These leagues make billions a month and share profits so when one team gets a new stadium and raises in value astronomically they all benefit in media bargaining profit and other profit shares that are billions every year individually and that not including ticket sales, merch other in market local sponsors advertisers, etc they make money. Oakland is STILL paying for Mt Davis from 1994, Corporations should build their own stadiums. They’re just taking advantage of regions where they know they have strong grasps on politicians pockets
We’re moving to Fremont! Jk we meant San Jose… nope we’re rooted in Oakland for sure… nvm we meant Las Vegas… okay maybe Sacramento… Portland?… Salt Lake City? At some point it’s going to end. Just been painful/hilarious to watch.
Dave Kaval, who hopes to become a real boy someday, is pretty clunky with his heartless, soulless corporate double-speak. "Force reduction" translates to: "We don't give a fuck about you. Hit the bricks, cuz you're fired"
I know this is highly unlikely, but it would be amazing if somehow the vacancy of the coliseum led to a new stadium there and solved the problem of how to bring a team back to Oakland (whether the A’s or expansion). As much as I like the idea of Howard Terminal, rebuilding at the coliseum would be much easier and cheaper and you could probably build a better facility and for less money than any other site.
@@aaronfindora3397 I don't remember all the details, but I believe that would have meant building a new stadium in the parking lot before tearing down the current one. It's a heck of a lot harder and has a lot more constraints, plus Fisher was a horrible business partner anyway. I'm just saying there's now a solution to the "transition problem" since there isn't a transition anymore, there's just a soon-to-be unused property. But of course nothing is going to be built without the assurances of a team coming. I realize it's highly unlikely!
I'm not a 100% sure of this right but I was told that Fisher and his group owned the San Jose Earthquakes and they made the same claims about their stadium down in San Jose , build this stadium and we'll Increase the payroll. Well we've got a beautiful new stadium and they have the lowest payroll in Major League Soccer. Vegas, and I am saying this as a 55 year long loyal A's fan that is done with them, DO NOT TRUST THIS ASSHOLE.
He is a clown and needs to be kicked out of pro sports. I don't understand why baseball owners wouldn't say "you are bad for the game, get out of our club"
One reveal of this saga is that a lot of ultra-wealthy businessmen in this country are not very good at business. Lack of assurances, decisions based on biases (Manfred and Fisher), voting against their bottom lines (29 owners), Vegas deal in jeopardy, and the most disgraceful and incompetent: moving a MLB franchise to a minor league park because they can't figure out a better way - and acting like it's some kind of triumph. Just incredibly incompetent.
I was super irritated at Vivek for undercutting Oakland. But after thinking about it, could it be possible he actually saves the A's from leaving Northern California? He just bought at least three more years for the A's to stay in their home market in Sacramento (I know its lot Oakland but Sac has a lot of A's fans...like me, I live in Sac). And in those three years the deal in Vegas could very well fall apart and I from what you report Casey, and Alan Snel, and Howard Stutz, and Ken Rosenthal report, it sounds like things are not going well in Vegas. And if things do fall apart in Vegas and John Fisher does sell the team, then Vivek will go down as the guy who actually saved the A's and kept them in their home market.
The executive council should step in and overrule Manfred/Fisher. Nothing more than 1 year lease in Sacramento should be approved without LV financing. MLB negotiators (sans Manfred) should reengage with Oakland on Fisher's behalf if financing still isn't settled, or a public vote takes place. The EC was smart enough to kill Tampa's Montreal move for half the year - they should kill this 3 year lease too. I know, not gonna happen.
Nah, not racist. Just really bitter. Bud Selig wanted to buy the A's while they were in Kansas City, to move the team to Milwaukee. Oakland won out and he never got over it.
