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Oakland A’s relocation podcast with Daniel Dullum: A’s jump into the frying pan known as Sutter Health Park in Sacramento

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A Brigham Young University survey shows the temperature comparisons on how hot artificial turf gets on hot days the increase is an astounding 40 degrees. The Sacramento A’s will be playing on artificial turf and will sharing be the park with minor league team the Sacramento River Cats for the 2025 season. (image by Brigham Young University)

Oakland A’s podcast with Daniel:

#1 Daniel the A’s are just one month away from saying good bye to Oakland for good. They will be playing in Sacramento for the interim for the next three seasons as they’re new ballpark in Las Vegas is scheduled to be ready in 2028.

#2 Lots of talk about how things will be in play for the visiting teams that come to Sacramento, the small clubhouses, going through the outfield fences to get to the clubhouse. Smaller weight rooms and family rooms. Just from a starting point how much of a mistake will this be for MLB who have the A’s play at Sutter Health next season.

#3 It was baking hot this week in Sacramento and it’s like that all summer no relief. How fans can sit in those hot seats all season long and fry at Sutter Health and it’s going to be no different next season with 99 or 100 degree heat. River Cat fans might be used to it but some of the big club visitors will not have cover that their used to.

#4 The first two rows at Sutter Health are going for $61,000 per season for a season ticket holder. How well do you see that going over? Tickets very well could go fast because of the novelty of having a big league club in minor league Sacramento.

#5 The heat for the players could be a disaster. They will be sharing some 160 home games a combination between the Sacramento A’s and Sacramento River Cats. Sutter Health is installing turf because with natural grass with that many games the field will get torn up. A turf surface on the field for a 99 degree day in Sacramento would be 120 to 180 degrees. Players falling or diving in or on the turf could suffer burns. How this is being allowed by MLB and the players union is perplexing?

Daniel Dullum does the Oakland A’s relocation podcasts each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

A’s Drop Game Two In Rangers Series 3-2 In a Walk Off; Butler homers but A’s fall short

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Oakland A’s Lawrence Butler (4) rounds the bases after slugging his 19th home run of the season in the top of the fourth inning against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington on Sat Aug 31, 2024 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

The Oakland A’s (59-77) fought their way back into this game after trailing 2-0. Another Lawrence Butler home run cut the Texas Rangers (64-72) lead in half in the fourth inning. The A’s tied up the game in the 6th inning when Brent Rooker doubled Lawrence Butler home.

It was a new ball game but it all came crashing down when A’s pitcher Tyler Ferguson loaded the bases with one out. A single from Leody Taveras was all it took for the 3-2 Ranger’s win.

Game recap: The Rangers took the early lead in the second inning 2-0. Jonas Heim hit a 373 feet home run with Nathaniel Lowe on base and that would be the only scoring for the Rangers going into the bottom of the ninth inning.

The Oakland A’s had some catching up to do trailing by a couple of runs. In the fourth inning Lawrence Butler cut the Rangers lead in half with a 367 feet home run. This was his sixth home run in five games. The A’s tied up this game in the 6th inning with a Brent Rooker double and a Lawrence Butler score. Neither team was able to reach home plate going into the bottom of the ninth inning.

Tyler Ferguson remained on the mound for the ninth inning after pitching the eighth and ran into some trouble. He hit Nathaniel Lowe followed by a Carson Kelly single. Jonas Heim popped out but then Ferguson walked Travis Jankowski and the bases were loaded with one out. Texas had a serious chance to walk off this game and that is exactly how this game ended. Leody Taveras singled and Ezequiel Duran ( who ran for Lowe) scored for the 3-2 win.

Oakland fought their way back into this game but they were unable to score another run in the game after the sixth inning. They went three and out in the seventh and eighth innings. They left two runners on base in the ninth inning but could not bring them home. Oakland finished this game with five hits, the Rangers with nine hits.

Oakland’s Joey Estes had a nice outing going six innings and allowing six hits, two runs, no walks with seven strikeouts. The Rangers starter Cody Bradford went seven innings allowing four hits, two runs, no walks with eight strikeouts in a solid game.

