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That’s Amaury News and Commentary: When the A’s brought The Beatles Interview with Nancy Finley

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Beatles ticket from concert scheduled Thursday September 17, 1964 8:00pm at Municipal Stadium Kanas City (photo from Nancy Finley)

When the A’s brought The Beatles –Interview with Nancy Finley–

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By Amaury Pi Gonzalez

When most baseball fans think about Charlie O. Finley, owner of the Kansas City and then the Oakland A’s, they return to the three consecutive World Series he won for the Swinging A’s in 1972,73,74. By winning three consecutive World Series, Finley’s A’s became only the second team to date that accomplished such a feat. During their dynasties, the New York Yankees were the only other team.

Reggie Jackson, the centerpiece for those winning teams, said of Charlie O. Finley, “He was great for baseball, years ahead of his time,” Reginaldo Martínez Jackson, a Hall of Fame outfielder, played for the A’s from 1967 to 1975. Charlie O.

Finley’s innovations in baseball are legendary, from Charlie O, the mascot Mule of the team, to pioneering the idea of night games in the Postseason play/World Series to many other ideas that baseball adopted, innovations, including all sorts of promotions.

During the Kansas City years, Mr.Finley had one of the most significant music bands in history, The Beatles, who performed in Kansas City as part of one of many Charlie O.Finley promotions. Time Magazine included the Beatles in its list of 100 most influential people in the 20th century.

I interviewed Nancy Finley who tells me that Charlie (her uncle) sent her the 45 LP “I Wanna Hold Your Hand”, while her mother repeatedly played that song in the house. She tells me, “Dad (Carl Finley), the minority owner and General Manager, and Charlie were sitting with the group in a conference room waiting for performance time.

Dad said they were “a group of polite young men.” Spoken like a High School Principal. Charlie O.Finley left his mark in baseball and in American history, truly an innovator who brought the A’s the Gold and Green uniforms, the first team to let the players have facial hair, the Ball Girls, he was strong proponent of Inter league Play, decades before MLB adopted it in 1997.

Also, there is Night Playoff baseball, plus the Designated Hitter and Runner. He suggested the “alert ball,” also called the orange ball, to make it easier for the fans to follow the baseball because white was not that easy to see, and although that was never adopted, it was talked about.

I do not believe Mr.Finley would like any clock ruling in the game, the “free runner” at second base when a game spins into extra-innings, and some other radical changes during the last few years. Undoubtedly, when A’s Charlie O. Finley brought The Beatles, he left his mark on US pop culture forever. He was a visionary a showman and a man for the ages.

Quote: Dagoberto Blanco (Campy) Campaneris, who played more games than any other Athletics player, (1,795 games) a great shortstop born in Cuba, told me years ago talking about Charlie O. Finley ” Charlie no era solo dueño del equipo, pero hablaba y conocía de baseball” -Trans: “Charlie was not only the owner of the team, but he could talk and was knowledgable of the game of baseball”.

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: Béisbol de Grandes Ligas! The México City Series

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Mexican City Series 2024 between the Colorado Rockies vs. Houston Astros in Mexico City on Apr 27 and 28, 2024 (MLB.com image)

Béisbol de Grandes Ligas! The México City Series

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By Amaury Pi-González

Major League Baseball continues flirting with México, playing regular season games down México way. This weekend, the Houston Astros and the Colorado Rockies will play two games in the Mexico City Series at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú with 20,062 capacity. This will mark the seventh time MLB plays a regular season series in Mexican territory.

It will be the first international game for the Houston Astros since 2019. The Rockies also played in Monterrey during 2019 but in Spring Training. México City’s population is over 9 million, and the metro area population of México City is over 22,000,000 people. If baseball is smart “if” they should consider México City for expansion.

These are the potential cities that have shown interest for an expansion team, some are being considered.

Austin/San Antonio, Texas

Charlotte, North Carolina

México City, México

Montréal, Canada

Nashville, Tennessee

Orlando, Florida

Portland, Oregon

Raleigh, North Carolina

Salt Lake City, Utah

San José, CA

Coverage for the US. MLB TV (Saturday) and ESPN TV (Sunday)

Major League Baseball will expand from 30 to 32 teams in the coming years. The only uncertainties are when the process will formally begin and when the two new franchises to be named will begin play. The last time MLB expanded, ahead of the 1998 season, the Tampa Bay then-Devil Rays and Arizona Diamondbacks each had to pay $130 million to join the club. We feel confident the price has gone way up.

