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It would probably be cool to see a major league game in a 10,000 seat stadium tbh. Well at least whatever major league team the A's are playing.
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I don't think the Bay Area A's fans are going to go to these games and it's non-zero that Sacramento fans also say "gently caress this". Turnout could be overwhelmingly driven by not the A's still
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As a Sacramento resident, it is predominately Giants territory. I grew up knowing more Dodgers fans than A's fans. I think it will backfire massively, and I'm upset at the possibility the River Cats will play games in Oakland or Oracle Park if there are scheduling conflicts (industry rumors).
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LonesomeCrowdedWest posted:A Daulton Varsho double today was the only thing stopping the jays from being no hit twice in three games. The Blue Jays are the result of a Bene Gesserit eugenics program that was discarded and abandoned because none of the offspring were quite good enough.
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It’ll be interesting (by interesting I mean hilarious) if the River Cats outdraw the As.
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Maggot Soup posted:As a Sacramento resident, it is predominately Giants territory. I grew up knowing more Dodgers fans than A's fans. I think it will backfire massively, and I'm upset at the possibility the River Cats will play games in Oakland or Oracle Park if there are scheduling conflicts (industry rumors). I grew up in Sacramento and this is very correct. Were I an A's fan (definitely not) I would have spent years getting hassled by my friends and people I met about how I should be a Giants fan, even though there is no reason to be (except when they play the Dodgers or Yankees) Anyway this is going to totally backfire, Fisher's ineptitude knows no limits
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On one hand how incredibly humiliating. On the other hand that looks like a truly delightful stadium to watch a game
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zoux posted:It's a better outcome for As fans than going to LV imo (also lol that LV was like no thanks to As baseball). It's what, hour and a half from the bay to Sacramento?
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I feel bad for the players and fans but lol at ownership having to do this
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It'll probably do well for the first month or so until the novelty fades. Then they'll just be dependent on opponents.
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At least the Oakland colosseum won't be a major league park anymore... Probably the 3rd worst stadium in the majors off the top of my head.
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zoux posted:It's a better outcome for As fans than going to LV imo (also lol that LV was like no thanks to As baseball). It's what, hour and a half from the bay to Sacramento? They are still planning to go to Vegas in 4 or 5 years, if only John Fisher can find someone willing to lend him 1 billion dollars to build a beautiful armadillo stadium corn on the cop posted:you're not supposed to emulate the arizona coyotes supposedly they will have to build new clubhouses and facilities like training areas to be compliant with MLB standards, I'm hoping we get a Mullett Arena scenario where the players work out in the same room with a curtain separating the two teams and then have to walk across a parking lot to get to the stadium before the game. Starsfan fucked around with this message at 17:35 on Apr 4, 2024 |
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I'm glad MLB is coming here, but on the other hand I feel icky about it :/ I went to a River Cats game about a decade ago and it was a fun time. They were the A's AAA team at the time, before they switched to Giants. MC Hammer did a few promos for the Jumbotron. Tayter Swift fucked around with this message at 17:39 on Apr 4, 2024 |
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Lol the rest of the teams are going to have to give them so much revenue sharing money
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I mean, they were planning on going to Vegas a lot sooner than that but it didn't happen.
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I thought the Vegas stuff was a done deal at this point and just delayed? They just closed the Tropicana on the strip so I assume it's full steam ahead.
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zoux posted:I mean, they were planning on going to Vegas a lot sooner than that but it didn't happen. I guess you mean the AAA park there? I think that was a non-starter for obvious reasons.. I believe the rather ambitious plan was always for the MLB stadium to be built for the 2028 season, but people were incredibly skeptical of that timeline all along and now it looks practically impossible even with the Tropicana about to be knocked down. Kirios posted:I thought the Vegas stuff was a done deal at this point and just delayed? The A's are talking like the Vegas stuff is a done deal but nobody else believes them. There are so many things to be worked out before they can even start building their stadium in Vegas (most critically where the money to build it is coming from) and their development partner Balleys corporation looks awfully close to insolvency right at this moment. Starsfan fucked around with this message at 17:44 on Apr 4, 2024 |
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A's are gonna become the equivalent of a stateless person, like one of those folks who has to live in whatever airport they landed in after their passport and visas got revoked
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Early season night games while the NBA season is still up are gonna be a great view from Tayter Swift fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Apr 4, 2024 |
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I'm curious as to how the league plans to finesse the actual move to Las Vegas. They are a minor league team right now and are moving to a minor league stadium for three years. Fisher's going to have to spend a ton of money to make them respectable in 2028 and that's not really his style.