John Fisher- He runs away because he can't build anything himself......he's a user of other people and other cities. If he didn't have mommy and daddy's money he would never be where he is today! Plus he really is a Giants fan anyway! He ran away from his "legacy" project at Howard Terminal when realizing he was going to have to deliver! He doesn't want to go to Vegas triple A stadium because Vegas would actually realize what a train wreck they actually were buying into. He wants to get the stadium going before they have buyers remorse! But now he may again realize, he can't get Vegas done because he can't finance it cost effectively so the stop over in my Sacramento town! He didn't think about the 2025-2027 seasons when they told Oakland they were leaving, then he and Kaval had their "of, sh!t" moment of we screwed up ......not having an extension for those years and not even thinking about their CSNBC money from 25-27. They do things without thinking of the consequences! .......(Laney College planing without talking to anyone at Laney College)! So, now we are in Sacramento holdover market and trying to figure out the next step we are going to "stumble into"! These two really are the dumb and dumber of baseball and Manfred is the third stooge enabling this "sh!t show" to happen. All of MLB other owners have cr@p on their names because of these three! Oakland Athletics
Either Fisher is really a clown or somebody from the Giants payed him off to move him team to Las Vegas….. that Howard terminal site project was too close to just walk away from its awkward to me
He jumped during the Howard Terminal negotiations when Vegas promised the $300+ mil because of the perception that moving to Vegas will increase the net worth of the team by a huge amount. (We’ll see about that.) He never cared one iota about staying in Oakland no matter what the circumstances. He’s also incompetent.
@@sweepingdenver Please be aware that any increase in the value of the team to Vegas or anywhere else is not free money flowing to Fisher simply by virtue of moving thr team. Any value increase comes at a huge cost, namely Fisher’s share of costs to construct a stadium. Sure Nevada gave him a $385M subsidybto build a stadium, but that still leaves Fisher on the hook for funding at least $1.1 billion in stadium construction costs (assuming the actual costs are not higher than $1.5B in costs that the A’s have been using, as if the actual costs have been definitively determined). If costs to. Uold the stadium are more than $1.5B, then Fishers share of construction costs would increase dollar-for-dollar. But assuming the stadium doesn’t cost more than $1.5B to build and Fisher’s share is $1.1B, that means the balue of the A’s would have to increase by $1.1B just to breakeven on the costs to build the stadium. All other relocation costs associated with playing in Sacramento for 3 years and relocating to Vegas only increases the required increase in the team’s value just to break even. Forbes estimates the A’s current value at just over $1B. The Baltimore Orioles just sold for $1.76B and there is no way the sh*t show A’s are worth morevthan the Orioles even with a new stadium in Vegas or anywhere else. So, please keep the significant costs involved in relocating when discussing any increase in team value from a relocation. If achieving value increases by relocating without any costs involved, every team would be relocating.
I agree Vegas is up in the air. If a Vegas ballpark isn't built, Vivek and Fisher will work together to build a new MLB ballpark and the A's will stay in Sac, either with Fisher as owner, Vivek buys the team, or they go 50/50 on ownership.
Could it be that corporations no longer fear bad publicity. Have corporations achieved so much power that they dont care what the public thinks and will do whats best for business no matter what . 🤔
That ESPN article speaks volumes on how the ownership handled Oakland. Fisher never wants to touch Oakland again, Kaval had to handle it. Don't expect Fisher ever to come to the Coliseum again.
The market in which the A’s play is not Oakland, but rather, the immediate market is Alameda County, which its farthest point from the Colesium is 20 miles and has a population of 1.5 million and has a median household income of $151,000. It is this demographic that landed the A’s with their $70M/year RSN contract despite the poor team performance. The greater market in which the A’s play is the East Bay with a population of 2.5 million and an average annual household income of $157,000. Despite these favorable market demographics, unknowledgeable nitwits from outside California focus on a downtown Oakland area of a few square blocks to try to tar the entire market area. Well, even using crime statistics from the worst part of Oakland within that area of a few square blocks, Las Vegas crime statistics for that entire city are virtually identical to the crime statistics in the worst part of Oakland. Of course, the ignorant are not interested in facts, as the blather that fills their heads comes from propaganda outlets. BTW, Lady, the Port of Oakland, not the city, owns and operates Oakland International Airport. The Port of Oakland is governed by a seven-member Board of Commissioners which has exclusive control and management of all Port assets. It is the Oakland Airport management, along with the Port of Oakland, who wants to change the name of the airport. But it doesn’t appear you are big on reading behind the headlines given that you are trying to use the airport name change as a negative when it is actually a positive. The reason behind the name change is due to access to San Francisco is significantly easier and shorter from Oakland Airport than it is from San Francisco Airport. So, the name change is to drive more air travel to Oakland Airport from those traveling to San Francisco so that travelers have an easier and shorter transfer into San Francisco. Of course, it is easier for unknowledgeable outsiders from fly-over areas to post nonsense about something they know nothing about. Laters Hater
Thanks, Casey! What about this issue of asbestos at the Tropicana site? I think John Fisher knows how to get anything done. It seems like his staff continually has to react to his undcideness. Since the owners have taken a hands-off approach with Fisher, they are really dealing with his issues for the first time. It's sad, they just don't take the team away from him, find a buyer who will pay him $2B and be done with him.