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

That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast: Sox poor attendance, threatening to move and poor record; Giants Snell heads to 15 day IL with adductor strain; plus more news

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Guarantee Rate Field on the South Side of Chicago home of the White Sox. The White Sox have not drawn well all season and have the worst record in baseball so far in 2024. (AP File photo)

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#1 Amaury, lots of talk about the Chicago White Sox problems all around, lack of attendance, team doesn’t have enough hitters and pitching to win games, Sox have won only three games this season, they have won only one road game out 12 so far this season, and are in dead last place in the AL Central.

#2 Amaury, San Francisco Giants pitcher Blake Snell is out with a left strained adductor and on the 15 day IL. Snell was a scratch on Wednesday’s day game at Oracle Park and was replaced by starter Ryan Walker in a bullpen game. Snell has been rocked in his last two starts Apr 14th vs. Tampa Bay giving up six hits and seven runs and Apr 19 against the Arizona Diamondbacks giving up nine hits and five runs.

#2 After getting swept in Cleveland in three games the Oakland A’s came to New York and won the first game of the three game series at Yankee Stadium on Monday on a Zack Gelof ninth inning two run homer. There are just some games that the A’s pull a rabbit out of the hat.

#3 It’s not often you get to see the A’s throw a shutout on the road but A’s starter JP Sears pitched six inning of shut out ball giving up three hits and striking out seven batters. A’s relievers Lucas Erceg and closer Mason Miller also kept the shutout in tact.

#4 Amaury if you had to point to one thing where the A’s improved a little this season and have had some success over the last few weeks what one thing would it be, JP Sears pitching, Zack Gelof’s hitting or the return Esteury Ruiz?

#5 Amaury, the San Francisco Giants are fourth in the NL West with the Dodgers, Padres, and Diamondbacks in front of them in the standings that said the Giants are only two games out of first place.

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

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: A’s wanted to move to Canada; Today’s A’s are in legal trouble

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At one time former Oakland A’s owner Charlie O Finley after moving the A’s from Kansas City to Oakland in 1967 considered moving the team again from Oakland to Toronto in 1970. Finley and the A’s later won three straight World Series from 1972-74 (photo from Instagram)

A’s wanted to move to Canada. Today A’s are in a Legal battle

By Amaury Pi Gonzalez

If you think that under owner John Fisher, this is the first time the A’s planned to move out of Oakland, you are mistaken; in 1970, two years after moving the A’s from Kansas City to Oakland, owner Charlie O Finley talked to Toronto representatives about moving the team to Canada.

A few years later, Finley’s team won three consecutive World Series in Oakland, 1972-73 and 74, a feat only accomplished by only one other franchise in history, the New York Yankees, who are well known for several dynasties on the way to winning an unprecedented 27 World Series today, it seems both sides, the one against the A’s moving out of Oakland and the one in favor of the A’s moving to Las Vegas, are now fighting inside the legal system arena.

Many people would say that this arena usually moves at a much slower pace than the actual game of baseball. Some cases take many years to get to court and then a decision. Schools over Stadiums is not an A’s fanbase group, it’s not made up of Oakland residents, but a political group with grassroots in Nevada that has filed a second legal effort to block Nevada from spending taxpayer funds to build a stadium at the current site of the Tropicana resort on the Las Vegas Strip.

Months ago, the State of Nevada legislature passed the bill, which authorized them to use $380 million in funds towards the A’s new stadium in Las Vegas. Local Oakland fan-based groups have supported Schools Over Stadiums, which they see as an ally in the fight to keep the team in Oakland.

Most recently, the Oakland A’s filed a motion to intervene in this case, aiming to halt Schools Over Stadiums’ efforts. The A’s attorney’s job is to propel the A’s entirely out of Oakland (with a temporary 3-year residence in Sacramento) and to set shop permanently in Las Vegas, Nevada, by 2028. Luckily for everybody, the A’s case has no statute of Limitations. You might say so.

However, for those cynical fans who consider moving the team out of Oakland a “crime.” Here is some ‘Law talk’: The statute of limitations sets a deadline for initiating legal proceedings in a dispute. The length of time allowed varies depending on the severity of the offense and the jurisdiction where it is being disputed. Cases involving severe crimes, like murder, typically have no time limit.

Under international law, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide have no statute of limitations. Two Proponents of statutes of limitations believe they are needed because, with time, substantial evidence may be lost, and witnesses’ memories can grow foggy.

Let’s stretch our collective memories and imagine if today MLB had a Commissioner like Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who was elected Baseball’s first Commissioner in 1921.

What would Judge Landis rule on the Athletics relocation? We will never know.

