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Reynolds, Hayes slug back to back home runs in Pirates 4-3 win over Giants in 10 inning game

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Pittsburgh Pirates Ke’Bryan Hayes is congratulated by third base coach Mike Rabelo on the way home after hitting a solo home run against the San Francisco Giants in the top of the tenth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sat Arp 27, 2024 (AP News photo)

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Time: 2:46

Attendance: 34,841

Saturday, April 27, 2024

By Lewis Rubman

SAN FRANCISCO–After last night’s come from behind walk off win against the Pirates, there was a good chance that tonight’s matchup between the two 12-13 teams would be a resounding let down. It wasn’t. This game featured top notch pitching, comebacks by both teams, and an ultimately deflating 4-3 loss for the home team. That loss dropped the Giants to two games below the .500 plateau, which they haven’t occupied since March 31, when they stood at 2-2.

The Pirates started with Martín Pérez, a lefty with 11 years’ experience in the American League, where he went 84-81, 4.44 for the Rangers, Twins, and Red Sox. and now in his first season in the senior circuit. He brought a record of 1-1, 3.45 to this evening’s contest.

That one loss came against his old team from Boston, when, on April 21, he got tagged for four runs, all earned, on six hits over the short span of four innings. Saturday night, he threw six masterful innings, in which he allowed one run, which was unearned, on four hits and two walks He notched four strikeouts and threw 81 pitches, 56 for strikes. He had to settle for a no decision that shrunk his earned run average to 2.86.

The Giants also went with a veteran, although not one as grizzled as Pérez. Jordan Hicks has been in the bigs since 2018 except for the COVID season of 2020, which he sat out while recovering from Tommy John surgery. His first team was St. Louis, who traded him to Toronto last July.

He signed with the Giants as a free agent in January. Hicks has remade himself from a fire balling reliever who once touched 105 mph twice in a single appearance. The 27 year old native of Texas dialed himself down and added to his arsenal, improving his control and lessening the strain and allowing him to pitch more innings, although he still is capable of rearing back and letting ‘er rip.

He took the mound at 2-1, 1.61 and left after six plus frames after a performance that resembled the one Pérez turned in. No Pirates crossed the plate. Hicks gave up four hits and nary a walk and recorded nine strikeouts. 62 of his 88 deliveries were counted as strikes.

The last batter he faced before giving way to Luke Jackson was Connor Joe. who eventually scored an unearned run. Hicks went home with a no decision, leaving him at 2-0 but an ERA reduced to 1.69.

The starters achieved this in spite of a total of six errors, three for each team while they were on the mound. The Giants, who drew first blood in the sixth, did it with the unearned run off Pérez after Nick Ahmed reached first on an error by shortstop Aklika Williams and eventually scored on a double by Wilmer Flores.

The Buccaneers restored the tie in the top of the seventh. Joe advanced to second on Jack Suwinski’s grounder to short that was ruled a single. Joey Bart reached on a fielder’s choice that sent Joe to third, and he scored on Rowdy Tellez’s sacrifice fly to left.

Colin Holderman kept San Francisco off the board in the eighth, and Josh Fleming retired the side in order in the eighth and got the first out in the bottom of the ninth. He then turned the ball over to Hunter Stratton.

Luke Jackson and Tyler Rogers pitched a scoreless seventh and eighth, respectively, and Camilo Doval allowed a hit but no runs in the top of the ninth.

Taylor Rogers came in to pitch the top of the tenth and undid his predecessors’ fine work. He allowed back to back home runs into the left field bleachers, Reynolds’ 387 foot, two run blast, his fourth homer of the year, that scored zombie runner Williams before him, and a 377 foot shot by Ke’ Bryan Hayes. Pittsburgh now was up, 4-3.

But the Giants hadn’t walked the plank yet. With David Bednar on the hump for the visitors, Jorge Soler sent a towering drive 433 into the left center field bleachers. Courtesy runner Patrick Bailey scored in front of him, bringing the Giants within a run of a tie. But Bednar recovered and, although Estrada managed an infield hit to third, fanned pinch hitters LaMonte Wade, Jr. and Mike Yastrzemski.

The win went to Stratron (1-0, 3,07) and the loss, to Tyler Rogers (0-1, 4.32).

