Major League Baseball Commissioner Robert D. Manfred Jr. during a press conference at the 2023 London Series Workout Day in London Stadium on Friday, June 23, 2023 in London, England. Manfred declined a letter from the Mayor of San Jose Matt Mahan and four former San Jose Mayors to drop the San Francisco Giants territorial rights to San Jose on Tue Jun 28, 2023 (Getty Images photo)

On the MLB The Show with Auggie Musenburg:

#1 Auggie, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred declined the request by San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan and five other mayors to drop the San Francisco Giants territorial rights so that San Jose could get an expansion team.

#2 Do you think the real reason behind the Commissioner protecting the Giants territorial rights is that the goal is for San Francisco to have the entire Northern California region Sacramento, Oakland and San Jose to themselves.

#3 Senator Barbara Lee (D) California and Representative Alex Padilla (D) California had sent letters to Major League Baseball and Manfred informing them that moving the A’s out of Oakland will have a huge economic impact on the East Bay but the Commissioner never addressed the letter and is still full speed ahead on the A’s moving out of Oakland once the owners take a vote to move the team.

#4 The Commissioner said once the A’s have moved into their new park in Las Vegas then he said he would be open to ideas of expansion cities but not before then.

#5 Turning to the Giants they have won eight out their last ten games and got a 3-0 shutout against the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night. Alex Wood the second pitcher for San Francisco threw five innings, five hits and gave up seven strikeouts in his contribution towards the shutout.

#6 The Giants Thairo Estrada slugged a two run double and and scored a run which contributed towards the run production getting three runs. Auggie talk about Estrada and how he’s contributed to the Giants offense?

Auggie Musenburg is a reporter for KWAI 1080 Honolulu and covers the Oakland A’s and San Francisco Giants and podcasts on http://www.sportsradioservice.com