The Unite the Bay crewneck sweatshirt will most likely be sold by outside vendors at Oracle Park in San Francisco when Oakland A’s fans invite San Francisco Giants fans to join in the reverse boycott on Tue Jul 26, 2023 (photo by lavashirt and special kotton)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry F:

#1 Jerry, I know you’ve said it time and time again that you won’t believe the A’s are gone until you see the shovels in the ground at the Tropicana.

#2 The A’s are in a similar situation that the San Francisco Giants were in in 1992 when they were about to move to Tampa Bay but in that case the league did tell the Giants to find someone to buy the team and keep them in San Francisco. In this situation it’s all dependent on the owners voting for the relocation. Do you see any chance that the owners will vote no. David Samson the former Miami Marlins president believes the A’s will end up staying in Oakland.

#3 The MLB owners may not vote for another few more months, why the delay on voting, is it because their haggling over the team relocation fee being waved, is it because relocating to the smallest MLB market does sit well with the owners, or playing in what will be the smallest MLB park?

#4 Some of the writers that cover the A’s have said that the owners are one group and they will vote to relocate the A’s. Politically if someone wanted something in the future after the vote each owner would have to cooperate or it could be the owners to vote down the relocation that would keep the A’s in Oakland.

#5 Bally’s which is under the umbrella of Diamond Sports Group which operates MLB’s broadcast streaming services has filed bankruptcy and forced the San Diego Padres to get help from MLB to broadcast their games is this the same Bally’s group managing that manages the Tropicana and Hotel resort.

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