So where are the Aviators in all this? Since the A’s are going to SacTown, will the Rivercats be the new Triple A affiliate of the A’s until they’re in Vegas or do the Aviators have to find a new affiliate?
Supposedly early 20th-century newspapers would report AL standings mostly by city, but the "Athletic Club of Philadelphia" was just shown as "Athletic." I can't individually confirm that but it's what I've read.
If Manfred wants an A's-to-Sac move, the owners will get on board. Has any entity in Sac that can influence this move complained like some in Vegas have? If not, it doesn't matter what other media personalities have to say. The biggest question is: how does the MLBPA feel about the move, what tools do they have to stop it, and if they did, where would they like the A's to play from 2025 to 2027....? I think it'll get done. A's in Sac from 2025 to 2027 (2028?).
I forget which show it was on but someone said someting interesting- say what you will about ownership etc. Oakland lost 3 MAJOR sports teams in just a few years. That does NOT bode will for Oakland's leadership. And I've heard all of the "explanations" for each team and "justifications". It all doesn't matter. 3 MAJOR teams in a few years is BAD city leadership PERIOD.
Sucks! But damn, Fisher could instantly go from villain to hero if he all of a sudden revealed the move to Sacto was part of his plan to build a new stadium on the Coliseum site, because the A's are staying in Oakland! I can dream...
So even with Vegas putting up money for the stadium, Fisher/A’s still have to spend close to $1B when its all said and done, correct? So spend a B to hopefully make a B? I am sure I am missing details but make it make sense #StayInOakland
Let's show up at the coliseum for games this year and stop giving them what they want us to do, so they can blame the great Oakland A's fans for everything.......
THE A's OWNERSHIP IS LIKE THE DOUBLE MINDED MAN IN THE BIBLE....THE DOUBLE MINDED MAN IS UNSTABLE IN ALL HIS WAYS ... LET NOT THAT MAN THINK HE WILL RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM THE LORD!"
LV A's later. Sac (fill in the blank for name later). That's how I think it's going to go down. It's the bold move. You don't worry about guarantees that are fantasy land to begin with (Oak. asking for it was that, fantasy land as well as 97 M). You take that opp, show out, impress. OKC did that with Hornets. Made a strong impression and they were rewarded later. Oak. asked for the ridiculous out of anger, bitterness. Sac. swooped in and benefited. In the very least you get three years of MLB and economic boost. Oak. won't have to worry about baseball anymore, they are minor league soccer town. Could be worse with no sports. It's not a lot but it's something. So, how about some ideas for Sac-town expansion team name for later?
The clown takes are everywhere lol. Sac isn’t even a basketball town. Light the beams? For what an early exit if they even make the playoffs? lol. Fisher didn’t have anywhere to go except when Vivek bailed his buddy out…. Yeah they dudes a villain now too. Make sure yall keep that same energy when the A’s lose another 90+ games lulz
It would've been nice to get an avalanche of bad press 6-12 months ago when it mattered. Would've been nice if Oakland had a mayor who forced the national media to pay attention, like KJ did in Sacramento...like an actual leader.
@@805fillmore cmon don’t give up now. You were so certain about where the A’s were going. Not a good look when you keep flip flopping. Gotta keep that same energy. Joe lacob would get a team before Vivek.
@@805fillmore I’m saying mlb would rather have lacob who would build in Oakland. He wouldn’t build in sac. Vivek is a useful idiot. Dude doesn’t really know how to run a successful org. The only decent thing he did was save the kings from moving…everything else he’s dragged on.
