Texas Rangers Cory Seager connects for third inning two run double in the top of the third inning against the Chicago White Sox at Rate Field in Chicago on Mon Aug 24, 2026 (AP News photo)
That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast:
#1 Rangers vs. White Sox: The Rangers shallacked the Chicago White Sox 11-2, and the Rangers produced the stronger offensive performance.
#2 Cubs vs. Diamondbacks: What was notable about Chicago’s pitching performance in its 7-0 shutout victory?
#3 Red Sox vs. Marlins: Boston rallied for two runs in the ninth to defeat the Miami Marlins, for a 4-2 win at LoanDepot Park in Miami Monday.
#4 Guardians vs. Angels: The Cleveland Guardians got a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels at the Big A in Anaheim, and how did the Guardians complete their sweep of Colorado and continue their momentum?
#5 Phillies vs. Mariners: The Seattle Mariners scored five runs and later defeated the Philadelphia Phillies who have been going good were beaten 9-2 at T Mobile Field in Seattle
#6 How tough has it got to be for the Sacramento A’s starter Jeffrey Springs who got touched up by the Minnestoa Twins for seven hits, four earned runs, striking out three batters and getting lifted after 4.2 innings in a 9-6 loss. Springs is still on just three wins for the season against 12 loses.
Amaury Pi-Gonzalez – Cuban-born Pi-González is one of the pioneers of Spanish-language baseball play-by-play in America. Began as Oakland A’s Spanish-language voice in 1977 ending in 2024 (interrupted by stops with the Giants, Mariners and Angels). Voice of the Golden State Warriors from 1992 through 1998. 2010 inducted in the Bay Area Radio Hall of fame.
While in the Bay Area, great food and great prices. 998cuba.com
Former Houston Astros general manager Dana Brown who was fired by the Astros on Mon Aug 24, 2026 is the third AL West general manager to be fired this season. (AP file photo)
The Athletics and the Atrocious The American League West
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By Amaury Pi-González
My dad used to tell me (in Spanish): “En la tierra del ciego, el tuerto es rey.”In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
That is the situation in the American League West: as of today, the five teams are under .500, but somebody will eventually win it. Monday, the Houston Astros dismissed their General Manager, Dana Brown. On August 7, the Athletics dismissed David Forst, their longtime general manager; earlier, on June 27, the Los Angeles Angels axed their GM, Perry Minasian.
Of the five General Managers in the division, only two are still employed: Texas Rangers Ross Fernstermaker and Seattle Mariners Justin Hollander. Is the guillotine greased and ready in Texas and Seattle? That would be something.
Today: One of the top candidates for MVP in the American League is Cuban-born Jordan Alvarez of the Houston Astros. He would not be the first MVP to win the league playing for a bad team. In 1958, Cubs shortstop Ernie Banks won it, with a club record of 72-82, Ernie (Let’s play two) Banks was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1977.
Trivia: See how good you are, and are you surprised?
Q: Who owns the record for the longest General Manager tenure in MLB history without being fired?
A: Brian Cashman is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of the New York Yankees. He has held this role since 1998, making him the longest-serving general manager in franchise history until today. That is 28 years and counting,
General Managers’ Salaries? Major League Baseball General Managers earn between $1 million and $4 million per year, but some elite executives make up to $5 million to $ 10 million annually.
Quote: “It is the nature of being the general manager of a baseball team that you have to remain on familiar terms with people you are continually trying to screw”
Famous quote by author Michael Lewis in his bestselling book Moneyball.
Amaury Pi-Gonzalez – Cuban-born Pi-González is one of the pioneers of Spanish-language baseball play-by-play in America. Began as Oakland A’s Spanish-language voice in 1977 ending in 2024 (interrupted by stops with the Giants, Mariners and Angels). Voice of the Golden State Warriors from 1992 through 1998. 2010 inducted in the Bay Area Radio Hall of fame.
