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Guardians Bieber masterful shutting out A’s 8-0 on 4 hitter in opener

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Thursday, March 29, 2024

Cleveland (1-0). 010 500 002. 8. 11 1

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

Time: 2:22

Attendance: 13,522

By Lewis Rubman

OAKLAND–Before this evening’s opening game of the 2024 American League season, the Oakland United Coalition and the Oakland 68s held a joint press conference in the Coliseum parking lot to demand that the county sell its half interest in the property to the city of Oakland, rather than to the group that calls itself the Coliseum Way Partners, a Fisher family front.

In announcing the event, the protesters stated, ” If the Board of Supervisors moves forward with the County’s sale of the Coliseum to the Oakland A’s ownership, the billionaire Fisher family will further disenfranchise a community that has suffered from neglect, disinvestment, and poverty for decades.

The team’s management has made it clear that they are unwilling to negotiate in good faith with the community, the City of Oakland, and the Port of Oakland and instead have been a barrier to development and the flow of services and resources to a community that desperately needs them.

By selling the County’s stake in the Coliseum to the City of Oakland, local residents and fans will have a greater say in ensuring the site is used to create a safe, healthy, vibrant, and economically viable community.”

The weather in the parking lot was, like the deal the A’s are offering their host city, raw. The events inside the Coliseum proper, also suited the occasion. The current tenants of that decaying edifice were facing a club from Cleveland, home of the fictional team in Major League, the 1989 film in which a benighted ownership tries to tear down the club in order to move the franchise.

Game recap: In the movie, the scheme backfires and the then Indians put together a pennant winning season. But there was no happy ending for the Athletics tonight; Cleveland steam rolled them, 8-0.

On the mound for the Athletics was Alex Wood, an 11 year veteran southpaw who finished 2023 with a 5-5, 4.33 record for the Giants. He went 0-0, 4.40 in his four spring training starts. Those less than mediocre numbers looked good compared with the ones he put up tonight. He allowed six runs, all earned, on seven hits, a walk, and a hit batter in 3-1/3 innings. He threw 64 pitches, 44 for strikes. He took the loss and now is 0-1, 16.20.

Oakland fan favorite Stephen Vogt, making his managerial debut for the Guardians, chose Shane Bieber for his starter. The 28 year old righty presented more impressive credentials than Wood, having gone 5-6, 3.80 in ’23 but 60-32 lifetime. He was quite effective tonight, shutting out the A’s on four hits and a walk while striking out 11 of them in only six frames. He left after throwing 83 pitches, 55 for strikes.

Eli Morgan replaced him after the 13,522 people in attendance asked God to bless America and set the A’s down 1-2-3 in the seventh, as did Tim Herrin in the eighth and Nick Sandlin in the ninth. Bieber’s performance gave him a record of 1-0, 0.00.

Cleveland drew first blood, on back to back one out doubles to left and left center, respectively, by David Fry and Tyler Freeman. The Guardians padded their lead in the next frame, sending Wood to the showers on another one out double, this time by Josh Naylor; Fry’s single to left; a hit batter, Freeman; and RBI singles by Andrés Giménez, and Austin Hedges, the last one of the infield variety.

After Brayan Roccio smacked another two bagger, Kyle Muller took over and stopped the hemorrhage. He stayed on the bump through the top of the fifth, going 2-2/3 innings and allowing only one hit and notching up two Ks. 24 of his 32 offerings counted as strikes. TJ McFarland relieved him at the start of the seventh and set the side down in order before yielding to Michael Kelly for the eighth.

He wiggled out of a bases loaded situation to hold the Guardians’ lead at 6-0 but surrendered Cleveland’s final two tallys, which Ramírez drove in with a triple off the right field wall and Fry with a sac fly that scored Ramírez. McFarland would have given up more if it weren’t for Seth Brown’s diving grab of a Freeman liner. The Guardians challenged the out call, but it was confirmed.

There were a few bright spots in the Athletics’ dreary performance. Gelof pulled off two beautiful plays, a backhand snatch and throw Naylor’s grounder in the second and a brilliant off-balance throw to nab the speedy Ramón Laureano at first in the fifth, and Noda made a spectacular diving catch of Steven Kwan’s game-opening pop up.