2024 MLB Little League Classic (August 18th) will feature the NYY vs Detroit Tiger's at Bowman Field in Williamsport, PA with a capacity of 2366. You won't find a single ball player that will be complaining about playing in a minor league field, being around kids, etc. They get paid to play.
DO you know the definition of Chutzpah? Its doing in both of your parents and complaining you're an orphan. If you wonder why Fisher and Kaval talked to every reporter they could find in Vegas but won't talk to the Bay area reporters, there you go.
Mayor Thao and the Oakland Coliseum Joint Authority should have given what Fisher what he wanted and if the Vegas deal falls through Thao and the City could have been talking with Fisher all the while as he was literally playing in their backyard. The City of Oakland should have used this strategy to keep the A's. The $97 million was not going to happen. The object was to keep the A's in Oakland for the interim and work with them to try and keep them there if the Vegas deal didn't happen. Going to Sacramento eveybody loses and down the road Sacramento will too.
Have you ever noticed women's hips are wider than men's? Looks nice don't you think? WTF does that have to do with the A's situation? Nothing, but it's nicer to look at than the A's by a long shot.
@@knawatimsayn6186funny I was just in Oakland. I could breathe just fine. We had beautiful views of the bay…. What’s Vegas got? Some lights? Sure if that’s your thing lol.
And by the way, Sheng Thao could have bought three more years at least for the A's to stay in Oakland. But her demanding $97 mil ensured the A's would skip town. That deal had zero chance of ever being agreed to by the A's. I mean, what the heck did she expect from John Fisher? Huge mistake on her part.
Why do a have a feeling Casey Pratt would have thought the gondelas they were considering for HT was a great idea but all this recent stuff.... hmmpf Dumb
Hmmm... this reporter seems to be taking the move personally. The A's were already gone. Not a city in the country that would turn down mlb for three seasons min at no cost. Maybe toning down the screeching just a notch is a good idea.
Public funding should never cover stadiums. These billionaire owners should pay for them themselves 😅
100000000000000 % Facts
It’s wild to me to see people arguing against this
These leagues make billions a month and share profits so when one team gets a new stadium and raises in value astronomically they all benefit in media bargaining profit and other profit shares that are billions every year individually and that not including ticket sales, merch other in market local sponsors advertisers, etc they make money. Oakland is STILL paying for Mt Davis from 1994, Corporations should build their own stadiums. They’re just taking advantage of regions where they know they have strong grasps on politicians pockets
That part!
We’re moving to Fremont! Jk we meant San Jose… nope we’re rooted in Oakland for sure… nvm we meant Las Vegas… okay maybe Sacramento… Portland?… Salt Lake City?
At some point it’s going to end. Just been painful/hilarious to watch.
Exactly 😂
You forgot New Delhi India!!!
The A’s are like so many half assed companies that start businesses without the infrastructure and just “figure it out”. Usually ends in bankruptcy.
Dave Kaval, who hopes to become a real boy someday, is pretty clunky with his heartless, soulless corporate double-speak. "Force reduction" translates to: "We don't give a fuck about you. Hit the bricks, cuz you're fired"
"who hopes to become a real boy someday" ☠️💀☠️💀
I know this is highly unlikely, but it would be amazing if somehow the vacancy of the coliseum led to a new stadium there and solved the problem of how to bring a team back to Oakland (whether the A’s or expansion). As much as I like the idea of Howard Terminal, rebuilding at the coliseum would be much easier and cheaper and you could probably build a better facility and for less money than any other site.
Never gonna happen, nobody wants anything to do with Oakland
The A's tried that, the city said no.
@@aaronfindora3397 I don't remember all the details, but I believe that would have meant building a new stadium in the parking lot before tearing down the current one. It's a heck of a lot harder and has a lot more constraints, plus Fisher was a horrible business partner anyway. I'm just saying there's now a solution to the "transition problem" since there isn't a transition anymore, there's just a soon-to-be unused property. But of course nothing is going to be built without the assurances of a team coming. I realize it's highly unlikely!
