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That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast: A’s moving onto discussions with Sacramento Wednesday; No deal to stay at Oakland Coliseum

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Oakland team president David Kaval (left) and reporter Marko Ukalovic (right) sat down for a Mar 30, 2017 interview when Kaval had an open door policy for reporters. That door has since been closed as Kaval and top A’s officials met with the Oakland Coliseum Join Authority Tue Apr 2, 2024 regarding a lease extension at the Coliseum. (photo from Marko Ukaloivc)

On That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast:

#1 Amaury the Oakland A’s met with City management and the Oakland Coliseum Joint Authority today. There was talk before they were going to meet that there was no way the A’s would agree to pay the $97 million for five years to play their interim years at the Coliseum.

#2 Ironically the $97 million that the City of Oakland was asking for was the same amount that separated the City and A’s for the Howard Terminal ballpark. Then A’s president David Kaval announced that the A’s had a binding agreement with the Rio in Las Vegas back in June.

#3 I know you reported that Sacramento is a solid second choice for a A’s interim home if the Coliseum falls apart. The A’s have visited Sutter Health Park and Kaval said he likes the park and it was reported that MLB Commissioner would prefer the A’s stay in California. The Sacramento Rivercats if necessary are prepared to make adjustments to Sutter Health to make it work for the players.

#4 One of the biggest reasons the A’s wanted to meet with the Coliseum was they didn’t want to walk away from the $70 million a year NBC California contract they have that runs through 2030. Whatever deal they get in Sacramento would not be nearly as close as what NBC would pay the A’s if they’d stay in Oakland.

#5 A $97 million five year contract with the Coliseum would work out to $19.4 million a year on rent. Figuring they would get $210 million from NBC California for the first three years and the A’s would have to shell out $60 million to the Coliseum Joint Authority in rent and still would be a good deal giving the A’s $150 million on a three contract. They A’s refused that offer and countered with asking for two years for $17 million and the Coliseum Authority declined leaving both sides far apart.

#6 Amaury, reports today regarding Esteury Ruiz was sent down because as A’s general manager David Forst said he needs to get on base more. Also Brent Rooker has been benched because Forst said he’s not hitting. Insiders say that Ruiz and Rooker have been demoted or benched because they wore Last Dive Bar wristbands which are pushing for A’s owner John Fisher to sell the team. This has certainly become political.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the lead play by play announcer for the Oakland A’s Spanish radio network at 1010 KIQI San Francisco and 990 KATD Pittsburg and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

A’s make 5 miscues as Red Sox trounce and shutout Oakland 9-0

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Oakland A’s centerfielder JJ Bleday can’t make the catch off of the Boston Red Sox Emmanuel Valdez’s hit in the top of the second inning at the Oakland Coliseum on Mon Apr 1, 2024 (AP News photo)

Monday, April 1, 2024

Boston (3-2). 125 001 000. 9. 9. 0

Athletics (1-4). 000 000 000. 0. 4. 5

Time: 2:31

Attendance: 6,618

By Lewis Rubman

OAKLAND–This is not an April Fool’s joke. The team formerly known as the Oakland Athletics might have climbed to just one game under .500 if they had managed to defeat the under performing Boston Red Sox tonight. That turned out to be a delusion of grandeur. The A’s defeated themselves, 9-0, and the Bosox climbed to 3-2.

It’s not as if the green and gold had been facing a healthy franchise. Over the weekend, the Boston Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy wrote what mutandis mutandi a few years ago could have been written by John Shea or Scott Ostler, the two Chronicle reporters who deserve to share a Pulitzer Prize for their recent coverage of the Fisher fiasco.

“It should be clear to all by now,”Shaughnessey wrote, “The Red Sox brass is not going to spend money or make much effort to improve this team. The message to Alex Cora, his staff, and fans, is unambiguous: This is your team. Figure it out. We don’t care if you finish last for the fourth time in five years and the seventh time in 13 years, we are not going to spend another penny to make it better. We are done.”