Sunday, Giants and Pirates will stumble out of bed blurry eyed and bushed and into the ballpark for a day game after a night game. The probable pitchers are Jared Jones (2-2, 2.79) for Pittsburgh and Keaton Winn (2-3, 3.54) for San Francisco.

Nashville-San Jose end up in a draw 1-1 at Music City

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San Jose Earthquakes defender Carlos Akapo (29) kicks the ball past Nashville SC midfielder Jacob Shaffelburg during the first half at Geodis Park in Nashville on Sat April 27, 2024 (AP News photo)

By William Espy

The San Jose Earthquakes are in Tennessee to take on Nashville SC for their fourth matchup against each other in history. The previous three meetings had all ended in a draw, the Earthquakes desperately needed a win as did Nashville.

Both sat 14th in their respective conference entering the night, San Jose at the bottom of the West while Nashville was ahead of only the New England Revolution in the East. Nashville entered the night with a defensively minded 5-3-2 formation while the Quakes stuck with their standard 4-3-3. The Quakes came back after Nashville took a 1-0 lead to tie up the game 1-1 for the draw at Geodis Park in Nashville.

Nashville Starting XI: Willis, Muvi, Maher, Kallman, Lovitz, Shaffelburg, Yearwood, Godov, Davis, Mukhtar, Surridge

San Jose Starting XI: Yarbrough, Costa, Bradon, Rodrigues, Akapo, Tsakiris, Gruezo, Yueill, Kikanovic, Ebobisse, Espinoza

Earlier this week, the Earthquakes announced their record signing of midfielder Hernan Lopez from Godoy Cruz of the Argentine Primera Division. Although he has yet to join the team he will certainly be a difference maker when he gets into the lineup in the near future.

The first opportunity of the game came in the fourth minute when a throw-in got Cristian Espinoza behind the defense, he passed it to Niko Tsakiris who ran out of time and was unable to convert on the opportunity. The first booking of the night came at the end of the fifth minute when Daniel Lovitz’s challenge didn’t go as planned and he ended up with a yellow card.

Tsakiris would get a yellow in the 14th minute as he cut across into the box with the ball and put himself in a dangerous situation to try to get a penalty called. Nashville took a 1-0 lead in the 19th minute when Hany Mukhtar fired a shot from well outside the box and it found the left side of the netting. As they had multiple times this season, San Jose dug themselves a hole that they had to try to climb out of early on.

By the 27th minute, the game had been all Nashville, they led in shots 8-1 and on the scoreboard 1-0 despite the Earthquakes having 58% possession to that point. Nashville would maintain their lead for the remainder of the first half but were unable to build on it.

The Earthquakes would need a much stronger showing in the second half if they hoped to walk away with any points. At this point, they still had yet to record a shot on target. Other than the single goal, it was a pretty uneventful half as neither team was able to create high-quality scoring chances despite Nashville getting an abundance of shots.

Luchi Gonzalez made a couple of substitutions to start the second half with hopes that they’d provide a spark to a team that desperately needed it. Skahan and Pellegrino came on for Tsakiris and Benjamin Kikanovic. The Earthquakes got their first quality scoring opportunity of the night in the 53rd minute when Jeremy Ebobisse kicked the ball wide-left.

If he had aimed the shot on target, it could’ve easily tied the game at 1 but instead, it was still in favor of Nashville. An hour into the match, the Quakes still hadn’t tested Nashville’s keeper Joe Willis. In the 62nd minute, Nashville got a chance to make it 2-0 but William Yarbrough was able to make the save to deny a header from Sam Surridge from point-blank range.

The Earthquakes went straight down the pitch to score their first of the night, as a perfectly timed run by Jack Skahan got him behind the defense while remaining onside. The only person he had to beat was Willis, and he did just that to make it 1-1. Ebobisse was then subbed off for Preston Judd as Gonzalez hoped to keep the offensive momentum running. In the 66th minute, Brent Kallman received some medical attention.

At the end of the 71st minute, the Earthquakes nearly made it 2-1 however Skahan’s shot went just wide. Nashville made a few substitutions of their own, trying to swing momentum back in their favor as time started to run out. Rodrigues went down and caused a short delay with less than ten minutes remaining, he’d be substituted off as the Quakes could not afford to take any chances.