I'm not a 100% sure of this right but I was told that Fisher and his group owned the San Jose Earthquakes and they made the same claims about their stadium down in San Jose , build this stadium and we'll Increase the payroll. Well we've got a beautiful new stadium and they have the lowest payroll in Major League Soccer. Vegas, and I am saying this as a 55 year long loyal A's fan that is done with them, DO NOT TRUST THIS ASSHOLE.
He is a con man. A liar. It is disgraceful that MLB sits back and allows him to get away with this.
The Fish said his soccer stadium is obsolete already but is too cheap to upgrade it.
He is a clown and needs to be kicked out of pro sports. I don't understand why baseball owners wouldn't say "you are bad for the game, get out of our club"
You heard right.
One reveal of this saga is that a lot of ultra-wealthy businessmen in this country are not very good at business. Lack of assurances, decisions based on biases (Manfred and Fisher), voting against their bottom lines (29 owners), Vegas deal in jeopardy, and the most disgraceful and incompetent: moving a MLB franchise to a minor league park because they can't figure out a better way - and acting like it's some kind of triumph. Just incredibly incompetent.
Thank you Casey for everything. Also did you hear what Reggie Jackson had to say about Fisher lol
What did he say?
I was super irritated at Vivek for undercutting Oakland. But after thinking about it, could it be possible he actually saves the A's from leaving Northern California? He just bought at least three more years for the A's to stay in their home market in Sacramento (I know its lot Oakland but Sac has a lot of A's fans...like me, I live in Sac). And in those three years the deal in Vegas could very well fall apart and I from what you report Casey, and Alan Snel, and Howard Stutz, and Ken Rosenthal report, it sounds like things are not going well in Vegas. And if things do fall apart in Vegas and John Fisher does sell the team, then Vivek will go down as the guy who actually saved the A's and kept them in their home market.
The executive council should step in and overrule Manfred/Fisher. Nothing more than 1 year lease in Sacramento should be approved without LV financing. MLB negotiators (sans Manfred) should reengage with Oakland on Fisher's behalf if financing still isn't settled, or a public vote takes place. The EC was smart enough to kill Tampa's Montreal move for half the year - they should kill this 3 year lease too. I know, not gonna happen.
Reggie wanted to buy the A’s racist commissioner
Nah, not racist. Just really bitter. Bud Selig wanted to buy the A's while they were in Kansas City, to move the team to Milwaukee. Oakland won out and he never got over it.
Couldn't imagine you saying anything else.
John Fisher-
He runs away because he can't build anything himself......he's a user of other people and other cities. If he didn't have mommy and daddy's money he would never be where he is today! Plus he really is a Giants fan anyway!
He ran away from his "legacy" project at Howard Terminal when realizing he was going to have to deliver!
He doesn't want to go to Vegas triple A stadium because Vegas would actually realize what a train wreck they actually were buying into. He wants to get the stadium going before they have buyers remorse!
But now he may again realize, he can't get Vegas done because he can't finance it cost effectively so the stop over in my Sacramento town! He didn't think about the 2025-2027 seasons when they told Oakland they were leaving, then he and Kaval had their "of, sh!t" moment of we screwed up ......not having an extension for those years and not even thinking about their CSNBC money from 25-27.
They do things without thinking of the consequences! .......(Laney College planing without talking to anyone at Laney College)!
So, now we are in Sacramento holdover market and trying to figure out the next step we are going to "stumble into"!
These two really are the dumb and dumber of baseball and Manfred is the third stooge enabling this "sh!t show" to happen. All of MLB other owners have cr@p on their names because of these three! Oakland Athletics
Either Fisher is really a clown or somebody from the Giants payed him off to move him team to Las Vegas….. that Howard terminal site project was too close to just walk away from its awkward to me
He jumped during the Howard Terminal negotiations when Vegas promised the $300+ mil because of the perception that moving to Vegas will increase the net worth of the team by a huge amount. (We’ll see about that.) He never cared one iota about staying in Oakland no matter what the circumstances. He’s also incompetent.