Here is one of Judge Landis’s famous quotes:” Baseball is something more than a game to an American boy; it is his training field for life’s work. Destroy his faith in its squareness and honesty, and you have destroyed something more; you have planted suspicion of all things in his heart”.

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

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: Warriors – Thanks for the Memories

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The Golden State Warriors bench looked tired and ready for the end of the 2023-24 season as they dropped their Play In Game to the Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento on Tue Apr 16, 2024 (AP News photo)

Warriors – Thanks for the Memories

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By Amaury Pi-González

The dynasty of NBA titles in 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2022 has ended as we move into a period of uncertainty, huge decisions, and big changes for the team. In the NBA, there is a trend of the ‘no 10th seeded team advancing to the playoffs from the Play-In’.

The Golden State Warriors were eliminated when they lost 118-94 in Sacramento to the Sacramento Kings; the score shocked many. Suddenly, Sacramento has become sort of a villain when it comes to Bay Area sports.

Oakland groups opposing Oakland A’s owner John Fisher from selling the team and moving them to Sacramento (and ultimately to Las Vegas) beginning next year and at least from 2025 to 2027 have pledged they will also travel to Sacramento to continue what they have called “the summer of SELL” some more more radical A’s fans are calling it “The Summer of Hell”. I do not think Mr.Fisher will sell, not yet, but once and if the team moves to Las Vegas, then (about selling) like they say in Vegas “all bets are off”.

Although the Warriors have nothing to do with the world of the A’s, it is interesting that California’s Capital is now focused on major league sports. But, as far as the Golden State Warriors, in the 2024-25 season, they have lost some of that “Shine” they used to enjoy.

But they know nothing will last forever. What is very active and present in Sacramento is Mr.Vivek Ranadivé, owner of the Sacramento Kings and the Sacramento River Cats, and he was a thrilled man last night. As far as the Warriors? Fans should thank them for the Memories, as they might have a different team next season. Some huge decisions must be made in the “not too far” future.

Warriors superstar Stephen Curry had an honest quote after his team’s defeat in Sacramento. “We all got to look at ourselves in the mirror and figure out what we individually can do better. In those deciding moments of a game, better decisions, better discipline to not foul, all the little things that we know impact winning. That’s the only way we’re going to get out of this little funk where you’re playing hard, and you have nothing to show for it.”

Curry is an honest man who, this month said he is thinking of running for President of the United States. This is quite a statement since honesty is not abundant in today’s political world. As the famous quote goes, “We know a politician is lying when his lips are moving.”

I can appreciate the Warrior’s success; I was a witness as a broadcaster in the 1990s for the Warriors, broadcasting all their games in Spanish home and away with the team (by the way, I was the only Spanish broadcaster they ever had).

Although they had inspiring players, like Chirs Mullin and good teams, they never enjoyed such a championship run as the 2000s Warriors. So, congratulations to owners Joe Lacob and Peter Guber for their success; they deserve it. Unlike other owners, I have never heard one Bay Area fan complaining about the Warrior’s current ownership. How could you?

Amaury Pi Gonzalez does That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcasts Tuesdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast: Could a Mayor Thao recall get a better Mayor for A’s to work with? Aramark’s employee gag order from media how long will that last?

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Oakland voters are hoping to uproot Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao in a recall. If successful the question is if the Oakland A’s ballpark deal falls apart in Las Vegas can a new Oakland mayor make a new pitch to the A’s to get them to stay and build a park in Oakland? (AP file photo)

On That’s Amaury News and Commenary podcast:

#1 Food and beverage concessionaires at the Oakland Coliseum have been told in a 99 worded company letter they had better keep their opinions about lay offs, the A’s relocation to Sacramento, or any business related issues regarding Aramark to the media or reporters. Aramark also said that “violations of this policy are subject to discipline up to and including termination.”

#2 Aramark who serves food and beverages to nine Major League Stadiums and is a Forbes Fortune 500 holder and is the 50th largest employer in America. Is the issue of the lay offs a huge concern for Aramark and is putting a muzzle on the Coliseum concession employees a prevention from any negative publicity because of the layoffs after this last season in Oakland for the Aramark employees.

#3 Amaury, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao could face a recall. Currently Oaklanders are trying to put together a petition drive to get a ballot initiative to get Thao recalled. If successful and its long shot could a new mayor try and get together with the Oakland A’s and try and work something out for a stadium if the Las Vegas deal falls through.