Nashville brought pressure and tested Yarbrough at the beginning of stoppage time getting a couple of solid opportunities before the ball was knocked out of play. Neither team would be able to break the deadlock, it would end in a 1-1 draw which was a decent result for two struggling teams however either one could’ve won. Nashville would certainly feel disappointed with the result given how strong they were in attack though.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips: Giants Bailey finding his groove at the plate; Doval shuts the door on Bucs in ninth

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San Francisco Giants pitcher Camio Doval pitches to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the top of the ninth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Fri Apr 26, 2024 (AP News photo)

On the San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips:

#1 Morris, the San Francisco Giants catcher Patrick Baily ended the ball game on Friday night with a three run ninth inning walk off home run which ended a pitcher’s duel against the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 3-0 win at Oracle Park.

#2 It was a scoreless game up until the bottom of the ninth and the Giants Michael Conforto walked and Matt Chapman followed up with a single and that brought up Patrick Bailey whose been seeing the ball well and whose hitting .300.

#3 Bailey said during the post game scrum that he’s tried to build his confidence at the plate. Bailey said he struggled with his confidence last season. So he’s confident going to the plate no matter what this season.

#4 Giants reliever Camilo Doval closed the door on the Pirates coming in in the ninth and pitching one inning giving up two hits with one walk and striking out one batter. Doval ended the game with a ball that went right back to the mound Doval threw home for the force and Bailey threw to first to retire the hitter. Doval gets the light show every time he gets the call and leaves the bullpen for the mound.

#5 San Francisco Giants RHP Jordan Hicks (2-0 ERA 1.61) gets the start against the Pittsburgh Pirates Martin Perez (1-1 ERA 3.45) first pitch 6:05pm PDT at Oracle Park.

Morris Phillips is a podcast contributor at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Oakland A’s podcast with Augie Mesenburg: A’s challenging tough teams in the AL East

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Oakland A’s Shea Langeliers (23) rounds third base after hitting a home run in the top of the first inning and is congratulated by A’s third base coach Eric Martins (3) at Camden Yards in Baltimore on Fri Apr 26, 2024 (AP News photo)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Augie Mesenburg:

#1 In the last two games the A’s have called on closer Mason Miller who shut the door on the New York Yankees on Thursday and on the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night both first place teams and both games on the road.

#2 Miller can throw heat with pitches over 100 MPH and that’s what’s been key in some of these A’s win he kept it tight in Friday’s game in one run ball game in the tenth inning and the A’s in front he closed out the Orioles for close one run 3-2 win.

#3 Miller on Thursday night in New York faced the last four Yankees hitters which included Yankee slugger Aaron Judge and retired them all as the A’s split the four game series with New York at 2-2.

#4 The A’s also got a clutch double from designated hitter Brent Rooker in the tenth inning to bring in the go ahead run and eventual winner for the A’s 3-2.

#5  Oakland will send Paul Blackburn to the mound in game three. He has been having a terrific season with a (2-1, 2.03 ERA). Baltimore will start Albert Suarez (1-0 ERA 0.00). First pitch for this game is scheduled for Sunday at 10:35 AM.

Augie Mesenburg is a podcast contributor at http://www.sportsradioservice.com and is a reporter for 103.2 KHAI Honolulu

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San Francisco 49ers draft podcast with David Zizmor: 49ers have big expectations from Pearsall

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Florida wide receiver Ricky Pearsall runs a drill was selected by the San Francisco 49ers and was the 30th pick out of the NFL draft (AP News photo)

On the San Francisco 49ers podcast with David:

#1 David Zizmor does the San Francisco 49ers podcasts and will give you an in depth analysis of the 49ers picks from the 2024 draft: We’ll start with wide receiver Rickey Pearsall from Florida.

#2 Next we’ll list the picks from the 49ers in order: cornerback from Florida State, offensive tackle from Kansas Dominick Puni, Malik Mustapha from Wake Forrest, running back Isaac Guerendo from Louisville, Jacob Cowing Arizona wide receiver, Jarrett Kingston offensive guard from USC, and Tatum Bethune line backer.