Whether you’re pre-gaming with the Kings or celebrating an A’s win, Cyprus Grille at the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena is your downtown go-to.
⚡Craft cocktails? Check. 🔥Game-day bites? Oh yeah. 🏟️Steps from Golden 1 Center? You bet.
Open daily, Cyprus Grille is serving up local flavor with a front-row seat to the action. Stop by before or after the game—or make it your new downtown hangout.
Cyprus Grille—where fans fuel up.
📍Located inside the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena @ 300 J Street
Happy Hour – 4pm-6pm
Show your ticket for additional discounts when dining in.
Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham stands on the court during the first half of a WNBA basketball game against the Minnesota Lynx, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026, in Minneapolis. Cunningam said that she wants to protect females against bilogical men in female sports (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
2028 Olympic Committee policy on a controversial issue.
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By Amaury Pi-González
The International Olympic Committee announced a universal policy restricting the female category in all Olympic events to biological females starting at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Eligibility will be verified via a one-time genetic screening test to check for the SRY gene, effectively excluding transgender women and athletes with certain differences in sex development (DSD) who experienced male puberty,
During the next Olympics scheduled to take place in Los Angeles, USA, July 14 to July 30, only male-born athletes will compete against male-born athletes, and female athletes will compete against females. It has been proven that a person who is born male and goes through puberty is genetically stronger than a female-born. It would not be fair to women in sports
Nationwide U.S. polls show that a clear majority of American adults believe transgender athletes should only compete on sports teams matching their sex assigned at birth. Major national surveys, including research from the Pew Research Center and Gallup, consistently find that roughly 69% to 73% of U.S. adults oppose allowing transgender athletes to compete on teams aligning with their gender identity rather than their birth sex.
I am part ot the majority in this US poll. If my granddaughters were Olympic athletes, or just athletes in general, I would not be happy to have them compete against a biologically born male, and I am sure their parents would agree because they would be at a disadvantage, and that is very unfair. It is sad that this has become political here in the United States, because in my opinion this is just common sense.
I believe in inclusion, but it must be fair. A male who transitions to female during puberty has advantages in strength and bone density, which compromises competitive fairness and safety. This all began with US swimmer Lia Thomas, the first openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division 1 national championship in the 500-yard freestyle title in 2022 with the University of Pennsylvania. Her career ignited a national conversation about trans athletes in sports.
Here in the Bay Area, the San Jose State University (SJSU) women’s volleyball controversy centered on transgender player Blaire Fleming, sparking nationwide debate, team forfeitures, player lawsuits, and a major federal civil rights battle between the California State University system and the U.S. Department of Education. This also became a national story.
I would not be happy to have my two granddaughters have to compete against a biologically born male, and I am sure their parents would agree because the girls would be at a disadvantage, and that is very unfair. It is sad that this has become political here in the United States, because, in my opinion, this is just common sense. Over the past few years, this has been, and continues to be, a controversial topic in US sports, but let’s face it: sometimes common sense is not common.
2928 Olympics: 200 nations and regional territorial Olympic committees are projected to compete. Over 11,200 athletes will participate in the Los Angeles area.
Title IX is a federal law passed in 1972 that protects people from sex discrimination in all education programs and activities that receive federal money. It applies to both sexes and has been the main law used to protect women and girls from unfair treatment in schools, sports and campus life.
Olympic Quote: “I don’t run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.” – Nadia Comaneci.
Amaury Pi-Gonzalez – Cuban-born Pi-González is one of the pioneers of Spanish-language baseball play-by-play in America. Began as Oakland A’s Spanish-language voice in 1977 ending in 2024 (interrupted by stops with the Giants, Mariners and Angels). Voice of the Golden State Warriors from 1992 through 1998. 2010 inducted in the Bay Area Radio Hall of fame.
While in the Bay Area, great food and great prices. 998cuba.com
San Francisco Giants third baseman Buddy Kennedy is hitting .091 but has started the last three games (photo from Field Level Media)
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#1 The SF Giants are bascially using a triple A line up and even have a third baseman Buddy Kennedy who hitting .038 starting in the line up.