Game recap: After winning game one of their series with the Rangers Friday night 9-2, the A’s took the field in game two looking for another win. . Friday night the game was attended by over 28,000 fans and on Saturday night another well attended game for game two at Globe Life with 28,454.

It was a well pitched game Rangers starter Cody Bradford went seven innings, allowed four hits, two earned runs and eight strike outs. For the A’s Joey Estes six innings, six hits, two earned runs and seven strikeouts.

Sunday Oakland will be looking to win this series in game three. Mitch Spence will take the mound for the A’s with a 7-9 win/loss record and a 4.54 ERA. At the time of this post, the Rangers have not decided on a starting pitcher. First pitch for this game is scheduled for Sunday at 11:35 AM.

Oakland A’s podcast with Augie Mesenburg: Rooker goes yard twice, Bleday goes deep for 2 run HR

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Oakland A’s Brent Rooker (25) is congratulated by Lawrence Butler (4) after hitting a top of the seventh home run against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington on Fri Aug 30, 2024 (AP News photo)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Augie Mesenburg:

#1 Oakland A’s Brent Rooker hit home runs in the first and seventh innings at Globe Life Field in Arlington against the Texas Rangers on Friday night. With the two home runs Rooker has 31 home runs and no doubt he’s seeing the baseball just fine.

#2 Shea Langeliers connected for his 23rd home run of the season. Langeliers has had his share of good at bats and he provided one of the many runs for the A’s.

#3 JJ Bleday hit a three run homes in the top of the third inning against the Rangers.

#4 A’s pitching gave two runs to the Rangers and kept their run total under control with great pitching from starter JP Sears pitching seven innings, allowing five hits and one run.

#5 The good pitching by the A’s could very well help them close in on third place and this is their best opportunity facing the third place Rangers.

#6 The A’s will start RHP Joey Estes (6-6, ERA 4.37) and for the Rangers LHP Cody Bradford (4-2, 3.31) first pitch at Globe Life on Saturday night slated for 4:05pm PT.

Augie Mesenburg is a podcast contributor at http://www.sportsradioservice.com and is a reporter for 1080 KWAI Honolulu

A’s Bounce Back Beating Rangers 9-2 Clocking Four Home Runs

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Oakland A’s JJ Bleday (33) helped pour it on the Texas Rangers with a three run home run in the top of the third inning at Globe Life Field in Arlington on Fri Aug 30, 2024 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

The Oakland A’s (59-76) got a perfect start in game one of their series with the Texas Rangers (63-72). They hit four home runs in this game, two of them from Brent Rooker who now have 33 home runs this season. JP Sears went seven outstanding innings on Friday night. The final was 9-2.

Game wrap: Brent Rooker got the party started early in this game hitting his 32nd home run of the season in the first inning giving the A’s an early 1-0 lead. Texas’ pitcher Jon Gray got into a rhythm going three and out in the second inning. Both pitchers had settled into the game nicely. JP Sears got a taste of what Gray got in the opening inning. He gave up a home run off the bat of the Rangers Nathaniel Lowe and this game was tied 1-1.

In the third inning it was JJ Bleday’s turn to knock his 20th home run of the season out of the park, a three-run homer. Jacob Wilson and Brent Rooker were on base and Oakland had taken a 4-1 lead. Things had gotten a little shaky for Ranger pitcher Jon Gray already giving up two hits, two walks and four earned runs.

Texas would relieve Jon Gray in the fifth inning who finished with three hits, four earned runs, two walks and five strikeouts. Walter Pennington relieved Gray getting out of the fifth inning. Grant Anderson pitched the sixth inning.

He was relieved by Dane Dunning in the seventh inning who gave up two hits one of which included Brent Rooker’s 33 rd home run of the season and his second of the game. The A’s had a 5-1 lead going into the eighth inning.

JP Sears went seven outstanding innings allowing five hits, one earned run, two walks and four strikeouts. Michel Otanez relieved Sears in the eighth inning.

The Rangers made it a three-run ball game when Nathaniel Lowe hit an infield single reaching first base. Travis Jankowski scored on a throwing error by first baseman Seth Brown. Oakland continued to lead 5-2 after eight innings. The A’s were three outs away from winning the first game of this series.