@@sweepingdenveroh yeah smh 🤦🏾♂️
@@sweepingdenver Please be aware that any increase in the value of the team to Vegas or anywhere else is not free money flowing to Fisher simply by virtue of moving thr team. Any value increase comes at a huge cost, namely Fisher’s share of costs to construct a stadium. Sure Nevada gave him a $385M subsidybto build a stadium, but that still leaves Fisher on the hook for funding at least $1.1 billion in stadium construction costs (assuming the actual costs are not higher than $1.5B in costs that the A’s have been using, as if the actual costs have been definitively determined). If costs to. Uold the stadium are more than $1.5B, then Fishers share of construction costs would increase dollar-for-dollar. But assuming the stadium doesn’t cost more than $1.5B to build and Fisher’s share is $1.1B, that means the balue of the A’s would have to increase by $1.1B just to breakeven on the costs to build the stadium. All other relocation costs associated with playing in Sacramento for 3 years and relocating to Vegas only increases the required increase in the team’s value just to break even. Forbes estimates the A’s current value at just over $1B. The Baltimore Orioles just sold for $1.76B and there is no way the sh*t show A’s are worth morevthan the Orioles even with a new stadium in Vegas or anywhere else. So, please keep the significant costs involved in relocating when discussing any increase in team value from a relocation. If achieving value increases by relocating without any costs involved, every team would be relocating.
I agree Vegas is up in the air. If a Vegas ballpark isn't built, Vivek and Fisher will work together to build a new MLB ballpark and the A's will stay in Sac, either with Fisher as owner, Vivek buys the team, or they go 50/50 on ownership.
It's going to say A'ss" in the standings
I’m in my feelings. Because it’s true.
The Sacramento/Vegas deals will fall apart... It'll be the Yuba City A's in 2025. 🤣
Wasco A's
Could it be that corporations no longer fear bad publicity. Have corporations achieved so much power that they dont care what the public thinks and will do whats best for business no matter what . 🤔
It was a beautiful week spent in a blizzard! 🌨️
LDB filed for the "Las Vegas A's" trademark because Fisher forgot. lolz
That ESPN article speaks volumes on how the ownership handled Oakland. Fisher never wants to touch Oakland again, Kaval had to handle it. Don't expect Fisher ever to come to the Coliseum again.
Oakland, the same city that wants to rename the airport to "San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport".
The market in which the A’s play is not Oakland, but rather, the immediate market is Alameda County, which its farthest point from the Colesium is 20 miles and has a population of 1.5 million and has a median household income of $151,000. It is this demographic that landed the A’s with their $70M/year RSN contract despite the poor team performance. The greater market in which the A’s play is the East Bay with a population of 2.5 million and an average annual household income of $157,000.
Despite these favorable market demographics, unknowledgeable nitwits from outside California focus on a downtown Oakland area of a few square blocks to try to tar the entire market area. Well, even using crime statistics from the worst part of Oakland within that area of a few square blocks, Las Vegas crime statistics for that entire city are virtually identical to the crime statistics in the worst part of Oakland. Of course, the ignorant are not interested in facts, as the blather that fills their heads comes from propaganda outlets.
BTW, Lady, the Port of Oakland, not the city, owns and operates Oakland International Airport. The Port of Oakland is governed by a seven-member Board of Commissioners which has exclusive control and management of all Port assets. It is the Oakland Airport management, along with the Port of Oakland, who wants to change the name of the airport. But it doesn’t appear you are big on reading behind the headlines given that you are trying to use the airport name change as a negative when it is actually a positive. The reason behind the name change is due to access to San Francisco is significantly easier and shorter from Oakland Airport than it is from San Francisco Airport. So, the name change is to drive more air travel to Oakland Airport from those traveling to San Francisco so that travelers have an easier and shorter transfer into San Francisco. Of course, it is easier for unknowledgeable outsiders from fly-over areas to post nonsense about something they know nothing about.
Laters Hater
Thanks, Casey! What about this issue of asbestos at the Tropicana site? I think John Fisher knows how to get anything done. It seems like his staff continually has to react to his undcideness. Since the owners have taken a hands-off approach with Fisher, they are really dealing with his issues for the first time. It's sad, they just don't take the team away from him, find a buyer who will pay him $2B and be done with him.
Asbestos had been planned for. Non-issue.
So where are the Aviators in all this? Since the A’s are going to SacTown, will the Rivercats be the new Triple A affiliate of the A’s until they’re in Vegas or do the Aviators have to find a new affiliate?