#2 The Giants had used Matt Chapman and Casey Schmitt as starting third basemen and both are on the IL around the time of the trade deadline and had to look to Kennedy for third base help.
#3 The Sacramento A’s are also having injury problems most recently Tyler Soderstrom suffered a hip inpingement and went on the 10 day IL, how much of an impact is it having Soderstrom out of the line up?
#4 Reggie Jackson recently said that at one time he attempted to purchase the Oakland A’s when former A’s owner Ken Hoffman and Steve Schott owned the team but Reggie said he was denied by MLB Commissioner at the time Bud Selig. The purchase as the team was sold to Lew Wolf. Reggie felt that was his best opportunity to own the A’s but was denied because Selig helped his fellow sority brother Wolf.
#5 The A’s have recently fell into last place in the AL West after being in first place earlier in the season. During the period when they were a first place team there was optimism and even some hope that they can hold on and get to the post season.
Amaury Pi-Gonzalez – Cuban-born Pi-González is one of the pioneers of Spanish-language baseball play-by-play in America. Began as Oakland A’s Spanish-language voice in 1977 ending in 2024 (interrupted by stops with the Giants, Mariners and Angels). Voice of the Golden State Warriors from 1992 through 1998. 2010 inducted in the Bay Area Radio Hall of fame.
Whether you’re pre-gaming with the Kings or celebrating an A’s win, Cyprus Grille at the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena is your downtown go-to.
⚡Craft cocktails? Check. 🔥Game-day bites? Oh yeah. 🏟️Steps from Golden 1 Center? You bet.
Open daily, Cyprus Grille is serving up local flavor with a front-row seat to the action. Stop by before or after the game—or make it your new downtown hangout.
Cyprus Grille—where fans fuel up.
📍Located inside the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena @ 300 J Street
Happy Hour – 4pm-6pm
Show your ticket for additional discounts when dining in.
Caitlin Clark guard (22) of the Indiana Fever drives on the Chicago Sky forward Isabelle Harrison (20) at the United Center on Jun 23, 2024. Clark is looked at as the savior of the WNBA who struggled before she joined the league (AP News photo)
Caitlin Clark: The Savior of the WNBA
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By Amaury Pi-González
Historically, the WNBA was an obscure basketball league; it received little media coverage, few people attended its games, and even the Poker championship on ESPN had higher TV ratings; in other words, nobody followed the WNBA. Compared to the NBA, the WNBA was like an “afterthought”. By the way, Australia and China also have similar leagues of lesser caliber; nonetheless, they are professional women’s leagues.
If you are of age, you can remember Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali), who brought boxing back from the dark days of obscurity, making professional boxing a huge mainstream sport with multi-million-dollar fights/contracts and television like never before. I am not comparing Caitlin Clark to Muhammad Ali, who became a world figure, an iconic cultural figure who, during his boxing years, was much more recognized worldwide than U.S. presidents. Ali definitely changed boxing; he was the main promoter. The “Thrilla in Manila” Ali vs Frazier fight in 1975 had a global audience estimated at up to 1 billion.
Before Caitlin Clark played in the WNBA, the average player salary was around $60,000; today, it’s around $600,000. A’.Ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces earns $1,400,000, and she is not alone; other players have similar contracts in a league that was once barely mentioned, -if at all- in sports newsrooms across the country. I know because I was there.
Some WNBA teams are owned by high-profile owners, like the Golden State Valkyries, owned by Joe Lacob and Peter Guber (co-owners of the NBA Golden State Warriors), and the Las Vegas Aces, owned by Mark Davis, owner of the NFL Las Vegas Raiders, and partial owner Tom Brady. The Aces won the championship last season.
Players’ unions do not build statues for their players; that is left to team management to do for their biggest stars, who are their employees, but a case could be made that a statue would someday be built for Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever because she made this league what it is today.