Oakland got the run back in the ninth inning and then some when Lawrence Butler doubled driving Max Schuemann home and the A’s had a 6-2 lead. They would extend that lead 7-2 when JJ Bleday doubled Butler home.

Shea Langeliers came to the plate hitting a two run blast giving Oakland a 9-2 lead and the A’s were sailing deep in the heart of Texas with four home runs in this game. They have hit 15 home runs in their last four games.

This game went into the bottom of the ninth inning with Oakland three outs away from the win. Ross Stripling took the mound looking to close out this game. Stripling did walk one runner but dismissed three Rangers and Oakland had won game one of this series 9-2.

Game notes: Friday evening the A’s started another road series taking on the Rangers. Thursday, they dropped a heartbreaker losing to the Cincinnati Reds after leading 6-1 at one time during the game eventually losing it 10-9.

They had a great offensive game clocking four home runs, three of them off the bat of Lawrence Butler and finished the game with 14 hits. It was the pitching that came up short in that game and Oakland got a better effort on Friday night with starter JP Sears going seven innings allowing five hits and one earned run.

The Rangers starter Jon Gray went 4.2 innings, allowing three hits and four earned runs. Sears helped keep the Rangers under wraps on offense while the A’s line up scored nine runs to put away Texas.

Sunday’s game two will feature Joey Estes starting with a 6-6 win/loss record and a 4.37 ERA. The Rangers Cody Bradford will take the mound with a 4-2 win/loss record and a 3.31 ERA. First pitch for game two is scheduled for 4:05 PM PT.

Oakland A’s podcast with Jeremiah Salmonson: A’s have a shot at cutting the Rangers 3rd place lead in Arlington Friday night

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Oakland A’s slugger Lawrence Butler hit three home runs against the Cincinnati Reds. Here is Butler running the bases in the top of the second inning at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati on Thu Aug 29, 2024 (AP News photo)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Jeremiah Salmonson:

#1 The Cincinnati Reds TJ Friedl’s two RBI walk off single got the Reds the win in close contest 10-9 at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati to conclude the four game series Thursday afternoon.

#2 Up 9-8 the A’s closer Grant Holman just couldn’t close the door on the Reds and all it took was a single to win it for the Reds and Holman couldn’t put Friedl away.

#3 Holman was the pitcher of record with no out in the bottom of the ninth he and the A’s coughed it up. Holman’s line was giving three hits and three runs which was enough damage for the Reds to avoid the sweep and come away with the win.

#4 The A’s Lawrence Butler was nearly a one man wrecking crew belting out three home runs and it one time help put the A’s in the driver’s seat until the Red erased the A’s lead in the bottom of the ninth for the walk off win.

#5 The A’s are in Arlington to face off with the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field on tonight for a three game series. The A’s will start JP Sears (10-9, ERA 4.35) for the Rangers Jon Gray (5-5, ERA 4.32). Just underway in Texas.

Jeremiah Salmonson does the A’s podcasts Fridays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

A’s Squander Healthy Lead Falling to the Reds In a Walk Off 10-9

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The Oakland A’s JJ Bleday gets congratulated in the dugout after hitting a top of the fourth inning home run against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ballpark on Thu Aug 29, 2024 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

The Oakland A’s (58-76) had a huge lead, 6-1, going into the bottom of the fourth inning. The Cincinnati Reds (64-70) rallied in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings taking a 7-6. It was tough going on the mound for the A’s who loaded the bases a number of times walking in runs.

Oakland did take a 9-7 lead in the top of the ninth but closing pitcher Grant Holman loaded the bases and the Reds walked away with this game 10-9. Lawrence Butler had another excellent game with three home runs.

The A’s got early runs much as they had in the game two. In the first inning, Oakland scored two runs. Seth Brown who has had a terrific series singled Brent Rooker home for a 1-0 lead. Daz Cameron came to the plate and grounded into a fielder’s choice to shortstop allowing JJ Bleday to score. Oakland extended their lead in the second inning with a Lawrence Butler two run home run (428 feet). After two innings, the A’s had a 4-0 lead.