Supposedly early 20th-century newspapers would report AL standings mostly by city, but the "Athletic Club of Philadelphia" was just shown as "Athletic." I can't individually confirm that but it's what I've read.
Casey do you want to see empty seats in Sac and (hypothetically) Vegas? It would be more pie in the face of Fishers I think.
I’m curious how since MLB rolled minor into it, do the SF Giants not have a say in a team playing at their AAA affiliate?
The answer to this riddle is to bring BOTH the NHL- and rock bands like Oasis- to Coliseum site. And also HipHop is rock too !!!
If Manfred wants an A's-to-Sac move, the owners will get on board. Has any entity in Sac that can influence this move complained like some in Vegas have? If not, it doesn't matter what other media personalities have to say. The biggest question is: how does the MLBPA feel about the move, what tools do they have to stop it, and if they did, where would they like the A's to play from 2025 to 2027....? I think it'll get done. A's in Sac from 2025 to 2027 (2028?).
I forget which show it was on but someone said someting interesting- say what you will about ownership etc. Oakland lost 3 MAJOR sports teams in just a few years. That does NOT bode will for Oakland's leadership. And I've heard all of the "explanations" for each team and "justifications". It all doesn't matter. 3 MAJOR teams in a few years is BAD city leadership PERIOD.
I still have my Cisco Field in Fremont shirt!
Sucks! But damn, Fisher could instantly go from villain to hero if he all of a sudden revealed the move to Sacto was part of his plan to build a new stadium on the Coliseum site, because the A's are staying in Oakland! I can dream...
So even with Vegas putting up money for the stadium, Fisher/A’s still have to spend close to $1B when its all said and done, correct? So spend a B to hopefully make a B? I am sure I am missing details but make it make sense #StayInOakland
They should give free beer to anyone that shows up to a game for the rest of this season.
I just want to understand how MLB will let them play in a minor league park in the first place.
Better there than that dump in Oakland.
@@knawatimsayn6186 Please educate yourself before you respond.
Let's show up at the coliseum for games this year and stop giving them what they want us to do, so they can blame the great Oakland A's fans for everything.......
Hearing that layoffs are underway at the Coliseum.
😢
Rudi, Sal Bando, Reggie, Vida Blue, Catfish Rickey, Canseco, and all the rest...,.
If the players union allows them to be in a minor league ballpark, then they are no more than that owner and the incompetent "commissioner".….....
Athletics Baseball Club = excellent moniker 👌
I believe the A's will remain in California somewhere. Vegas doesn't want Fisher or his circus show....
THE A's OWNERSHIP IS LIKE THE DOUBLE MINDED MAN IN THE BIBLE....THE DOUBLE MINDED MAN IS UNSTABLE IN ALL HIS WAYS ... LET NOT THAT MAN THINK HE WILL RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM THE LORD!"
A 97 million dollar gap just shows the team never had any real interest in staying. Neither did the Raiders or Warriors. Time to move on.
LV A's later. Sac (fill in the blank for name later). That's how I think it's going to go down. It's the bold move. You don't worry about guarantees that are fantasy land to begin with (Oak. asking for it was that, fantasy land as well as 97 M). You take that opp, show out, impress. OKC did that with Hornets. Made a strong impression and they were rewarded later. Oak. asked for the ridiculous out of anger, bitterness. Sac. swooped in and benefited. In the very least you get three years of MLB and economic boost. Oak. won't have to worry about baseball anymore, they are minor league soccer town. Could be worse with no sports. It's not a lot but it's something. So, how about some ideas for Sac-town expansion team name for later?
The clown takes are everywhere lol. Sac isn’t even a basketball town. Light the beams? For what an early exit if they even make the playoffs? lol.
Fisher didn’t have anywhere to go except when Vivek bailed his buddy out…. Yeah they dudes a villain now too.
Make sure yall keep that same energy when the A’s lose another 90+ games lulz
It would've been nice to get an avalanche of bad press 6-12 months ago when it mattered. Would've been nice if Oakland had a mayor who forced the national media to pay attention, like KJ did in Sacramento...like an actual leader.
Smh!!!!!!!!!!
What is the end goal here Casey?
Continue calling out the bs. Can’t wait to watch this all fall apart. This ends with fisher out.