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https://twitter.com/BillShaikin/status/1775915584922026291 I guess they will just be going by "A's" or "Athletics" the next few years? That's kind of tough to wrap my head around.. the stateless A's theory is picking up steam... live with fruit posted:I'm curious as to how the league plans to finesse the actual move to Las Vegas. They are a minor league team right now and are moving to a minor league stadium for three years. Fisher's going to have to spend a ton of money to make them respectable in 2028 and that's not really his style. Most people assume that he will use the intervening years (and the last couple years really) of only having to pay for minor league players on minimum salary contracts to build up a war chest. He will try to make some splash when they get to Vegas to create hype for the team and then it will be right back to the old ways or he'll try to dump the team on someone else and get out of dodge with his money. Starsfan fucked around with this message at 17:56 on Apr 4, 2024 |
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Boy, the Quintana trade doesn't look quite that bad now, does it?
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The Las Vegas A's of Sacramento
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Starsfan posted:Most people assume that he will use the intervening years (and the last couple years really) of only having to pay for minor league players on minimum salary contracts to build up a war chest. He will try to make some splash when they get to Vegas to create hype for the team and then it will be right back to the old ways or he'll try to dump the team on someone else and get out of dodge with his money. The same team that gave Olson and Murphy away?
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Eric the Mauve posted:The Las Vegas A's of Sacramento This was an easy joke and I'm furious you beat me to it.
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Lol the rest of the teams are going to have to give them so much revenue sharing money Fisher has actually gotten the league ownership to completely demolish the small market team myth, which is a pretty hilarious side effect.
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It really is hosed that the other owners aren't pissed at Fisher for running a scam to get the revenue sharing money bridge till he gets what he thinks is going to be a cash cow (vegas franchise)
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Well Played Mauer posted:This was an easy joke and I'm furious you beat me to it. The Las Vegas A's of YOUR CITY HERE
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While I wish the Cubs didn't blow a six run lead against the fetid dogs poo poo rockies in the middle of a rain storm, I was sort of glad to see Kris Bryant get his first hits of the season and look like a baseball player instead of a miserable husk.
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Who wants to see Fisher’s Sac?
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R.D. Mangles posted:While I wish the Cubs didn't blow a six run lead against the fetid dogs poo poo rockies in the middle of a rain storm, I was sort of glad to see Kris Bryant get his first hits of the season and look like a baseball player instead of a miserable husk. Your prediction could still be right and he may have gotten 20% of his full-season homers in the series. Also 100% and 0%. And #N/A%.
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I know the other owners don't want to set the precedent, but any real league would have just forced Fisher to sell. Everyone hates him, he's single-handedly ruining a storied team and he is legitimately bad for baseball. Throw him out on his rear end! Let the elephant hit him with a bat! Make him eat a pair of jeans!!!!!
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Kirios posted:I thought the Vegas stuff was a done deal at this point and just delayed? Fisher got the money he asked for from the government, but doesn't have the money that's supposed to come from his end. (Well, he maybe does, but he wouldn't be fabulously wealthy if he spent most his fortune in a single day). When the Raiders came to Nevada, Davis pulled it off by taking huge loans from banks that likely put the team up as collateral since it was the only rich man thing he owns. Fisher's plan is to sell stakes in the team like that time the Wilpons sold bits of the Mets to guys like Bill Maher and Anthony Scaramucci. He has suggested he can find wealthy people in Southern Nevada who would like to be minority owners, but so much of the wealth of the city is built upon gambling that a list of the wealthiest people who aren't casino executives looks mostly like a bunch of former executives or their estates (and our ex-casino aristocracy currently prefers spending their money buying federal politicians from both parties.)
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Eric the Mauve posted:The Las Vegas A's of Sacramento The A's of Yolo County has a nice ring to it
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https://twitter.com/BaseballDoesnt/status/1775919968099443059 Thread about Ronel Blanco's Very Good Week https://twitter.com/BaseballDoesnt/status/1775919984402682341 There's something about seeing guys on a team genuinely happy for another guy that warms my heart
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Craptacular! posted:Fisher got the money he asked for from the government, but doesn't have the money that's supposed to come from his end. (Well, he maybe does, but he wouldn't be fabulously wealthy if he spent most his fortune in a single day). Edward M. Bernstein, attorney at law, to buy 49% of the team. Side note: a friend of mine growing up was rich and we played pickup basketball with him once. That's my growing up in Vegas story.
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mcmagic posted:At least the Oakland colosseum won't be a major league park anymore... Probably the 3rd worst stadium in the majors off the top of my head. Which two do you think are worse? I assume the Trop is one.
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What is Good For Baseball is stripping this loving clown of all ownership of the team and having the mascot throw him into a toilet while Rickey Henderson insults him.
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Which lovely hooker motel are the traveling mlb teams going to be staying at in West Sacramento? Traffic around Sutter Health is going to be a nightmare but maybe I can get some super deep discount River Cats tickets WhyteRyce fucked around with this message at 18:28 on Apr 4, 2024 |
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IcePhoenix posted:Which two do you think are worse? I assume the Trop is one. Tampa and Toronto
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