Not to be outdone, the Reds Will Benson connected for a home run to center (438 feet) in the third inning and Cincinnati was on the board 4-1.

Oakland continued to grind away and unloaded a couple more home runs in the fourth inning. Two solo home runs came off the bats of Lawrence Butler , his second of the game (407 feet) and JJ Bleday (407 feet) giving the A’s a 6-1 lead.

Oakland’s J.T. Ginn started to struggle a bit in the fourth inning giving up a home run to Tyler Stephenson. It was a solo shot but Oakland still had a 6-2 lead. It all came apart in the fifth inning for Ginn loading the bases and walking a run in. Elly De La Cruz grounded out to first and Dominic Smith scored. The Reds had begun to make a move trailing 6-4.

Cincinnati scored another run in the sixth inning. Joe Boyle had relieved Ginn but he also loaded the bases and walked in a run. The Reds continued to chip away at the A’s lead now trailing 6-5.

T.J. McFarland relieved Boyle having to deal with a bases loaded situation and he also walked in a run in a disastrous sequence and this game was tied 6-6. There had been a huge momentum shift when the Reds’ Jonathan India sacrificed into a double play and Dominic Smith scored giving Cincinnati their first lead of the game 7-6. It had been a three run inning for the Reds in a crazy reversal of fortune.

When it began to look grim for Oakland, Lawrence Butler came to the plate to start off the ninth inning and slugged a 427 foot home run to tie up the game 7-7. Butler had really put on a show on this road trip.

JJ Bleday was also having a stellar day already with four hits and he did not disappoint hitting number five and the A’s had runners on second and third with no outs looking to take the lead. Seth Brown who was also having a terrific day knocked a single bringing Brent Rooker and JJ Bleday home taking back the lead 9-7. Oakland had hit four home runs three of them off the bat of Lawrence Butler.

This game went into the bottom of the ninth inning and it was in the A’s court. They needed their defense to step up and close out this game. Oakland pitcher Grant Holman would get his first opportunity to complete a save.

He walked the first at bat, and then went on to load the bases. Tyler Stephenson singled Rece Hinds home and the Reds trailed 8-9. Cincinnati walked off this game when TJ Friedl singled both Elly De La Cruz and Stephenson home. The final score was 10-9 and the Reds had avoided the sweep.

It was a horribly disappointing game for the A’s. They fought hard to get back into the game with some memorable performances from Lawrence Butler, JJ Bleday and Seth Brown. The team finished the game with 14 hits. There was a real letdown on the mound today loading the bases over and over. This was a horrible pitching game starting in the fifth inning and it just went south from there.

On the bright side Lawrence Butler is the first player in MLB with two three-homer games in one season since Aaron Judge accomplished that last year. He is the 25th player in Major League history to do so. As far as A’s history goes Butler is just the second player with two three-homer games in one season since Geronimo Berroa in 1996.

Game notes: Thursday the A’s took on the Reds in game three of their series looking for a sweep and couldn’t seal the deal. It wasn’t easy and what makes it even more difficult is the fact that this series is on the road the A’s had a lead and let it get away.

A’s starter JT Ginn went five innings, allowing four hits and four earned runs. Red starter Julian Aguiar pitched four innings allowing ten hits and six runs and despite getting lit up the Red managed to catch the A’s for a one run win.

The A’s will continue their road trip traveling to Texas for a three game series with the Rangers that will get underway on Friday night. JP Sears will take the mound for Oakland looking to take game one of the series. Sears will bring his 4.35 ERA and his 10-9 win/loss record to start game one. The Rangers will be looking to Jon Gray for a win in the opener. He comes in with a 5-5 win/loss record and a 4.32 ERA. First pitch is scheduled for 5:05 PM.

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A’s Pick Apart Reds In Game Two 9-6; Oakland’s Brown hits two home runs in offensive battle

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Oakland A’s Seth Brown (15) hit two home runs in game two of the series, here he is getting congratulated by his teammates after hitting his second home run in the top of the eighth inning at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati on Wed Aug 28, 2024 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

The Oakland A’s (58-75) won game two in their series with the Cincinnati Reds (63-70) 9-6. The team sailed through the first seven innings but in the bottom of the seventh, the Reds scored 6 runs taking a 6-5 lead. The A’s wasted little time scoring four runs in the eighth and closing out this game. Oakland hit four home runs in this game and Mason Miller celebrated his 24th save of the season.