David Zizmor does the 49ers podcasts during the regular season for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

A’s Squashed By Orioles in Game Two 7-0; A’s Sears touched up for 8 hits, 7 earned runs by O’s

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Oakland A’s pitcher JP Sears got knocked around by the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards in Baltimore on Sat Apr 27, 2024 in game 2 of the three game series (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

Game two in the Oakland A’s (11-16) three game series with the Baltimore Orioles (16-9) was a rocky one. The A’s could not get their offense going. They fell behind in the fourth inning and never recovered. Former A’s pitcher Cole Irvin pitched a great game for the Orioles. He went 7 innings allowing 7 hits, no runs with 5 strikeouts in the 7-0 Baltimore win.

Game recap: The game was scoreless through the first three innings. In the fourth inning, the Orioles unleashed the beginning of a string of uncontested runs. They scored three runs with Gunnar Henderson hitting a single to start the barrage.

Anthony Santander doubled Henderson home for their first run of the game 1-0. Jordan Westburg singled Santander home advancing their lead to 2-0. Then James McCann singled, Westburg crossed home plate and Baltimore had a very productive fourth inning leading 3-0.

The A’s went into the fifth inning looking for some offense that resulted in an Abraham Toro single but not much else. Baltimore scored twice in the fifth inning showing up big in this game. The Orioles hit a couple of solo home runs in the inning off the bats of Adley Rutschman and Ryan Mountcastle. The Orioles had broken this game open in the fourth inning and continued to add on in the fifth leading 5-0.

JP Sears was relieved in the seventh innings by Michael Kelly. Sears allowed 8 hits, 7 runs with 8 strikeouts. When Gunnar Henderson hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning that was it for Sears. Kelly came in to relieve him allowing one hit and no runs.

The Orioles finished off this game in the seventh inning with the Henderson two run homer winning the game 7-0 to tie up this series Henderson was elite for Baltimore in this game finishing with two hits, two runs, two RBI’s and the two-run homer. The Orioles had three home runs in the game.

This was the first time that the A’s didn’t have a home run in 12 games. Oakland had five hits that were scattered throughout the game. They could not get any back-to-back hits going which really hurt them.

Game notes: Saturday late afternoon the A’s took on the Orioles in game two of their three game series. The A’s won a come-from-behind game Friday in the 10th inning 3-2. They fought for the win and came away victorious. They were looking for their third win a row this afternoon but got rocked by the Orioles 7-0 on Saturday. JP Sears started for the A’s and gave up eight hits and seven runs and the former A’s pitcher now Orioles starter Cole Irvin started and went seven innings giving up four hits and didn’t give up a run.

After a rough game two, the A’s will try to recover in game three on Sunday. They need to shake off the loss and move forward looking to not only win game three but to also win the series.

Oakland will send Paul Blackburn to the mound in game three. He has been having a terrific season with a (2-1, 2.03 ERA). He has been great this season keeping batters off-balance and will certainly be challenged by the Baltimore offense. Blackburn will be looking to get his team back on track. Baltimore will start Albert Suarez (1-0 ERA 0.00). First pitch for this game is scheduled for 10:35 AM.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast with Mary Lisa: Panthers and Hurricanes on verge of moving to next round now just one win away

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The Florida Panthers defenseman Brandon Montour (62) celebrates his goal with teammate defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson (91) scoring against the Tampa Bay Lightning in the second period of game 3 of the firs round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Amalie Arena in Tampa FL on Thu Apr 25, 2024 (AP News photo)

On NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast with Mary Lisa:

#1 Game three of the Stanley Cup Playoffs puts the Tampa Bay Lightning on the brink as they are down 0-3 against the Florida Panthers. The Panthers took game three 5-3 on Thursday night in Tampa Bay. The Panthers left winger Matthew Tkachuk scored twice and the goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 26 shots and allowed three goals in the win.

#2 Panthers head coach Paul Maurice said that he doesn’t feel the 3-0 lead and that he feels all these games are tight. Game 2 was an overtime that the Panthers on in Miami 3-2 on Tuesday just for an example. Maurice said it’s tight and that’s what he’s expecting for the next game on Saturday afternoon for game four.

#3 The Carolina Hurricanes against the New York Islanders got scoring help from Brent Burns in the first period who scored his first goal of the playoffs at 4:46 and the Hurricanes edged out the Isles 3-2 at UBS Arena in Elmont. We mentioned Burns as you saw him for years when he was in San Jose and now he’s on this successful Hurricanes team who leads New York 3-0 in this first round.