I can’t wait until the Boston ownership starts to complain about how outdated the fabled Fenway Park is and how badly the team deserves a new stadium, perhaps in Atlantic City. To tell the truth, Fenway is long on tradition and charm but low on good sight lines. Except for the bleachers and the expensive seats, you’re likely to have an obstructed view; in the bleachers, there’s a good chance you’ll find yourself in the middle of a fist fight

The Bosox jumped to an early lead against the Athletics’ starting right hander, Joe Boyle.who broke into the majors when he joined the last September 17 and went on to compile a record of 2-0, 1..69. Jarren Duran laced a sharp lead off single, stole second, and advanced to third when Shea Langeliers’ throw went into center field. Triston Casas’ single to center drove him home, and the A’s went to bat against Tanner Houk (6-10, 5.01 last year; 15-19, 3.86 lifetime) trailing 1-0.

Errors cost the A’ dearly in the second frame. Masataka Yoshida opened it with a walk. He went to third when JJ Beday dropped Enmanuel Valdéz’s fly ball at the center field fence. Yoshida scored on Ceddane Rafaela’s sac fly to right, on which Valdéz moved up to third, whence he scored on Lawrence Butler’s errant throw home.

It was Ryan Noda’s turn to be the goat in the third. With runners on first and second and no outs, he made a nifty grab on Valdéz’s slow grounder between first base and the pitcher’ mound and a back hand flip that went past Boyle, covering the bag. That, combined with an error by Boyle himself, who threw a pick off throw into center opened the gates for five more runs and, after a double by Trevor Story, led to Boyle’s early departure.

He had lasted a mere 2-2/3 innings, in which he managed to throw 84 pitches, 48 for strikes. Seven of the eight runs he allowed were earned, and they came on eight hits, four walks, and a wild pitch. He struck out four Bosox, took the loss, making his record 0-1, 23.63.

Lefty Kyle Muller replaced him and was the sole bright spot in the A’s otherwise dreary performance. He left after going 5-1/3 innings and yielding one run.. The tally he allowed, which came in the sixth, didn’t come on an error, but if Zack Gelof hadn’t bobbled Yoshida’s grounder with one out and runners on second and third, it would have resulted in an inning ending double play instead of a run producing force out.

Muller gave up only one safety during his tenure and walked two while setting a half a dozen Red Sox down on strikes. Michael Kelly closed down the Bostonians in the top of ninth, allowing just a lead off base of balls.

Tanner Houk was Boyle’s opposite number for Boston. He pitched six scoreless innings, allowing only three hits and striking out ten. He threw one less pitch, 83, in his six full frames than Boyle did in his 2-2-2/3; only 20 were balls. He was the winning pitcher, giving him a 1-0, 0.00 mark for the newborn seaon. Chase Anderson took over for him to start the bottom half of the seventh and shut the A’s down on one hit over the final three innings.

Tomorrow, Wednesday, afternoon at 12:37pm PDT, Oakland’s Alex Wood (0-1, ERA 16.20) will try to undo his disastrous previous outing as he faces the Red Sox and Brayan Bello (1-0, ERA 3.60)

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: Sacramento is the place for the A’s?

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Aerial view of the Oakland Alameda County Sports Complex as the Oakland A’s and the Oakland Coliseum Joint Authority meet on Tue Apr 2, 2024 to negotiate a lease extension for the A’s (photo by NBC Bay Area News)

Sacramento is the place for the A’s? That’s Amaury News and Commentary Amaury Pi-González

Like it or not, TODAY, all the signs point to the Oakland A’s playing in Sacramento from 2025 until they complete the new stadium in Las Vegas. In the business world, friendships and connections are paramount. Many might not have known that A’s owner, John Fisher, is good friends with Mr. Vivek Ranadivé, who happens to own the Sacramento River Cats and also the NBA Sacramento Kings.