Game recap: Oakland did not waste any time getting up on the scoreboard and they did it via the home run. In the first inning, the A’s first at bat Lawrence Butler sent the ball out of the park for the early 1-0 lead.

The second and third innings were quiet for both teams but in the fourth inning, Oakland got back to the long ball. Seth Brown hit a 430 feet home run taking a 2-0 lead but as this game progressed, the A’s just continued to extend their lead. In the sixth inning Brent Rooker hit the A’s third solo home run of the game for a 3-0 lead.

Oakland scored two more runs in the seventh inning taking a 5-0 lead. Max Schuemann hit a sacrifice to center and Daz Cameron scored. In the same inning, Lawrence Butler grounded into a fielder’s choice to second driving in Zach Gelof.

When it seemed as if the A’s had it all going on, the Reds started making a run much as they did in last nights’ game. Five hits later, the Reds had erased the 5-0 Oakland lead and the score was 5-3 in favor of the A’s.

Tyler Stephenson doubled driving Elly De La Cruz home followed by another double from Santiago Espinal driving in Stephenson. It all went downhill for Oakland at that point. Ty France singled Espinal home and the Reds took the lead when Will Benson homered with two runners on base taking a 6-5 lead. It was a disastrous seventh inning for Oakland.

The A’s took care of business in the eighth inning, or should I say Seth Brown did with his second home run of the game driving in JJ Bleday and Shea Langeliers taking back the lead 8-6. They extended their lead when Jacob Wilson sacrificed and Zach Gelof scored; Oakland had fought back after losing the lead in the seventh inning. Through eight innings Oakland had 13 hits and four home runs.

Osvaldo Bido pitched six innings in this game allowing three hits, two runs, no walks with five strikeouts. When he allowed those two runs he was spent and he was relieved by T.J. McFarland. When McFarland started to struggle in the seventh inning giving up a run, Michel Otanez took the mound with dire results. He gave up three hits and three runs but finally got that third out.

Oakland had a clean eighth inning with Tyler Ferguson on the mound going three up and three down. They were again three outs away from winning game two, winning the series and going for a sweep in Thursday’s game three.

Mason Miller would take the mound looking to close out this game in the bottom of the ninth inning. Last night, Miller threw 31 pitches getting out of a sticky situation. Wednesday night he will be looking for a far less dramatic ninth inning.

In fact he will be looking for his 23rd save which will put him in a tie with Huston Street for most saves by a rookie in Oakland’s history. Andrew Bailey is in first place with 26 saves and Miller will be looking to better that with more than a month of baseball still left on the season.

It began to feel eerily like last night and there would be a bit of drama in this game. The Reds got a hit and a walk and with only one out, the tying run was at the plate. Miller went on to strike out Amed Rosario for the second out and dismissed Will Benson for the win 9-6.

Game notes: Tuesday, the A’s beat the Reds in game one of their series after trailing through the first six innings. They had a huge seventh inning in thanks to a couple of home runs, one from Max Schuemann and a second from Lawrence Butler. In Wednesday’s game started Osvaldo Bido who pitched six innings, allowed three hits, two runs, and struck out five. The Reds started Fernando Cruz who went three innings, two hits and one earned run. Bido’s pitching performance kept the Red in check until the seventh inning when the Reds scored six runs.

Oakland played a great game. They took a significant lead in the game, lost the lead in the seventh inning but went on to battle back scoring four runs in the eighth. It was an impressive win and sets the Athletics up for a possible sweep in Thursday’s game.

Winning a series on the road is not easy and Oakland already has that under their belt. First pitch for game three is scheduled for 2:10. Probable pitchers for this game will be J.T. Ginn (0-0, 2.45) for Oakland and for the Reds it will be Julian Aguiar (1-0, 3.60).