#4 Mary Lisa, the Hurricanes also got some good goaltending from Frederik Andersen who stopped 29 out of 31 shots in this close game.

#5 Islanders on are on the brink in game four against the Hurricanes need to win big or go home. The Islanders have lost each of he first three games 3-1, 5-3 and 3-2. The Islanders once again have home ice today and if they ever had to use it to their advantage this game would be it.

Join Mary Lisa for the Stanley Cup Playoffs podcasts Saturdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Bailey With A 3-Run Walk Off Gives San Francisco Giants A 3-0 Win Against The Pittsburgh Pirates

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Pittsburgh Pirates hitter Brian Reynolds (10) strikes out swinging with the bases loaded against the San Francisco Giants in the top of the seventh inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Fri Apr 26, 2024 (AP News photo)

Friday, April 26th, 2024

By Troy Ewers

Fresh from a rare home off day in the middle of a homestand, the  San Francisco Giants have reached the final series of their longest homestand of the year as they welcome in the Pittsburgh Pirates for three games beginning Friday night.

For San Francisco pitcher Kyle Harrison took the hill for his sixth start of the season pitched a gem shutting out the Pirates in a 3-0 win in front of a crowd of 37,110 at Oracle Park. Improved from his shortest outing of the season (4.0ip) vs. Arizona last Saturday.

Harrison facing the Pirates for the first time in his career…not one player on the Pirates has logged a plate appearance against Harrison in the regular season. Quinn Priester (0-1, 8.31) started for Pittsburgh pitching six innings no runs, three hits and seven strikeouts.

Harrison went six innings, five innings, seven strikeouts and no runs. Preister also went six innings, three innings, one walk, six strikeouts, and no runs as well. 

For the duration of the game, it was a scoreless game with at various times both teams scaring the pitchers, but to no avail. 

Pittsburgh had the bases loaded in both the seventh and ninth innings, but could not score. Brian Reynolds hit into a double play against Giants closer Camilo Doval (2-0) with the bases full and one out in the ninth. 

In the ninth Michael Conforto walked and Matt Chapman singled to begin the inning off reliever David Bednar (1-2). Bailey then knocked a 3-run homer to right field. 3-0 Giants win!!! “One thing this year I tried to build was just my confidence at the plate,” Bailey said. “I felt like I proved to myself last year that I could do it at this level, even with the struggles at the end. So that was my biggest thing this year was just going up confident every time no matter what.” Time of game was 2:23.

Next game for this series is Saturday night at 6:05pm PDT April 27th. Jordan Hicks (2-0, 1.61 ERA) was set to pitch for the Giants in the second game of the series against Martín Pérez (1-1, 3.45 ERA).

A’s Win In Tenth Inning Beating Orioles 3-2; Rooker gets go ahead double for gamer in extras

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Oakland A’s catcher Shea Langeliers (left) congratulates closer Mason Miller after retiring the Baltimore Orioles in the bottom of the tenth at Camden Yards in Baltimore on Fri Apr 26, 2024 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

In yet another electric performance on the mound Mason Miller finished off this game in the tenth inning for the 3-2 Oakland A’s (11-16) win over the first place Baltimore Orioles (16-9) at Camden Yards. The A’s now are three games off the pace in the American League West. This young team has been incredibly competitive lately. They did have the bases loaded in the ninth inning but got the job done in the tenth. In this game the team put together some at-bats in a great outing.

Game recap: Oakland took the early lead 1-0 in first inning when Shea Langeliers hit a solo home run. Baltimore tied up the game in the third inning 1-1. Ryan OHearn singled Gunnar Henderson home for the tie. Baltimore would take the lead in the fourth inning when Cedric Mullins homered to right and the 2-1 score would hold going into the top of the ninth inning.

Oakland pitcher Ross Stripling went 5.2 innings allowing 6 hits, 2 runs with 3 strikeouts. Going into the ninth inning, the Orioles had not gotten another hit in the game. TJ McFarland relieved Stripling for less than an inning and Mitch Spence would take over on the mound in the seventh inning going through the ninth inning.

With two runners on base and no outs in the ninth inning the A’s tied up the game 2-2. Abraham Toro doubled Brent Rooker home. There was a tight play at home plate and for the moment Oakland had a 3-2 lead but after review, JJ Bleday was called out and the tie remained.