@@stefanbrown5872 but then Sacramento would get the A’s and Vegas gets expansion..
@@805fillmore cmon don’t give up now. You were so certain about where the A’s were going. Not a good look when you keep flip flopping.
Gotta keep that same energy. Joe lacob would get a team before Vivek.
@@stefanbrown5872 So you’re saying MLB would rather have Lacob build a stadium in Sacramento? Or mlb wants back to Oakland? Lol
@@805fillmore I’m saying mlb would rather have lacob who would build in Oakland. He wouldn’t build in sac.
Vivek is a useful idiot. Dude doesn’t really know how to run a successful org. The only decent thing he did was save the kings from moving…everything else he’s dragged on.
How about the Athletics build a ballpark in San Jose and the Giants own the parking lot BOOM PROBLEM SOLVED
The bad joke known as John Fisher continues. What an embarrassment to MLB.
Nah, they're coming to Chico😅
2024 MLB Little League Classic (August 18th) will feature the NYY vs Detroit Tiger's at Bowman Field in Williamsport, PA with a capacity of 2366. You won't find a single ball player that will be complaining about playing in a minor league field, being around kids, etc. They get paid to play.
Adios Casey,,,Viva Las Vegas,,,
DO you know the definition of Chutzpah? Its doing in both of your parents and complaining you're an orphan.
If you wonder why Fisher and Kaval talked to every reporter they could find in Vegas but won't talk to the Bay area reporters, there you go.
😂
There's a rumor that the A's get their hotdogs from the food bank...
@@bartphlegar8212says a Giants troll🧌
Sacto A's!!! Vegas A's!!! It's a done deal!!! It sucks!!!
Mayor Thao and the Oakland Coliseum Joint Authority should have given what Fisher what he wanted and if the Vegas deal falls through Thao and the City could have been talking with Fisher all the while as he was literally playing in their backyard. The City of Oakland should have used this strategy to keep the A's. The $97 million was not going to happen. The object was to keep the A's in Oakland for the interim and work with them to try and keep them there if the Vegas deal didn't happen. Going to Sacramento eveybody loses and down the road Sacramento will too.
Have you ever noticed women's hips are wider than men's? Looks nice don't you think?
WTF does that have to do with the A's situation?
Nothing, but it's nicer to look at than the A's by a long shot.
No way the city of sacramento will help pay for a stadium.
Yes we will😊
City did it to build Golden 1. The city committed to a MLS stadium.
Sac so thirsty for a MLB they will do whatever.
@@someguy7222 what city wouldn't dummy
Too frickin hot in Sac.
What about Vegas or Phoenix, they play ball there. Rather heat or breath fentanyl in Oakland
@@knawatimsayn6186funny I was just in Oakland. I could breathe just fine. We had beautiful views of the bay…. What’s Vegas got? Some lights? Sure if that’s your thing lol.
@@stefanbrown5872 go check your car make sure it's still in one piece
@@knawatimsayn6186 i live in santa cruz my dude. Life is good.
He should sell the team and all this will go away. Terrible ownership.
Yeet. lol
3 wins in row folks
I don't know why anyone would give a shit anymore.
@@freshplasticup5795 step to the side
@snarfsnarf3062 nah I'm fine right where I am.
Sacramento Athleticats Rock!!! Fisher??..... Not So Much........
And by the way, Sheng Thao could have bought three more years at least for the A's to stay in Oakland. But her demanding $97 mil ensured the A's would skip town. That deal had zero chance of ever being agreed to by the A's. I mean, what the heck did she expect from John Fisher? Huge mistake on her part.
She lowered it to $60 but Sac was a done deal months ago. The A's have enjoyed cheap rent for years.
This guy sounds like a big cry baby, this is big business no one cares about your feelings
Why do a have a feeling Casey Pratt would have thought the gondelas they were considering for HT was a great idea but all this recent stuff.... hmmpf Dumb
Hmmm... this reporter seems to be taking the move personally. The A's were already gone. Not a city in the country that would turn down mlb for three seasons min at no cost. Maybe toning down the screeching just a notch is a good idea.
It’s a lot of projection going on with this guy. He can’t figure out who he’s mad at.