The Guardians and Athletics will go at it again tomorrow evening at the Coliseum. That’s Friday, March 29 at 6:40. This time, a right hander, Ross Stripling, will start for the A’s, and a lefty, Logan Allen, will take the mound for Cleveland.

Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: Boycott will last only two hours but Oakland fans plan to make the best of it

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Aerial view from Copter Sky 7 of the Oakland Coliseum where fans plan converge at the Coliseum parking lot before opening night on Thu Mar 28, 2024 for a boycott protest two hours before the game (ABC Sky 7 file photo)

On the A’s podcast with Jerry F:

#1 Oakland A’s fans, the Oakland 68s and the Last Dive Bar are hoping to pull off a successful boycott at the Oakland Coliseum tonight as fans will enter the parking lot a little before 5pm try and set up their tailgates and prepare to boycott going into the Coliseum for opening night.

#2 The less than four hours for entering the park decision was made last week when the A’s decided to shorten the parking lot hours from four hours to two hours opening the parking lot just before 5pm. The A’s reasoning was attendance will be small and there is no need to open the lot four hours earlier.

#3 The Last Dive Bar and the Oakland 68s said that the A’s are playing mind games by opening the lot just two hours before game time which at 7:07pm PDT.

#4 Fans in the parking lot are hoped to be heard from inside the park when they plan to all chant for A’s owner John Fisher to “Sell the Team” if successful this would definitely be a national story.

#5 The A’s open up against former A’s catcher and now Cleveland Guardians manager Stephen Vogt. The Guardians will start right hander Steve Bieber he’ll be opposed by the A’s left hander Alex Wood at the Coliseum first pitch 7:07pm PDT.

Join Jerry F for the A’s podcasts Thursdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: 2024 Opening Day – Last Hurrah for the A’s in Oakland?

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Oakland Coliseum memories:

Amaury Pi-González interviewing Hank Aaron in 1976, at the Oakland Coliseum when Aaron was playing with the Milwaukee Brewers of the American League. He had already broken Babe Ruth’s Homerun record wearing the Atlanta Braves uniform in 1974. (photo from the author Amaury Pi Gonzalez)

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By Amaury Pi-González

OAKLAND–Opening Night is tomorrow, Thursday, March 28, 2024, 7 PM at the Oakland-Alameda-County Coliseum. This could be the last Opening of a Season for the Athletics at Oakland, or maybe not.

Oakland city officials and the Oakland A’s have been meeting to discuss extending their lease at the Oakland Coliseum after this 2024 season for about three years before the team relocates to Sin City. But why worry? This is just like the weather; we cannot control it.

For A’s fans and some of us in the media, memories of the Oakland Coliseum go back for decades. I think many great moments no one could take away from my memory are engraved in what an old friend of mine used to call the Oakland Mausoleum.

This was the first team I broadcast in Spanish, and for one reason or another, I always find my way back to the A’s and the Coliseum, although I have also broadcast for the Giants, Angels, and Mariners throughout the years.

Although for years, since I could not do enough baseball games at Oakland, I broadcast two teams (home games) during the same years it was once the A’s and the Mariners, the Giants and the Mariners, and the A’s and the LA Angels radio and then Fox TV down in Anaheim.

However, the Bay Area has been my home, where I raised my family since I first arrived here in 1969 after serving in the US Army. This is my home, and the Oakland Coliseum is my park, for better or for worse.

Postseason playoffs included World Series, three of them 1989-90-91. I enjoyed broadcasting for the Green and Gold. Also, the 1987 MLB All-Star Game took place here at the Oakland-Alameda-County Coliseum, which I covered. Since 1977, when the owner of the A’s, Charlie O Finley, told me, “You can broadcast the games in Mexican”.

I think Mr. Finley thought that Mexican was a language, not a nationality; I remember telling him and Carl Finley that it is called Spanish (a politically correct language that did not exist back then).

The Coliseum has been my second home for many years. I have met and interviewed many great major league league players, from rookies who became Hall of Famers, like Rickey Henderson, to other players from visiting teams. There are many more memories, too many to list here.