I know the “Savior” label isn’t popular with existing players, because some veterans feel they aren’t recognized for the work and talent they also brought to the league, and let’s face it, jealousy exists. But considering where the WNBA was when they were founded in 1996 and where it is today, in my opinion, Caitlin Clark saved this league because it is true, like it or not.
Quote: “Go after things people say you can’t do because more times than not, you can.” -Caitlin Clark
Whether you’re pre-gaming with the Kings or celebrating an A’s win, Cyprus Grille at the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena is your downtown go-to.
⚡Craft cocktails? Check. 🔥Game-day bites? Oh yeah. 🏟️Steps from Golden 1 Center? You bet.
Open daily, Cyprus Grille is serving up local flavor with a front-row seat to the action. Stop by before or after the game—or make it your new downtown hangout.
Cyprus Grille—where fans fuel up.
📍Located inside the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena @ 300 J Street
Happy Hour – 4pm-6pm
Show your ticket for additional discounts when dining in.
Amaury Pi Gonzalez calling the play by play on KBRG 105.3 FM in 1977 at the Oakland Coliseum radio booth (photo from the author Amaury Pi Gonzalez)
From My Notebook: First Spanish Radio Broadcast of Major League Baseball in the Bay Area —
By Amaury Pi-González
In 1978, the first Spanish radio broadcasts of Major League Baseball in the Bay Area were on KBRG 105.3 FM, Radio San Francisco (with studios in the Merchandise Mart). My booth for broadcasting was at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, home of the Oakland A’s.
That same season, when Oakland A’s owner Charlie Finley failed to secure a commercial radio contract, I was doing weekend games in Spanish from Box 19. To my left (not in the photo) was Larry Baer, today President and CEO of the San Francisco Giants.. Larry was a student volunteer from KALX, the campus station at UC Berkeley, who broadcast the first 16 games of the season to do play-by-play on that very limited-coverage radio station.
Because the UC Berkeley campus radio had very low wattage to cover the Bay Area, Mr. Carl Finley, trusted right-hand man of Charlie. Finley, and cousin to the owner of the A’s, told me to mention the score after the end of each inning in English, because their English station did not have enough coverage in the Bay Area, and so I did.
I broadcast all the action in Spanish, but after each half-inning I would give the score in English. Later on, after the 1979 season, when Rigoberto Tito Fuentes retired with the Detroit Tigers, I asked him to join me in doing color commentary. Our main studios for KBRG were located at the San Francisco Merchandise Mart (later known as the San Francisco Mart, 1355 Market Street, San Francisco. That same location housed Twitter/X and was vacated in 2024 by tenant Elon Musk, who sold Twitter and rebranded it as X. A historic building in many ways. In later years, the broadcast in Spanish moved to KOFY 1050AM Radio Burlingame.
The Oakland A’s changed owners a few years later, in 1980. Walter A. Haas Jr., the former president and CEO of Levi Strauss & Co., bought the Oakland A’s from Charles O. Finley on August 23, 1980, for roughly $12.7 million, with the formal acquisition completed later that year.
Yours truly, sales executive and very good friend Al Dougherty, with René DeLaRosa, owner of KIQI 1010AM La Grande 1010 in San Francisco, made a deal to move the games to that new station as we increased Spanish-language coverage in the Bay Area. Walter Haas Jr, Roy Eisenhart, and Andy Dolich, all great executives with the Oakland A’s, made these broadcasts, as well as the team, very successful with the Hispanic Community. Not to mention on the field, which culminated in a World Series title against the SF Giants in 1989.
I am very proud to have been part of this historic time in Bay Area Radio, as I worked very hard and faced many challenges to make these games in Spanish a reality. I remember writing to then-influential political figures at the local and state levels, who responded positively to the plans to extend this coverage for the largest minority in the Bay Area, the Hispanic community. This included the Mayor of San Francisco, the Honorable Dianne Feinstein, who later presented me with the City of San Francisco Award of Merit for my efforts to bring baseball in Spanish to the Bay Area.
