpochLink]

I cannot believe they let a commissioner like Manfred just basically let the A's wither with a terrible owner.

 

[BB79]

Pathetic that MLB just let ownership poop all over this franchise to tank it so he could justify relocation. **** them. I'm glad Oakland raised a birdy to them and isn't letting them stay until LV is ready.

 

[John Price]

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

homeless A's would be my pick

They should change their name to the Nomads for how many times they've relocated over the years.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

A's move will mean layoffs, ballpark alterations, and a chance for Sacramento to shine

"It's going to be the most sought-after ticket in America,” said Vivek Ranadivé, owner of Sutter Health Park, the A's new Sacramento home.

theathletic.com

During this interim period, the A’s are not going not going to be called the “Sacramento A’s.” They’ll just be “the A’s” or “the Athletics.”

Traditionally, a team’s road jerseys carry a geographical element, the city or state that the club claims. But during the Sacramento era, A’s road jerseys will look like home jerseys, saying only the name.

 

[EpochLink]

Once the A’s move to Vegas, Fisher will sell to the highest bidder and rep in the cash flow.

That’s what he wanted all along, f*** off this clown.

 

[SoupNazi]

It's gonna be refreshing to see the A's play in front of fans that care for once. Not in my life time did Oakland ever care about them.

So you're 15?

A's move will mean layoffs, ballpark alterations, and a chance for Sacramento to shine

"It's going to be the most sought-after ticket in America,” said Vivek Ranadivé, owner of Sutter Health Park, the A's new Sacramento home.

theathletic.com

"It's going to be the most sought-after ticket in America."

Hyperbole much?

 

[Mightygoose]

That doesn’t make sense to me. My hunch is that a decent number of Sacrament…arians will view the A’s being there as a trial run for them to hopefully get a future team of their own. There’s undoubtedly more than a few that would like to buy Sacramento-named gear.

I think they'll still make Sacramento type merch though the official name won't have any any city name.

I do wonder what the buy in from the market will be. Interesting times ahead.

A's move will mean layoffs, ballpark alterations, and a chance for Sacramento to shine

"It's going to be the most sought-after ticket in America,” said Vivek Ranadivé, owner of Sutter Health Park, the A's new Sacramento home.

theathletic.com

If there's no geographic identifier I wonder what the abbreviation will be during broadcasts since it won't be OAK.

ATH maybe? ATL is taken.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

To be fair, if Sacrament...onians do view this as a test drive before eventually getting a team of their own, I wouldn't be surprised if it was a hot ticket given the limited supply.

Granted, they're going to be hot garbage and watch the team overprice the tickets, so those'll obviously be factors against.

 

[CTHabsfan]

It's gonna be refreshing to see the A's play in front of fans that care for once. Not in my life time did Oakland ever care about them.

Crappy ownership drives away fans. Many good baseball markets have turned into cities with empty stadiums based on owners putting out a terrible product (Baltimore, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Pittsburgh).

 

[IU Hawks fan]

If there's no geographic identifier I wonder what the abbreviation will be during broadcasts since it won't be OAK.

ATH maybe? ATL is taken.

Uhh...A's

 

[EpochLink]

Big fan of this move as Oakland is a complete shithole that has much bigger issues and I know I’ll go to a ton of Angels games in Las Vegas. Sucks for the fans but at least they still have the Giants in the area so they aren’t completely deprived of a local baseball team

No A's fan will cheer for the Giants, just like any Raiders fans would cheer for the 49ers. The only teams the Bay Area as a whole care about are the Warriors and Sharks.

 

[MMC]

No A's fan will cheer for the Giants, just like any Raiders fans would cheer for the 49ers. The only teams the Bay Area as a whole care about are the Warriors and Sharks.

You’re now like the 5th person to say this despite this never being what I said . The point isn’t that current fans WILL switch to the Giants (though they have the option to if they so desire) but they can still attend MLB games, and future generations who never knew the Oakland A’s will have a local team

 

[Vamos Rafa]

No A's fan will cheer for the Giants, just like any Raiders fans would cheer for the 49ers. The only teams the Bay Area as a whole care about are the Warriors and Sharks.

Sharks would be a hell of a lot (or hella in Bay Area terms) more popular if they were based in SF but I guess they’re happy in the Silicon Valley. Hard to believe that the Bay will soon have just one team per pro sport and they’re left with just Cal-Stanford as their only local rivalry. I guess Warriors-Kings kinda counts??

But if you look at the stats, Bay Area only ranks 13th in metro population so it technically doesn’t make sense to have two teams in the same sport.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

To be fair, if Sacrament...onians do view this as a test drive before eventually getting a team of their own, I wouldn't be surprised if it was a hot ticket given the limited supply.

Granted, they're going to be hot garbage and watch the team overprice the tickets, so those'll obviously be factors against.

why would a nothing like Sacramento have a team?

 

[MMC]

why would a nothing like Sacramento have a team?

What? It's the 20th largest TV market in the US, ahead of many MLB cities like St. Louis, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Kansas City, Cincinnati, and Milwaukee, and the 28th biggest metro area with well over 2 million people, again ahead of current MLB markets like Kansas City, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Milwaukee