Sports business owners run in a different lane than many other billionaires who are not in the sports world. nonetheless, they do business with each other in many circumstances, they support each other and even invest in each other’s teams. This could be the key to why they are moving to Sacramento. I will be speculating, but, I am not the first or the last to speculate in this long-moving A’s saga.

On Tuesday, the A’s will meet again with the City of Oakland after the city submitted a proposal to the team to stay in Oakland for five more years (3 years while they build in Las Vegas), which is supposed to be inaugurated in 2028, and the other two years in case there are constructions delays, or in case the whole Las Vegas move falls through. It could very well be that the City of Oakland’s proposal strikes out, and the A’s then would be temporarily moving to the State Capital.

Sutter Health Plan stadium in downtown Sacramento, if you drive, is a couple of blocks after the bridge and by the river; it was once the home of the Oakland A’s Triple-A team, the Rivercats (2000-2014) later from 2015 to the present They became affiliated with the San Francisco Giants.

According to published reports. Tuesday, the 2nd of April, the city of Oakland will present Athletics ownership with an offer to extend the team’s lease that includes a five-year contract with an opt-out after three years, as well as a requirement the team pays a $97 million “extension fee,” according to a document obtained by ESPN and KGO in San Francisco, plus other stuff to be negotiated.

Recently, the city withdrew the request for the A’s name colors and insignia to remain in Oakland when they leave for Las Vegas, as well as the possibility that Oakland be granted some preference for a new expansion team. Both are off the table. Oakland also wants the A’s to run the cost to fix the field for the Oakland Roots FC when they play at the Coliseum; the Roots are members of the USL. Also, this proposal suggests that A’s sell its 50% stake in the Coliseum ownership.

This Tuesday meeting could be just an exercise in futility for Oakland, who (if the A’s chose Sacramento) can claim to their citizens that “we tried to keep the team and still want the team to stay in Oakland, willing to work with them.”

Considering that MLB and the Commissioner want the A’s to make a decision soon, Commissioner Manfred has said he wants the A’s to play in California while they are building in Nevada, which takes Salt Lake City out of the equation. Time is of the essence now, and MLB needs a schedule for 2025, pronto!

We will have the answer by mid-week when the series between Oakland and Boston ends. I am biased; as a Bay Area resident, I would like the Oakland A’s to stay in Oakland, period, and would like these two Bay Area entities to work together. However, like many of you, I have no say. We are all spectators. Is the City of Oakland coming a day late and a dollar short with this proposal? Or are the A’s following In-and-Out?

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the lead play by play voice on the Oakland A’s Spanish radio network at 1010 KIQI San Francisco and 990 KATD Pittsburg and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice

A’s get first of the win of the season over Guardians with walk-off walk 4-3

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Photo courtesy of Oakland Athletics.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

OAKLAND- On a warm Easter Sunday the A’s looked for their first win of the season in the final game of their series against the Guardians.

It’s been a rough start to the season for the A’s as they remain winless in three games against Cleveland heading into this one.

Getting the start for the A’s was Paul Blackburn who was making his first start of the season. Last season he finished with a 4-7 record and 4.43 era in 20 starts.

For the Guardians it was veteran right-hander Carlos Carrasco making his season debut on the mound. In 2023 he finished with a 3-8 record and 6.80 era in 20 games started.

After a clean inning from Blackburn the A’s got runners on early as Esteury Ruiz singled and then stole second. JJ Bleday got him home with a triple and Seth Brown would single to get Bleday across home plate making it 2-0.

The A’s extended their lead in the third with Ruiz getting a triple this time and reaching home off a single by Bleday.

Blackburn in this one turned in a truly dominant outing pitching seven innings and giving up no runs while striking out three.

Unfortunately the same could not be said for the A’s relief pitching as Lucas Erceg came in for Blackburn in the eighth inning and gave up a run as Estevan Flores got home off a ground out from Gabriel Arias.