#4 Mayor Thao has surmounting complaints from City of Oakland residents who want her removed because of the firing of Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong, the huge crime that has forced retailers particularly in downtown Oakland and Chinatown to either fold their businesses or move, and the Airport corridor has seen car break ins and crime at their local restaurants including the high profile In and Out Burger and Denny’s close and shutter their businesses. Now with the recent rent offer by the City of Oakland and the Coliseum Joint Authority of $97 million for the A’s to rent the Coliseum was so inflated that it chased off A’s team president David Kaval who the next day chose to have the A’s play their interim years in Sacramento. Many critics said this was poor handling of business from the City of Oakland and the appearance of gouging on the City’s part.

#5 In the event of a new Oakland Mayor takes over for a recalled Thao that new mayor could call the A’s back to the bargaining table if Vegas were to fall apart and offer the A’s a sweetheart deal. Here is the scenario come back to the Coliseum from Sacramento for $3 million a year. Offer to bridge the gap that the City and A’s were apart on for Howard Terminal and that money some $97 million (sound familiar) and the money will be paid back on taxes on ticket sales and concessions and parking.

#6 The current plan to have the A’s in Sacramento if Las Vegas fails won’t work from the marketing and sponsorship aspect. What works for the NBA Sacramento Kings in advertising might not work for the A’s who will see that money get divided in half when they and if they build a 30,000 seat stadium in Sacramento. The A’s would be playing in the 20th TV market while it’s likely they can get the support but owner John Fisher’s TV revenue will also come down from what he’s getting in Oakland at $70 million versus what he would get in Sacramento around $35 million.

#7 If you follow the money whether it’s in Las Vegas or Sacramento the A’s lose. TV money always rules the day even if the A’s were to get good crowds they leaving Oakland will hurt their pockets by walking away from their $70 million TV contract with NBC California. If Oakland changes it’s mayors maybe the A’s could consider changing their minds.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the lead play by play voice at 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 podcast: The JP stands for Just Pitching as Sears takes no hitter into 7th against baseball’s champs

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Oakland A’s pitcher JP Sears gets a congratulations for a job well done after being relieved in the seventh inning against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Stadium in Arlington on Thu Apr 11, 2024 (AP News photo)

On That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast:

#1 Oakland A’s pitcher JP Sears put the old baseball saying good pitching beats good hitting to use going into the seventh inning with a no hitter against baseball’s World Champs the Texas Rangers. Sears left after surrendering a hit in the seventh.

#2 Sears had everything working for him he didn’t give up a run walked three batters and struck out five innings.

#3 Despite walking batters in the first three innings Sears was able to get out of each of those innings. Things have dramatically have turned around since the A’s had a rough opening homestand to start the season taking two out of three from the Detroit Tigers and Rangers on the road.

#4 Sears said after the game that the A’s are just trying to win every games and when things are going bad and no expects you to win you just put your head down and go to work.

#5 Amaury the A’s are back home and after having the kind of road trip that they had going 4-2 they open up a series against the Washington Nationals (5-7) who have lost six of their last ten games can the A’s keep it going?

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the lead play by play voice for the Oakland A’s Spanish radio network at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: Sacramento Baseball A’s and River Cats

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Sutter Health Park a panoramic view. The Park will be the interim home of the A’s for the 2025-28 seasons.

Sacramento Baseball: A’s and River Cats

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By Amaury Pi-González

The most recent statistics from the State of California list the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom Metro Area with 2,397,382 residents. Only the Los Angeles-San Bernardino-Ontario-Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura Metropolitan Area, the nine-country San Francisco-San José-Oakland Metropolitan Area and San Diego and the surrounding area have a higher population concentration than the Sacramento Metro.

The baseball question many have in mind. Are there enough baseball fans to support a Major League team in the Sacramento Area? Since 2016, these are the official attendance records for the Minor League Sacramento Rivercats. 2016: 609,666. 2017: 562,237. 2018: 538,785. 2018: 549,440. 2020: Covid. 2021: 256,714. 2023: 388,246.

Sutter Health Park, West Sacramento’s capacity is 10,624 (fixed seats), 14,014 total. Including Fixed Seats, Lawn, and Standing Room). If you are wondering about minor league baseball parks, Sahlen Field, home of the International League Buffalo Bisons, has the highest seating capacity of all active Triple-A teams in the US, 16,600, while Tacoma’s Cheney Stadium has the lowest capacity, 6,500.

It could be complicated for the A’s and the Rivercats to share Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento starting in 2025; with such a small capacity that it is not close to Major League standards, they need many improvements.

In a recent release from NBA Sacramento Kings, the majority owner of the River Cats said MLB is working with both teams to ensure that their schedule meets MLB and MiLB guidelines and that they have dedicated facility space.

They plan to modify Sutter Health Park, which had just undergone a multi-million dollar renovation, which includes upgrading LED lighting and adding a clubhouse scheduled to be completed before the 2025 season.