For years, the Oakland Raiders shared the Coliseum with the A’s and the Warriors. The Warriors played next door at the Oakland Arena from 1971 to 2019. I was an employee of the Warriors as their only history Play-by-play announcer in Spanish, doing all games home and road in the 1990s.

Before inter-league became a reality in 1997, many of the greatest players in the American League played against the A’s at the Coliseum, including the great Henry(Hank) Aaron, among many others.

In 1997, I remember calling the first-ever regular-season inter-league game, which took place on June 12, 1977, at The Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, as the Rangers faced the San Francisco Giants.

I wish the A’s continued playing for a few more years here at the Oakland Coliseum until they depart for Las Vegas, but if this is their last year here, so be it. And like the great Bob Hope’s signature song says, “Thanks for the Memories.”

Quote: “Nobody ever said, “Work Ball”. They say, “Play Ball!” To me, that means having fun!” – Willie Stargell

Join Amaury Pi Gonzalez for all the action on the Oakland A’s Spanish radio network at 1010 KIQI San Francisco and 990 KATD Pittsburg and News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Oakland A’s Recap: Paul Blackburn turns in dominant performance in victory for A’s over Giants 3-1

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Photo courtesy of Oakland A’s. Nick Allen stands ready at the plate (taken on 3/26/24).

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

SAN FRANCISCO- The Oakland Athletic’s closed out their Spring Training schedule on Tuesday night at Oracle Park against their cross-bay rival the San Francisco Giants.

The first game of this two-game series went the Giants way as they snagged a 4-1 victory with Tom Murphy homering twice for San Francisco.

On the bump for the A’s was 30 year old right-hander Paul Blackburn, who has been dominant so far in Spring Training, boasting a 3-0 record with a 2.04 era.

In tonights game that run of dominance would not stop for Blackburn who pitched 5.2 innings only giving up two hits and no earned runs. On top of that he struck out six which is extra impressive considering he faced a Giants lineup that looked similar to how it will look opening day.

The offense tonight for the A’s came in spurts with the first spurt coming in the third inning when J.D. Davis got Carlos Perez home on a ground out.

Oakland tacked on to that lead in the following inning when Estuery Ruiz hit a sacrifice fly to get Lawrence Butler home this time.

The last run in this game came for the A’s off the bat of Nick Allen who unsurprisingly also hit a sac fly to get Butler home once again.

Vinny Nittoli was called on to close out this game for the A’s and he did not make things easy on himself. It started with him giving up a single to Pablo Sandoval and then a double to Wilmer Flores. Joey Bart then knocked home a run but after that Nittoli was able to settle down and retire the next two batters to end the game.

Blackburn takes the win in this one improving his record to 4-0 while Blayne Enlow is credited with the loss.

The Oakland A’s will now turn their attention to the regular season when they’ll play the Guardians on opening day in Oakland at 7:07 p.m. At the moment the projected starter in that game for the Athletics is left-hander Alex Wood.

Oakland A’s game wrap: Oakland A’s Lose To The San Francisco Giants 4-1, JP Sears Gives Up 2 Homers To Tom Murphy

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Lawrence Butler (2) of the Oakland A’s stands in at the plate against the San Francisco Giants at the Oakland Coliseum on Mon Mar 25, 2024 (Oakland A’s X photo)

Monday, March 25th, 2024

By Troy Ewers

The Oakland A’s host their cross the bridge rivals the San Francisco Giants in a Spring Training game at the Oakland Coliseum. 

The game was off to a hot start for the Giants as Tom Murphy hit a second inning lead off home run off A’s starting pitcher JP Sears making it 1-0. Sears in the third inning started off by walking Jung Hoo Lee, but got out of that jam and kept it at 1-0, but in the fourth inning Murphy banged another homer off Sears and that led to a pitching change for the A’s as they went into the bottom of the fourth down 2-0. 

Michael Kelly was the new pitcher for Oakland and he started his first full inning in the fifth giving up a leadoff double to Marco Luciano. Luciano would move to third on a Lee groundout, then would score off an Austin Slater sac fly, 3-0 Giants.

Wilmer Flores would then follow up Slater with a solo homerun, 4-0 Giants and again when the A’s would get to the plate, would have no hits as Jordan Hicks ended his outing with just a walk against him. 