Austin Adams then came in with a runner on first and two outs. José Ramírez then got on thanks to a fielding error by Nick Allen which also got Andrés Giménez home cutting the A’s lead to 3-2. The tying run was then tacked on by Josh Naylor who singled to get Ramírez home.

Adams then hit Will Brennan with a pitch but was able to get out of the inning as he struck out Ramón Laureano.

Oakland would call on Dany Jiménez to close things out and his outing was not much smoother. It was kicked off by walking Bo Naylor walking and then Estevan Florial reaching on a fielders choice. Naylor on the play was also able to reach third on an error by Zack Gelof.

Shea Langeliers though was able to make a huge play picking off Naylor on third and then Arias popped out. The A’s had one more scare as Jiménez attempted to pick off the runner on second but threw it to the outfield meaning there was now runners on second and third. Giménez ended up grounding out though as Jiménez was able to get out of the jam.

The Guardians left in Scott Barlow to close out the ninth but he gave up a walk to Ryan Noda and single to J.D. Davis quickly getting the A’s two base runners. Lawrence Butler then singled juicing the bases with not a single out. Cleveland made a pitching change taking out Barlow and replacing him with Eli Morgan to try and salvage the game.

In response Abraham Toro came in to pinch-hit and drew a walk ending the game on a walk-off walk 4-3.

Jiménez gets credited with the win while Scott Barlow takes the loss for Cleveland.

The top of the lineup today was clicking for Oakland as Ruiz and Bleday combined for four hits with Bleday registering two RBIs.

The A’s avoid the sweep with the win and will look to keep the good times rolling against Boston tomorrow. The announced starters in that one are right-hander Joe Boyle for Oakland and right-hander Tanner Houck for the Red Sox. That game will be at 6:40 p.m. in Oakland.

Oakland A’s podcast with Augie Mesenburg: A’s meet with Coliseum Joint Authority Apr 2; City and A’s looking at $97 million 5 year deal for Coliseum extension

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Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao speaking at the Oakland A’s fan reverse boycott at the Oakland Coliseum on Jun 13, 2023. Thao and the City of Oakland are willing to approve a three year lease extension to the A’s if they are willing to give up their team colors and history plus get an expansion team. Both the A’s brass and the City meet on Apr 2, 2024 to discuss a lease extension. (City of Oakland photo)

Oakland A’s podcast with Augie Mesenburg:

#1 Augie the Oakland A’s brass will be meeting with the Oakland Coliseum Joint Powers Authority on Tue April 2nd to discuss the A’s trying to extend their lease. They met one time before and it’s the A’s hope they can get a deal with the City of Oakland so they can play their final three years at the Coliseum.

#2 Sacramento has been reportedly the number two settling spot for interim for the A’s if an Oakland Coliseum deal can’t be worked out. Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg has said he would welcome the A’s and that Sacramento is ready to be a big league city.

#3 The A’s are hoping to make the Coliseum their final stomping grounds the A’s TV contract with NBC Sports California pays a very generous $70 million a season as long as the Athletics play in Oakland. We know that this is their first choice.

#4 The City of Oakland is making a big ask in order to allow the A’s to finish up at the Oakland Coliseum between 2025-27. The want the team colors and all the A’s history and they want an expansion team when the A’s leave two huge asks that most likely won’t be filled.

#5 The A’s best chance for staying in Oakland may rest with Schools over Stadiums a Nevada group who is trying to appeal to get a petition drive going needing some 102,000 signatures to get an initiative on the Nov 2024 ballot in Nevada to stop the public funding for the A’s Tropicana ballpark does that seem the only window that could stop the A’s from leaving Oakland.