With one out, Oakland had the bases loaded when both Darell Hernaiz and Lawrence Butler walked and the A’s were 90 feet from the lead. Ryan Noda came to the plate with two outs. Noda popped out and the A’s missed a golden opportunity leaving three runners stranded. The A’s Mitch Spence had a perfect ninth inning with three up and three down and this game went into extra innings.

In the tenth inning Shea Langeliers grounded into a fielder’s choice to third and Ryan Noda was out. With two outs Brent Rooker doubled Langeliers home and the A’s had taken the lead 3-2 and there would be no review on this one.

JJ Bleday struck out for the third out and Oakland was three outs away from a win in the first game of this series. Mason Miller would take the mound looking to try and lock this game down. It was three up and three down for Miller finishing the game with a 102 mph bullet and Oakland had won the game 3-2. This was Miller’s seventh save of the season.

Oakland finished the game with seven hits and the A’s bullpen kept the Baltimore offense at bay only allowing the six hits.

Game notes: Friday evening the A’s traveled from New York to Baltimore to take on the Orioles. Oakland is coming off a very nice competitive series against the New York Yankees. The A’s split the series with New York winning the first and fourth game of the series. Game two in that series was a 4-3 score and was anybody’s game but it went to the Yankees.

The A’s got some great pitching and saw quite a few home runs in that series. Friday night, A’s pitcher Ross Stripling went 5.2 innings gave up six hits and two runs and the Orioles Corbin Burnes went six innings giving up three hits and one earned run to open Friday’s series. The Orioles are in second place in a very tough AL East division.

Game Two against the Orioles will get underway Saturday . First pitch is scheduled for 1:05 PM. JP Sears will take the mound for Oakland with a (1-1, 3.38 ERA). Cole Irvin will get the nod for Baltimore with a (1-1, 4.64 ERA).

Oakland A’s Relocation podcast with Daniel Dullum: Nevada Court still hasn’t ruled on Schools over Stadiums petition

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An Emerson College poll show that 52 percent of Nevadans would vote against public funding for an Las Vegas A’s ballpark at the Tropicana in Las Vegas as 32% would vote to support it. If approved by the Nevada Court a petition drive in four Nevada districts would kill the SB1 bill to fund $380 million for a Las Vegas ballpark. (image from CBS 8 KLAS Las Vegas)

On the Oakland A’s Relocation podcast with Daniel:

#1 It’s been since April 9th when Schools over Stadiums had went to the Nevada Supreme Court to appeal for language that clears up what the court deemed “legally deficient” and “confusing.” Here it is Fri Apr 26th and the court still has not come up with decision whether or not to deny or accept language for the petition language against SB1 state funding for a Las Vegas A’s ballpark at the Tropicana worth $380 million.

#2 There are now 34 days that’s two months to get over 102,000 signatures split up amongst four districts in Nevada primarily in Cook County and Las Vegas to stop SB1. Some say the court is delaying and burning off precious time before they approve the petition language as the petitions are due and signed by June 1st 2024.

#3 The decision rests with a seven member panel on the Nevada Supreme Court. With the State of Nevada backing this funding how much pressure does the Nevada Supreme Court panel face in not approving the petition language and forcing Schools over Stadiums to fold up?

#4 Pressure is also mounting against the Supreme Court to not approve the petition language in favor of Schools over Stadiums from the unions who are seeing the Tropicana project as jobs for contractors and union employees at the hotels as well as laborers. The panel on the other hand has not made a decision one way or the other because delaying would shorten the time for Schools over Stadiums to gather signatures.

#5 Chris Daly, deputy executive director of government relations for the NSEA who is fighting to get the approval for the petitions to get on the streets and signed said that time is running out. A recent poll shows that Nevadans would vote against public funding of the A’s ballpark at 52% and those in favor are at 32%. If this initiative ever made the ballot it would stop the public funding of the A’s Tropicana ballpark.

#6 Strong Public Schools another Nevada Schools organization has filed a lawsuit against the State of Nevada, the Governor of Nevada and the Secretary of State of Nevada which required a majority two thirds rather than the standard majority vote. The standard majority vote is what passed SB1 and Strong Public Schools said that vote was unconstitutional.

Join Daniel Fridays for the Oakland A’s podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com