Giants pitcher Juan Sanchez gave up the A’s first hit in the sixth inning to Lawrence Butler and he would then score from an Abraham Toro single with the new SF pitcher Erik Miller, 4-1. The A’s looked like they had a chance to deliver a real comeback with the bases loaded, but a ground out from Esteury Ruiz and Miller escaped the jam. 

In the 8th inning Oakland had Lucas Erceg start the inning on the hill and he faced off against Giants hero Pablo Sandoval and gave up a single. It looked like Sandoval would get a run when he would make it all the way to third after a single and a walk, but a ground out ended the inning for Oakland.

The 8th inning looked like the A’s would have a chance from Ryan Noda who made it to third off two wild pitches and it looked like they’d close the gap, but a double play would get San Francisco out the 8th and closer to a win. 

Mason Miller would stop the Giants from any insurance runs by striking out the side, but the A’s would go three up and three down at the plate and lose to the Giants 4-1. 

Before the A’s go into their opening series against the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday, they face the Giants one more time for Spring Training, tomorrow in Oracle Park in San Francisco. Still no announcement on who will be pitching.

Oakland A’s relocation podcast with Daniel Dullum: A’s meet with Coliseum Authority next week on April 2

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Oakland A’s officials are to meet with the Oakland Coliseum Joint Authority on Tue Apr 2, 2024 at the Oakland Coliseum (AP News file photo)

On the A’s Relocation podcast:

On the A’s podcast with Daniel:

#1 Sources are saying the Oakland A’s are no longer accepting comments from fans or the public on what their plans are for financing the Las Vegas Tropicana and other than the artists rendition of the Sydney Opera House ballpark people want to see the blue prints.

#2 Also it was reported that the Las Vegas community, businesses, and casinos who have been approached about becoming minority owners of the A’s have not taken the bait and have expressed no interest in entering a business with the A’s after observing how the stadium project has been handled.

#3 The A’s have tuned off their X comments page so the public cannot write to them with questions and comments as to what is happening with the relocation of the A’s. As of yet the A’s still have not decided where they will play for the 2025-27 seasons and have a scheduled meeting with the Oakland Coliseum Joint Authority on Tue Apr 2.

#4 Daniel with there being no tangible renderings and blue prints to back it up and no financing since the unveiling of the Sydney Opera House style ballpark A’s fans in both Las Vegas and Oakland are trying to find out what the A’s plans are and have not got a response.

#5 Vegas fans and the business community are really getting turned off after a Wall Street Journal article came out with a headline that read “The Oakland A’s have plans for a new home in Vegas. Now they need a plan to get there.” As this drags out and there is no financing things are becoming more doubtful if this will ever get off the ground.

Daniel does the Oakland A’s Relocation podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: 2024 Oakland A’s Outlook

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Radio Espanol 1010 KIQI San Francisco and 990 KATD Pittsburg will bring you all the play by play action with author Amaury Pi Gonzalez and Manolo Hernandez Douen (Graphic work by Mauricio Segura)

2024 Oakland A’s Outlook

That’s Amaury News and Commentary

By Amaury Pi-González

This is the time of the year when you want to know what to expect from your favorite team. In this case, I am talking about the Oakland Athletics. The biggest question is not how they will do on the field (we will get to that later) but where they are playing in 2025 and the next few years while building in Las Vegas.

By April 2, we should know if the A’s have agreed with Oakland for a new lease for the next three years to keep playing at the Coliseum. But the soon approaching season for the A’s is now the talk, and this is major league baseball, the best baseball league in the world, and the Oakland A’s have a lot of young intriguing talent.

Manager Mark Kotsay announced this week that ex-Giants lefty Alex Wood is scheduled to pitch on Opening Night in Oakland next Thursday against the Cleveland Guardians, at the Oakland Coliseum, this is the first time Wood opens a season in his 11 year career, he has also pitched for the Braves, Dodgers and Reds.

The A’s have been acquiring Giants players this off-season; also, suitable right-handed pitcher Ross Stripling is coming to the East Bay. Saturday, the A’s signed another Giants veteran, third baseman, J. Davis (who, according to reports), was convinced by Alex Wood to follow him to Oakland.