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

Oakland A’s Fall To 0-3 After 12-3 Loss To Cleveland Guardians

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The Oakland A’s Zack Gelof runs the bases against the Cleveland Guardians at the Oakland Coliseum in the third of the current four game series on Sat Mar 30, 2024 (Oakland A’s X photo)

Saturday, March 30th, 2024

By Troy Ewers

Oakland, CA – The Oakland A’s host the Cleveland Guardians in the third game of this opening series of the season. Oakland have started 0-2 to start the seasons and have started 0-2 for the third time in the last four years. After last night’s win, Guardians first year manager Stephen Vogt became the 5th skipper in Cleveland franchise history to begin his first season at the helm with a 2-0 record. On the mound for Oakland is JP Sears and for Cleveland it’s Tanner Bibee. 

The A’s who are looking for their first win for 2024 lost their third game of this four game series to the Guardians on Saturday 12-3 at the Oakland Coliseum.

Kyle McCann at catcher is making his MLB debut for the A’s and putting down the signs. Sears had a scare when Jose Ramirez hit a ball that looked like it was going to be a homer, but JJ Bleday snatched it at the centerfield wall. 

Guardians were the first on the board in the second inning after Sears walked Tyler Freeman. Freeman’s walk set the tone, because it was followed up by an RBI triple from Andres Gimenez, 1-0 Cleveland. The triple was capitalized on when Gabriel Arias hit an infield single that scored Gimenez, 2-0 Cleveland, and the Guardians had a two run lead early. 

The A’s were able to tie it up in the second. With the bases loaded, a fielder’s choice scored JD Davis, who got on base with a single, 2-1 Guardians still up. McCann, who in his debut Major League at bat was walked, scored thanks to a Ryan Noda single, but Nick Allen was thrown out at third and the inning was over with the score tied at 2-2. 

In the third, the A’s took the lead after a single and two walks loaded the bases and McCann was at the plate. His second MLB at bat was another walk that scored Zack Gelof, 3-2 Oakland. 

Cleveland wasn’t going to let Oakland hold a lead for long. After Gimenez was hit by a pitch, an Arias single ran in a run to tie up the game. Arias then scored off an Austin Hedges sac fly, now 4-3 Guardians. It would be 5-3 for Cleveland when Steven Kwan hit an RBI single scoring Brayan Rocchio. 

Cleveland extended their lead by 2 runs. One scored on an error where Arias was safe at first, but then Arias would score from a Hedges double, 7-3 Guardians in the 5th inning. The rally would continue as 2 more runs would come in for Cleveland, 9-3 and the A’s needed some type of comeback. With only 5,425 fans in the Colliseum, it wasn’t like there was much energy in the park. 

Steven Kwan got his first homerun this season with a 2 out bomb in the 7th inning, 10-3 Guarduans and some fans started heading to the parking lot. 2 more runs for the Guardians in the 9th and after the A’s were shut down in the ninth, the ballgame was over. 12-3 Guardians.

Next game for the A’s is Easter Sunday, March 31st in the final game of this Cleveland series. On the mound for Oakland is Paul Blackburn and for the Guardians Carlos Carrasco. A’s 0-3 to start the season.

Oakland A’s podcast with Stephen Ruderman: A’s seeking first win against Guardians; Guardians manager Vogt shares some good A’s memories

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Cleveland Guardians manager Stephen Vogt meets with the media before Thu Mar 28, 2024’s opening night game. Vogt was managing against his former team the A’s (AP News photo)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Stephen:

#1 Stephen the Oakland A’s in their first two games taking tough loses opening night on Thursday a 8-0 shutout with Shane Bieber throwing part of a four hit shutout and on Friday night the 6-4 loss this after the A’s JD Davis had a two homer night.

#2 Kind of a homecoming for Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt winning these first two games. Vogt who used to catch for Oakland said it’s different managing than being a player.

#3 Vogt had some 25 guests visiting him and watching last Thursday in the opener against his for team the A’s. Vogt played six seasons in parts in his ten year career and he got a home run in his last big league at bat.