Amaury Pi-Gonzalez – Cuban-born Pi-González is one of the pioneers of Spanish-language baseball play-by-play in America. Began as Oakland A’s Spanish-language voice in 1977 ending in 2024 (interrupted by stops with the Giants, Mariners and Angels). Voice of the Golden State Warriors from 1992 through 1998. 2010 inducted in the Bay Area Radio Hall of fame.
While in the Bay Area, great food and great prices. 998cuba.com
Former Golden State Warriors head coach Don Nelson (left) and Baron Davis (right) hug during the NBA Western Conference Finals first round in the fourth quarter against the Dallas Mavericks at the Oakland Arena on May 3, 2007 (AP News photo)
That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast:
#1 Former Golden State Warriors head coach and NBA three time Coach of the Year who passed this past week at 86 years was the second winninest head coach in NBA history.
#2 Nelson’s NBA playing career with the Boston Celtics played 11 years out of 14 and won five NBA championship.
#3 After Nelson’s playing career Nelson had a long coaching career from 1976-1987 with the Milwaukee Bucks, 1988-1995 and 2006-2010 with the Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks 1995-96, and Dallas Mavericks 1997-2005.
#4 Dallas Mavericks Governor Patrick Dumont talked about Nelson building the Mavericks into a franchise that was “a winning culture to Dallas.
#5 Amaury you were the Warriors Spanish play by play voice during Don Nelson’s coaching days what was that like to be able to work with Nelson and also you had a funny story about Nelson while flying with him on the plane.
Amaury Pi-Gonzalez – Cuban-born Pi-González is one of the pioneers of Spanish-language baseball play-by-play in America. Began as Oakland A’s Spanish-language voice in 1977 ending in 2024 (interrupted by stops with the Giants, Mariners and Angels). Voice of the Golden State Warriors from 1992 through 1998. 2010 inducted in the Bay Area Radio Hall of fame.
Whether you’re pre-gaming with the Kings or celebrating an A’s win, Cyprus Grille at the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena is your downtown go-to.
⚡Craft cocktails? Check. 🔥Game-day bites? Oh yeah. 🏟️Steps from Golden 1 Center? You bet.
Open daily, Cyprus Grille is serving up local flavor with a front-row seat to the action. Stop by before or after the game—or make it your new downtown hangout.
Cyprus Grille—where fans fuel up.
📍Located inside the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena @ 300 J Street
Happy Hour – 4pm-6pm
Show your ticket for additional discounts when dining in.
Don Nelson former Golden State Warriors head coach who was the second winningest coach and won five titles as a Boston Celtics player (AP file photo)
Don Nelson passed today at 86 – A good man, may he rest in Peace
By. Amaury Pi-González
Don Nelson coached the Golden State Warriors while their home base was in Oakland from 1988 to 1995 and then again from 2006 to 2010. I had the good fortune of meeting Coach Nelson while I was working for the Warriors as their first and only Spanish radio play-by-play voice in Bay Area history and covering all their games during the seasons.
The Warriors broadcast team also included. Jim Barnett, Greg Papa, Tim Roye, Bob Fitzgerald, and Steve Albert. Don Nelson always had a smile, a great attitude, and disposition. I worked those years when Don Nelson and other coaches like Rick Adelman and PJ Carlesimo also had a chance to lead the Warriors. Nelson coached for 4 NBA teams and won 5 championships as a player with the Boston Celtics.
Don Nelson took these teams to the Playoffs: Milwaukee Bucks, Golden State Warriors, Dallas Mavericks, and New York Knicks.
The legendary player and then coach, Don Nelson, was a 3-times NBA Coach of the Year. Inducted into the NBA Naismith Hall of Fame in 2012.
The coach had a great personality and was a big man at 6’7″. He passed today in Frisco, Texas. Nelson was 86.