Davis, a good veteran hitter, with power, who signed a $2.5 million, one-year contract, a deal that allows him to earn $1 million more in performance bonuses. These ex-Giants are all veterans who will now play for the A’s, giving the young team an adrenaline shot of experience, and most important, leadership.

These four everyday players (below) are essential for this ball club in 2024 and beyond.

1-Zack Gelof. He was the top breakout player for the team last season. The second baseman showed in 2023 that he was a major-league talent; nobody should have any doubt about that. The 25-year-old was one of the top players for the team, and in half a season, he hit 14 home runs and had a .840 OPS.

The 2021 pick #60 in the second round for the A’s should be the team second baseman, period. It is conceivable that Zack could hit the 30-home run mark; his power is evident.

2-Brent Rooker, the A’s All-Star Designated Hitter. He led the club with 30 home runs. At 28 years of age, he is what they call a late bloomer. A great pick by the A’s he was claimed off waivers in 2022 from the Kansas City Royals. So far a great move by the team.

3-Shea Langeliers. The ‘número uno’ catcher had an excellent first full year in the majors, slugging 22 home runs and showing his skills as an outstanding defensive catcher. Although A’s are very high on Tyler Soderstrom, their #1 pick, he is not ready for the big time so Tyler will begin this 2024 season in the minor leagues. It is conceivable, if he does well in the minors, he will be brought up later in the season. Tyler Soderstrom will not begin the season as the #2 catcher for the A’s.

4-Esteury Ruíz. A star was born? We will have to wait for this season, but the young Dominican set a new American League rookie-record with 67 stolen bases. He is an exciting player, usually playing center field, with speed to burn. In 1979, I was there when the A’s brought a young kid by the name of Rickey Henderson, who, in that rookie season, stole 33 bases in 89 games, usually playing left field and the rest is history. Esteury offers more than the excitement of the stolen base and art that has been on hiatus like the bunt for a while.

Then we have and infield that could be shared by J.D. Davis, Abraham Toro, Ryan Noda, Aledmys Díaz and young Darell Hernaiz.

Another ex-Giant, (mentioned earlier) Ross Stripling, is a right-handed pitcher with experience. But there is still a big question about how the rest of their pitching be in starting roles. It is a big puzzle yet to be resolved, and Spring Training allows manager Mark Kotsay to pick the top five on that rotation: Paul Blackburn, who is having a great time in Arizona, Adrián Martínez, and Luis Medina. J.P Sears, Kyle Mueller, Ken Waldichuch, plus…you pick’em.

Bullpen. In 2023, Trevor May retired after recording 21 saves for the team. The possibility that young Mason Miller opens the season as the team’s closer is accurate, together with a variety of young arms. The athletics manager indicated recently that he would like to see Miller gradually move up the bullpen hierarchy rather than anointing him as a closer right away.

As of today, M&M has an excellent position to open and win the rubber in the night inning. A’s young pitchers could be starting in one game, relieving in other, a plethora of arms, Zack Jackson., Dany Jiménez, Joe Boyle and it goes on and on and on.

Finally. 214 is an Ugly number: The number of games the Oakland A’s have lost in the last two years. However, in this fast internet/social media/Artificial Intelligence world, it is easy to forget that the A’s posted a 579 winning percentage from 2018 to 2021 and qualified for the postseason three times. Nobody is expecting the A’s to contend this year. The two Texas teams now control this division, The World Champion Rangers and the always contenders Dusty Baker Houston Astros, they suck all the oxygen in the West.

The 2024 Oakland Athletics have an ensemble cast, with an assortment of actors on a film as long as “The Longest Day”(1962)

Let’s Play Ball and enjoy the season!

Quote: “A home opener is always exciting, no matter if it’s home or on the road” -Yogi Berra.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the lead play by play announcer 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.com

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: A’s 2024 In One Word, “Prospectos”

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Oakland A’s manager Mark Kotsay seen running out of the dugout on Sep 10, 2024 in Arlington Texas against the Texas Rangers hopes the 2024 A’s can finish at least at .500 for the season. (AP file photo)

A’s 2024: In One Word, “Prospectos”

That’s Amaury News and Commentary

By Amaury Pi-González

OAKLAND–It is time to talk baseball and leave executive negotiations and all trials and tribulations on the A’s future “housing,” but unless there is a deal with Oakland, the A’s could play their last game at the Coliseum this season.