#4 Vogt said he was thrilled to be part of the Cleveland Guardians organization  “I just couldn’t be more thrilled to be part of a great organization.” said Vogt.

#5 The A’s are trying to get that first win here in game three of the four game series. The Guardians will be starting Tanner Bibee he’ll be opposed by the A’s JP Sears.

Stephen Ruderman is a MLB podcast contributor at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

JD Davis goes yard twice but A’s fall short to Guardians 6-4 at Coliseum

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Oakland A’s JD Davis (5) rounds third base and is congratulated by third base coach Eric Martins (left) after hitting a solo home run in the fourth inning against the Cleveland Guardians at the Oakland Coliseum on Fri Mar 29, 2023 (AP News photo)

Cleveland (2-0). 300 002 100. 6. 9 0

Athletics (0 -2). 000 111 010. 4. 8 2

Time: 2:39

Attendance: 3,837

Friday, March 29, 2023

By Lewis Rubman

OAKLAND–It was a cold, damp, and depressing 54 degrees at 6:39 this evening at Rickey Henderson Field at the Oakland Coliseum when the 34 year old ex-Dodger, ex-Blue Jay, and ex- Giant Ross Stripling threw his first pitch as an Athletic. It was a strike to Steven Kwan,who went down swinging.

Six batters later, Stripling retired the side, and the A’s were trailing the visitors, 3-0 on a single by Andrés Giménez, a 353 foot homer to right by José Ramírez, a double by Josh Naylor, an error by JD Davis at third, and a balk.

By the end of his tenure, the 6’1″, 215 lb right hander (no mere stripling, but a mighty oak) had thrown 92 pitches, 58 for strikes, over fiver innings in which he surrendered five runs, four of them earned, and given up seven hits, issued a couple of free pases, committed a balk,and unleashed a wild pitch.

He was charged with the loss and ended up sporting an ERA of 7.20. Mitch Spence, making his big league debut, replaced him to open the visitors’ sixth. At game’s end, the visiting Cleveland Guardians had defeated the nominally hometown A’s, 6-4.

Starting for Cleveland was southpaw sophomore Logan Allen, who had gone 7-8, 3.81 in his freshman year for the crew from the shores of Lake Erie. This was his maiden voyage on the shores of Lake Nimitz. Tonight, he left after hurling 5+ mediocre innings and yielding three talleys, all earned, on six hits, a pair of which left the park. He threw 82 pitches, 54 for balls, and was the winning pitcher, going back to the hotel with a record of 1-0, 5.40. Eli Morgan replaced him on the mound in the sixth.

Davis atoned for his first inning error by leading off the “home’. have of the fourth with a four bagger to straightaway center field that travelled 410 feet for the first Athletics run of the game and the season.

Cleveland got that run back in their next turn at bat. Kwan led off with a single to right, stole second and advanced to third on Langliers’ errant throw before scoring on Giménez’s double to right. (The run was earned). They added to their lead when Jack Brennan singled him home from third, where he had gone on a ground out to short out by Josh Naylor. The green and gold got one of those two runs back on Esteury Ruíz’s sacrifice fly that drove in Nick Allen.

In the sixth, Davis gave an encore of his leadoff blast of the fourth in the bottom of the sixth, the only difference being that his second dinger, which reduced Cleveland’s lead to 5-3, travelled an additional four feet. That was what caused manager Stephen Vogt to yank Allen and replace him with Morgan.

Stripling’s replacement, Spence, retired Cleveland in order in the sixth but yielded back to back doubles to Kwan and Giménez, the first to batters in the top of the seventh to up the Guardian’s lead to 6-3.

Hunter Gaddis put the A’s down. 1-2-3 in the seventh. Scott Barlow took over for him to open the eighth; He promptly walked pinch hitter Seth Brown and Gelof to bring the. potential tying run to the plate with nobody down and Davis at bat. But he couldn’t turn the hat trick and went down swinging. Langliers hit a broken bat fly to left that plated Brown, but Abraham Toro popped out to short to abort the threat.