Amaury Pi-Gonzalez – Cuban-born Pi-González is one of the pioneers of Spanish-language baseball play-by-play in America. Began as Oakland A’s Spanish-language voice in 1977 ending in 2024 (interrupted by stops with the Giants, Mariners and Angels). Voice of the Golden State Warriors from 1992 through 1998. 2010 inducted in the Bay Area Radio Hall of fame.
Whether you’re pre-gaming with the Kings or celebrating an A’s win, Cyprus Grille at the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena is your downtown go-to.
⚡Craft cocktails? Check. 🔥Game-day bites? Oh yeah. 🏟️Steps from Golden 1 Center? You bet.
Open daily, Cyprus Grille is serving up local flavor with a front-row seat to the action. Stop by before or after the game—or make it your new downtown hangout.
Cyprus Grille—where fans fuel up.
📍Located inside the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena @ 300 J Street
Happy Hour – 4pm-6pm
Show your ticket for additional discounts when dining in.
Houston Astros Jordan Alvarez (right) slugs a two run double in front of Texas Rangers catch Austin Wynns (left) at Minute Maid Field in Houston on Sun Aug 2, 2026 (AP News photo)
The Triple Crown – The Forgotten Award
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By Amaury Pi-González
The last American League player to win the batting Triple Crown was Venezuelan Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers in 2022. This season, Jordan Álvarez of the Houston Astros could become the first to win a Triple Crown since Cabrera. When Jordan Álvarez visited Oakland for the last time, he was fresh off signing a six-year, $115 million contract extension with the Houston Astros; it was in June of 2022.
I spoke with Alvarez in the Astros clubhouse before the game; he was quiet but happy when I congratulated him for his new contract. His home run power is well documented, but he doesn’t want to be called a slugger because he believes he is a hitter. Yes, and he is a great hitter with power, lots of power; there is no stadium in MLB that can hold him when he lifts the ball. As of Sun Aug 9 Alvarez is hitting .320, with 35 home runs, 86 RBIs, and 137 hits.
Although no Cuban-born player in Major League Baseball has won a Triple Crown, there is a Cuban-born player by the name of Martín Dihigo, who was a pitcher registered in official Major League history. I remember how revered Dihigo was in Cuba. His name in Cuba was El Inmortal” “El Maestro”. He won the Triple Crown in 1938 playing in the Mexican League, also in the Negro Leagues, which includes various stellar achievements. However, no Cuban-born player has won the Triple Crown in the American or National League.
Not easy to win a Triple Crown; you need to win the batting title, the home run title, and the RBI title, which has only been done by a handful of players, and they are all in the Hall of Fame
American League
1967: Carl Yastrzemski
1966: Frank Robinson (Baltimore Orioles)
1956: Mickey Mantle
1947 & 1942: Ted Williams
1934: Lou Gehrig
1933: Jimmie Foxx (Philadelphia Athletics)
1909: Ty Cobb
1901: Nap Lajoie
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National League
1937: Joe Medwick (St. Louis Cardinals) – .374 BA, 31 HR, 154 RBI
Quote: “Never swing at a ball you’re fooled on or have trouble hitting.” — Ted Williams, two-time batting Triple Crown winner (1942, 1947)
Amaury Pi-Gonzalez – Cuban-born Pi-González is one of the pioneers of Spanish-language baseball play-by-play in America. Began as Oakland A’s Spanish-language voice in 1977 ending in 2024 (interrupted by stops with the Giants, Mariners and Angels). Voice of the Golden State Warriors from 1992 through 1998. 2010 inducted in the Bay Area Radio Hall of fame.
Whether you’re pre-gaming with the Kings or celebrating an A’s win, Cyprus Grille at the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena is your downtown go-to.
⚡Craft cocktails? Check. 🔥Game-day bites? Oh yeah. 🏟️Steps from Golden 1 Center? You bet.
Open daily, Cyprus Grille is serving up local flavor with a front-row seat to the action. Stop by before or after the game—or make it your new downtown hangout.