I will leave those issues to the people who have that responsibility. But this is not a rumor, On March 28, 2024, the Oakland Athletics will begin their 56th season at the Oakland-Alameda-County Coliseum. The A’s open the season with a weekend series against the Cleveland Guardians and their new manager, ex-A’s Stephen Vogt. What we can expect this season is two-fold.

1-Manager Mark Kotsay said a “.500 season is the challenge for his team this year.” That is an expected position for a young manager in an organization that changes players like most of us change underwear.

2-Prospects. Although I see it as the main focus for the young A’s in 2024, after a 102-lost season in 2023, they are loaded with young but unproven talent. Although the P word (potential) always figures with prospects, that is the question for many young kids trying to make the majors. Not every player develops the same way; some are ready given the opportunity, and others are late bloomers.

Lazaro (Lazarito) Armenteros (outfield) is a five-tool player signed by the A’s out of Cuba as a 17-year-old for $3 million. The team hopes he blossoms into the Major League player they envisioned when he was signed.

He began the 2023 season in Lansing, then was promoted to Double-A Midland Rock Hounds, where he ended with a 2.49 average 14 homeruns, 72 runs batted in and ten stolen bases. On November 6, A’s added him to the 40-man roster. Jacob Wilson is the A’s No.1 prospect and No.68 in MLB. Two third-basemen are in the prospect mix: Brett Harris A’s No.11 and Myles Naylor A’s No.9.

Since baseball is not a perfect science, you could see some of these prospects, although unlikely, this season. As it is today, the A’s will have a young team when they open the season in a couple of weeks.

Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: Oakland Mayor’s office talks continue on A’s Coliseum extension; A’s officials look forward to more talks on April 2

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Oakland A’s team president David Kaval meets with the media before the A’s and Milwaukee Brewers pre season game at Las Vegas Ballpark on Fri Mar 8, 2024 (photo by the Nevada Independent)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry Feitelberg:

#1 Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s office said that will not discuss anything further regarding talks between the Mayor’s office and the Oakland A’s officials but did say that they will continue talking regarding the lease extension.

#2 The A’s said the talks were positive and an extension is something they will continue to discuss with the City and plan to meet with the City and Coliseum on April 2. The Oakland Soul and Oakland Roots soccer teams will meet with the Coliseum Authority on Friday to discuss playing at the Coliseum in 2025-26.

#2 According to sports commentator Damon Amendolara saying the A’s moving to Vegas doesn’t fix the A’s problem. It only spoils another good market. DA was saying that he was in town last month for the Super Bowl and said that Vegas is a great sports town but in talking with Vegas fans about the A’s they didn’t want this team to come but they wanted an expansion team.

#3 Last week March 8th and 9th VIPs in a roped off area in front of the first base dugout at Las Vegas Ballpark during batting practice before the exhibition game before the Milwaukee Brewers and Oakland A’s in Las Vegas. Those invited in the roped off area were state and local lawmakers, labor leaders, and anyone responsible for helping make the A’s legislation or otherwise making it possible in getting the public money for the A’s Las Vegas ballpark. Those VIPs were given the opportunity to speak with A’s president David Kaval and team owner John Fisher.

#4 The A’s weekend in Las Vegas gave Fisher the opportunity meet with not only Las Vegas residents and VIPs but also to answer questions from the media which is very rare since Fisher is noted for not giving too many interviews. Fisher was thrilled to be in Vegas the future home of the A’s and wanted to express how pleased he was about the A’s future ballpark for 2028.

#5 Schools over Stadiums is appealing the public funding for the A’s ballpark. They will be in Nevada Appeals Court in April to get approval for the language to go on a petition that will stop the public funding of the A’s Tropicana ballpark. Once they win appeal they will circulate the petition in four Nevada districts and need over 102,000 signatures before June 1st. If that is accomplished they can get the initiative on the Nov 2024 ballot. If the voters vote to stop the public funding for the A’s ballpark in Vegas that should stop the A’s move to Vegas. That unless the A’s can get private money $380 million worth for the missing public funding share.

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