Despite Slow Start A’s Heat Up and Finish With Three Homers Beating Reds 5-4

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Oakland A’s Max Schuemann is not calling his shot but he is celebrating his top of the seventh inning home run against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ballpark on Tue Aug 27, 2024

By Barbara Mason

It was a slow as molasses start for the Oakland A’s (57-75) as they took on the Cincinnati Reds (63-69) at Great American Ball Park. Once they got going they were unstoppable sending three home runs out of the park.

Those homers came off the bats of Max Schuemann, Lawrence Butler and Zach Gelof with two of them two run home runs as the A’s took game one 5-4. Oakland had led 5-1 going into the eighth inning when the Reds rallied and very nearly booked a walk-off. Mason Miller hung tight closing out this game but gave up the most hits the A’s have seen from him this season.

Game recap: The game remained scoreless through the first three innings. A pitchers dual got underway and it was not until the bottom of the fourth inning that the Reds got on the scoreboard taking a 1-0 lead. Ty France singled Tyler Stephenson home for the one-run advantage.

After six innings the score remained 1-0. The Reds had five hits so far in the game and the A’s a single hit through six innings. Oakland had a huge opportunity in the sixth inning. Max Schuemann doubled and both JJ Bleday and Brent Rooker walked, the Rooker walk was intentional.

With the bases loaded, Oakland needed at least a single to tie up this game or possibly take the lead. With two outs, Shea Langeliers struck out and the A’s had squandered a great chance to turn things around in this game. The Athletics needed to get some bat action.

Oakland’s Mitch Spence went 5 1/3 innings allowing five hits, one earned run, three walks and three strikeouts. Michel Otanez relieved Spence in the fifth inning. Red’s pitcher Jakob Junis went four innings before being relieved by Buck Farmer and after Farmer Cincinnati would go through three more pitchers going into the eighth inning.

The A’s bats did get going in the top of the seventh inning. With Seth Brown on base via a walk, Max Schuemann knocked the ball out of the park and Oakland had taken a 2-1 lead. The A’s added to their lead in the seventh when Lawrence Butler knocked a bomb, 444 feet out of the park, with Jacob Wilson on base and Oakland had a 4-1 lead. The crowd at Great American Ball Park grew very silent.

Oakland’s Grant Holman relieved Otanez in the bottom of the seventh inning. Going into the eighth inning, the A’s power outage had turned into a surge that could not be turned off. Zach Gelof hit a home run (424 feet) with two outs giving Oakland a 5-1 lead.

The A’s had not even had a single hit until the sixth inning and then it all turned around for Oakland. The Reds had 1 1/2 innings left in this game to make a move. Cincinnati had the bases loaded in the eighth inning with two outs and the tying run at the plate.

A’s pitcher Tyler Ferguson was really struggling walking in a run and the scored was 5-2. There would be pitching change with the bases still loaded. Ross Stripling would take the mound looking for the third out. Stripling got out of the inning for Oakland.

The Reds had one last chance in the bottom of the inning and they had to deal with the blazing pitches of Mason Miller. Cincinnati handled Miller pretty well with two hits in a row and scoring their third run of the game.

The Reds scored a fourth run and they had put together a great comeback effort 5-4. Oakland was one out away from the win but Cincinnati continued to hit off Miller. With the two outs, they had runners on second and third threatening to walk off this game.

Miller hung tough and had just enough to put this game away for the A’s. The look on Mason Millers face was all you had to see. He was frustrated with the two hits he allowed. It’s something we have not seen all season but it was hopefully a great learning experience for him.

It’s just not reality to expect to go three and out time after time which we have seen more often than not this season from him. The bottom line is that he got the job done and realized his 22 save of the season.

Game notes: The A’s opened up a three game series with the the Reds at Great American Ballpark on Tuesday night. Oakland is coming off a win over the Milwaukee Brewers in a hard fought battle winning 4-3 Sunday afternoon.

The Reds just lost a series to the Pittsburg Pirates this past weekend. The A’s Mitch Spence started for Oakland going 5.1 innings allowing five hits and one earned run. The Reds starter Jakob Junis threw four innings and struck out three hits without allowing hit.

Game two in this three game series is scheduled to start at 3:40 PM in Cincinnati with Oakland looking for a second win after hanging on for the win in game one. Osvaldo Bido (5-3, ERA 0.53) will be on the mound for the A’s. He has three wins in a row under his belt and will be looking for number four. The Reds have not announced a starting pitcher yet.

