Oakland Athletics pitcher Ken Waldichuk throws to a San Francisco Giants batter during the fourth inning at Oracle Park San Francisco on Tue Jul 25, 2023. Waldichuk is expected to get the start Tue Aug 1, 2023. (AP News photo)

On the A’s podcast with Barbara:

#1 The Colorado Rockies (41-64) starting pitcher Ty Blach and four relievers put out the Oakland A’s (30-77) fire and avoided getting swept at Coors Field in Denver on Sunday with a 2-0 shutout.

#2 Rockies pitchers Matt Koch, Brent Suter, Daniel Bard, and Justin Lawrence relieved for Colorado and left the A’s scratching their heads on how to get on the scoreboard after having some landslide games in this series.

#3 Rockies manager Bub Black said that it was a game that the Rockies needed after getting defeated twice by the A’s who have the worst record in baseball twice at home and Black said it was pitching at it’s finest.

#4  The A’s Ramon Laureano got two hits and A’s pitcher Luis Medina threw for 5.1 innings giving up six hits and two runs. Two of the A’s players who got some decent production in Sunday’s loss.

#5 The A’s head to Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles to open up a three game series on Tuesday night Aug 1st at 7:10pm PT. The A’s have not announced a starter as of Sunday night and the Dodgers will start Lance Lynn (6-9 ERA 6.47).

#6 Just wanted to ask you about the relocation vote to Las Vegas for the A’s in November. The A’s will have the renderings ready before Thanksgiving. Does the timing of this vote strike you as a coincidence that the World Series will be over and interest in baseball would over for the winter and the owners can get the relocation vote in?

#7 Barbara the A’s are reconsidering putting a roof on the new Tropicana park in Vegas, fans do turn out in over 100 degree heat for the A’s minor league team the Las Vegas Aviators. Do you see the A’s taking that into account as a reason why they would drop the roof.

Barbara Mason does the A’s podcasts Mondays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com