The newly acquired Austin Adams was called upon to hold the A’s deficit to two in the top of the ninth. He issued a passport to Kwan, who was eliminated when Langeliers threw him out trying to pilfer second. Giménez fouled out to first, breaking his bat in the process. Ramírez lined out to third to end the inning.

The A’s had one last chance in the bottom of the ninth. Emmanuel Chance, closing for Cleveland, got Bleday out on a fly to center. Ryan Noda, who had pinch hit. for Darrell Hernaiz in the seventh, singled on a grounder up the middle, and Allen moved him to second with a single to right center. But Butter bounced into a game ending 6-4-3 double play, and that was that.

The series will be resumed tomorrow, Saturday, afternoon at 1:07, weather permitting. JP Sears is slated to start for the Athletics and Tanner Bibee, for the Guardians.

That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast: A’s look to even series with Guardians Friday; Stripling gets the call for Oakland

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Cleveland Guardians Jose Ramirez hits an RBI triple against the Oakland A’s in the top of the ninth inning at the Oakland Coliseum on Fri Mar 29, 2024 (AP News photo)

On That’s Amaury News and Commentary:

The Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Shane Beiber struck out 11 Oakland A’s hitters on Thursday night on opening night at the Oakland Coliseum. Cleveland’s David Fry had three hits and Guardians manager Stephen Vogt managed against his old team won his first game as Guardians manager.

A’s starting pitcher Alex Wood made his A’s debut and and got lit up in 3.1 innings surrendering six earned runs and seven hits. A’s manager Mark Kotsay said of Wood, “He didn’t give up a ton of hard contact,” Kotsay said. “It was just unfortunate that the balls were hit down the line and in holes.”

The A’s are trying to even the series at the Coliseum in game 2. Starting for Cleveland left hand pitcher Logan Allen and for Oakland right hander Ross Stripling.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the lead play by play announcer on the Oakland A’s Spanish radio network heard on 1010 KIQI San Francisco and 990 KATD Pittsburg and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Oakland A’s Relocation podcast with Daniel Dullum: A’s fans have smooth boycott before opener at Coliseum

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A sea of humanity some 20,000 fans take to the Oakland Coliseum parking lot for Thu Mar 28, 2024 before the Cleveland Guardians and Oakland A’s opening night contest (Bay Area News Group News photo)

On the Oakland A’s Relocation podcast with Daniel Dullum:

#1 Daniel, Oakland A’s fans who participated in the opening night boycott at the Oakland Coliseum went on without a hitch. There was no one called a “scab” for coming into the ballpark or no harassment complaints by anyone protesting in the parking lot.

#2 Matter of fact some 20,000 fans were staying in the parking lot throughout Thursday night’s opening night at the Coliseum. They paid for the parking but didn’t come into the park as promised.

#3 The announced attendance was 13,522 at the Oakland Coliseum for paid tickets. The message was clear from fans in the lot they want to A’s owner John Fisher to sell the team but as Fisher himself said many times the team is not for sale and the push to get to Las Vegas is on.

#4 Still as reporters, fans and those who are insiders at the Coliseum still question when will John Fisher come up with his share of the construction costs and present a blue print plan that makes sense to build a nine acre ballpark on the Tropicana site?

#5 $30,000 was raised for Schools over Stadiums during Thursday’s boycott at the Oakland Coliseum. One of the fans unnamed stepped up and said if $100,000 was raised at the boycott he would match that donation in the Schools over Stadiums legal fees to get language on the petition approved by the appeals judge to get an initiative on the Nov 2024 ballot to stop the public funding of the A’s Las Vegas ballpark. Schools over Stadiums has until Jun 1st to get over 102,000 signatures to get the initiative on the ballot.

Join Daniel Dullum does Oakland A’s Relocation podcasts Fridays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com