That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast: With 13 home games left before Sacramento move lots more A’s memories

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Vintage Bert Campaneris circa 1970. Campaneris is a three consecutive time World Series Champion shortstop during the years of 1972-74. (photo from ebay)

On That’s Amaury News and Commentary:

#1 Amaury, you’ve been covering the Oakland A’s since the early 1970s. How fortunate is it for you having been able to see the 1972-74 World Championship teams which had so much talent.

#2 You got know many of the greats on those A’s championship teams, Reggie Jackson, Rollie Fingers, Catfish Hunter, Billy North, Jesus Alou, Angel Manguel and Bert Campaneris to name a few.

#3 The A’s have been celebrating past A’s players and had opened their Hall of Fame to honor some of the year’s past stars, Jose Canseco, Carney Lansford, Terry Steinbach, Rickey Henderson and the induction of A’s late manager Dick Williams and former shortstop Miguel Tejada was something special.

#4 One of the great memories some of the A’s teams from 1988-90 that went to three straight World Series under Tony LaRussa who also was there to present his old players at the Hall of Fame induction.

#5 Fast forward to 2024 this may not be a World Series team that’s being fielded by A’s manager Mark Kotsay but this is their last season in Oakland and in the second half of the season they’ve been with a lot of heart and it’s their way to send off this team after so many years at the Oakland Coliseum.

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

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: Oakland A’s – A September to Remember

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Mount Davis at the Oakland Coliseum will remain tarped off in spite of the final home game of the regular season being sold out on Thu Sep 26, 2024 (You Tube still file)

Oakland A’s – A September to Remember

That’s Amaury News and Commentary

By Amaury Pi-González

We are a week away from September, and there is no doubt this month of September in Oakland will be one to remember, one for the ages, and one to weep for every true Oakland A’s fan. This is the last September at the Oakland Coliseum for the Green and Gold.

Come September the A’s will be hosting the Seattle Mariners, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, and Texas Rangers. The very last Oakland A’s baseball game at the Coliseum is scheduled for Thursday September 26 at 12:37. The A’s will then leave for their last road-trip as an Oakland team to close their season September 29 in Seattle.

The Mount Davis/Raiders football seats will not be occupied by fans on that last game at the Coliseum September 26, which has been a sellout for a while and will mark a day of mourning definitely for Oakland, as well as the Bay Area. The A’s relocation ordeal is closer to it’s destination as it seems the inevitable is going to happen, ‘like it or not’ they will play in Sacramento 2025 for three or four years and then move into their new park in Las Vegas, where things are finally looking very good for the A’s in Sin City.

A good friend recently told me, “If the Giants would have been as gracious as the Haas A’s ownership did in the early 1990s, giving San José back their territorial rights to the A’s, it would have been a good outcome, as the A’s would have stayed in the Bay Area. San José is the most populated city in the Bay Area and one of the most affluent areas in the country, with Silicon Valley leading the high-tech industry.

In my opinion the chances of MLB awarding San José an expansion team, are much better than awarding Oakland an expansion team anytime in the future, after the A’s go Adiós. Oakland is not a city that you would call a model of administration or management, their Mayor is about to be recalled, Oakland went through ten Police Chiefs in ten years.

They hired a new Police Chief less than a year ago and ‘The Town’ is not in a “good place” right now. The reputation of Oakland after the A’s leave has been established as a town that cannot keep their Major Leagues sports team. Raiders, Warriors, A’s. MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, are by far the most popular professional sports league(s) in the country, and you can make an argument that they are also in the world in their respective sports.

We who lived in the Bay Area back in the 1970’s when at Oakland City Hall there was a sign that read “Oakland City of Champions”, referring to the 1970s when the A’s, Raiders and Warriors were all winning championships, have witnessed the demise of big league professional sports in Oakland.

Oakland, regarding sports, is a punch-line for comedians, and history will not be kind to The Town and what happened to sports there (whichever way you feel on who is to blame) and there is plenty of blame to go-around. But at the end it is not a pretty picture.

Amaury Pi Goznalez 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.com