Cyprus Grille—where fans fuel up.
📍Located inside the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena @ 300 J Street
Happy Hour – 4pm-6pm
Show your ticket for additional discounts when dining in.
Major League Baseball Players Association executive director Bruce Meyer represents the players in the lock out dispute with Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and the 30 team owners (AP file photo)
MLB: Why there will be a lockout
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By Amaury Pi-González
There is no “potential” lockout; it is coming.
This December 1st is the day the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) expires. I do not believe there will be a new deal in place between labor (players) and management (owners) by then. This is big business, and each side is trying to figure out who has the most leverage. Each side is trying to get leverage on the other side. The main dish “Salary Cap”
In December, we should hear (like it happened in previous disputes) from both sides; they will put their plan forward and all that jazz. That is going to happen, because that is the way it has always happened, and the best thing we have during this work stoppage is the history between owners and players, and there is precedent; you do not need a law degree to understand this. There is no mystery here.
Let us dig a little deeper. Q: Can the players strike during this 2026 Postseason? A: No, baseball players cannot strike during the upcoming 2026 playoffs because their current CBA (see above) runs through December 1, 2026. Therefore, the 2026 postseason, including the World Series, will finish before the labor contract expires. The current agreement guarantees there will be labor Peace throuigh the Postseason/World Series.
If there is no movement by late February or early March of 2027, then we all should be concerned, because the season will be in jeopardy.
The winter months? As it usually happens, other sports leagues are already playing: NFL, NBA, NHL, and on February 14, 2027, the Super Bowl is scheduled to take place at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles (Inglewood), California. The Super Bowl is the biggest yearly sporting event in the United States, so baseball is already on vacation; to me, it is more a TV spectacle than just a game.
So what? It doesn’t matter which side we are favoring, owners or players, because in the end we, the fans and the media, are just spectators in the bullpen.
However, there is one thing both sides agree on: Major League Baseball (MLB) is a very lucrative multi-billion-dollar business. With media rights, ticket sales, and corporate partnerships, this league is one of the most economically powerful sports leagues in the world.
Finally. How long will the lockout be? Nobody really knows today, so get your PopCorn and hot butter ready, because these things have a life of their own. While the labor unions’ favorite word is “Solidarity”, owners might use “Unity”, same cat with a different collar.,
Want to bet? Las Vegas oddsmakers are already taking bets on the possibility of winners and losers on this upcoming lockout. Who knows? Maybe we should ask a team that is supposed to open play in Sin City in 2028, the ex-Philadelphia-Kansas City-Oakland-Sacramento Athletics.
Quote: Rob Manfred, Baseball Commissioner, explaining the 2021–22 lockout): “We hope that the lockout will jumpstart the negotiations and get us to an agreement that will allow the season to start on time. We cannot allow an expired agreement to again cause an in-season strike and a missed World Series.
Like they say in French – Faites vos jeux – Place your bets.
Amaury Pi-Gonzalez – Cuban-born Pi-González is one of the pioneers of Spanish-language baseball play-by-play in America. Began as Oakland A’s Spanish-language voice in 1977 ending in 2024 (interrupted by stops with the Giants, Mariners and Angels). Voice of the Golden State Warriors from 1992 through 1998. 2010 inducted in the Bay Area Radio Hall of fame.
Whether you’re pre-gaming with the Kings or celebrating an A’s win, Cyprus Grille at the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena is your downtown go-to.
⚡Craft cocktails? Check. 🔥Game-day bites? Oh yeah. 🏟️Steps from Golden 1 Center? You bet.
Open daily, Cyprus Grille is serving up local flavor with a front-row seat to the action. Stop by before or after the game—or make it your new downtown hangout.
Cyprus Grille—where fans fuel up.
📍Located inside the Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown – Arena @ 300 J Street
Happy Hour – 4pm-6pm
Show your ticket for additional discounts when dining in.
