Sacramento A’s Nick Kurtz (16) is one of the leading home run hitters in baseball with 19 who meets up with the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco for the final meeting of the three game series on Thu Jun 25, 2026 (AP file photo)

I-80 Series podcast Jack Loeder (KNBR 680 reporter)

#1 Although the Sacramento A’s are just up the road it really doesn’t feel quite the same without these two clubs meeting as former Bay Area rivals.

#2 The A’s are just a year and half away from moving to Las Vegas you would think from the pure business stand point and economic aspect that having two baseball teams in the Bay Area would have benefited the San Francisco Giants rather than the Giants just having a corner of the market to themselves.

#3 The A’s are a fun team to watch Nick Kurtz is going to be an All Star he can be on track to be a Hall of Famer if he can keep his numbers up through his career.

#4 The match up of pitchers on Wednesday saw a pitching duel between A’s starter Gage Jump and Giants starter Landen Roupp which ended up with the Giants coming back after trailing 1-0 with home runs from Rafeal Devers and Victor Bericoto for the 2-1 win.

Joe Loeder is a reporter for KNBR 680 San Francisco better known as The Sports Leader