By now, it is known that Mr.Vivek Ranadivé, owner of the Kings and the River Cats, is the most powerful man in Sacramento regarding sports. Tony Clark, the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, will have to approve all of the above for the 2025 season and for the Oakland A’s to play in Sacramento before the 2025 season.

This is what is happening with Sutter Health Park in Sacramento to date. According to the Las Vegas Business Review, the Nevada Supreme Court did not decide Tuesday after hearing arguments regarding a challenge to the Oakland Athletics public funding bill of $380 million.

Schools Over Stadiums were each given 17 minutes to argue their sides to the seven Supreme Court justices on why a lower court’s 2023 decision regarding a petition opposing Senate Bill 1, the A’s stadium public financing bill signed into law last year, should be upheld or appealed.

That one is now in the hands of the lawyers, and when lawyers get involved, only God knows. Mark Twain (1835-1910) observed correctly about lawyers: “Lawyers are like other people–fools on the average; but it is easier for an ass to succeed in that trade than any other.” And this is how the ball bounces.

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

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: Diversity and Inclusion? Giants voted Yes for the A’s to leave

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MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred seen here on Thu Nov 16, 2023 addressing the media during an owners meeting in Orlando Fla. Manfred has been questioned about his stance on leaving Oakland a very diversified region for Las Vegas. Some have asked why Manfred is leaving a diverse community after saying baseball is trying to be more diverse and improve it’s minority fans, players and employees. (AP file photo)

Diversity and Inclusion? Giants voted Yes for A’s to leave

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By Amaury Pi-González

OAKLAND–In 1989, the same year the Athletics swept the Giants in four games in the World Series with the Loma Prieta Earthquake, Oakland A’s owner Wally Haas ceded the San José territorial rights to the San Francisco Giants.

Giants owner Bob Lurie was frustrated in getting a new stadium for the Giants in San Francisco. At the time, a group of investors led by Vince Naimoli and a group of investors from St. Petersburg had agreed with the Giants to move them to the Tampa Bay Area.

However, the National League owners voted against the acquisition. Answering some fans’ questions: Owners can vote Yes or No when another team plans to move. Last November, the League 30 owners voted unanimously in favor of the Oakland A’s moving to Las Vegas, exceeding the 75% approval requirement.

Among these owners was the signature of Charles P. Johnson (or another Giants top executive with the blessings of Mr.Johnson, owner of the San Francisco Giants). Had the Giants voted “No,” that would at least have been a symbolic act of courage that I believe Bay Area baseball fans had respected and appreciated, keeping the rivalry with the team that plays in Oakland and the importance of keeping the Bay Area a two-team Major League market, which it is.

But that was not the case; the Giants swallowed the relocation pill the Commissioner had served all the owners in baseball. After all, from the beginning of this ordeal, one of the leading proponents of the A’s leaving Oakland is Mr.Rob Manfred, the Commissioner of Major League Baseball.

The two Bay Area teams have won 7 World Series combined while playing in this great area we love called The Bay Area. The Giants have won three since moving from New York, and the A’s have won four since moving from Kansas City.

Diversity and Inclusion (something the MLB Commissioner’s Office in New York professes all the time) obviously won’t apply to “inclusion” for the A’s in the two-team Bay Area baseball market. So much for Diversity and Inclusion. How about Deception and Hypocrisy? Cynics will quote this famous line from The Godfather: “It is not personal; it’s just business.”

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

That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast: Gelof is taking off with key hits; A’s open three game set in Texas tonight

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Oakland A’s hitter Zack Gelof (with helmet) is congratulated by teammate after hitting a three run second inning home run at Comerica Park in Detroit against the Detroit Tigers on Sun Mar 7, 2024 (AP News photo)

On That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast:

#1 Success in the Detroit Tigers series for the Oakland A’s winning two out of three. The last two games the A’s came away with wins on Saturday with a 4-0 shutout and a 7-1 win over the Tigers on Sunday.

#2 One of the key players for the A’s was Zack Gelof on Sunday hitting a three run home run with four RBIs as the A’s clobbered the Tigers 7-1 to conclude the series.

#3 To give you an idea how a great game that Zelof had he had an RBI triple in the top of the first inning and later scored on JJ Bleday’s single.

#4 The A’s also got good pitching holding the Tigers to just a run from starter Joe Boyle who went five innings, two hits, three walks, and six strikeouts.

#5 The A’s open a three game series in Texas tonight. The A’s will start pitcher Alex Wood (0-1 ERA 9.72) and for the Texas Rangers Nathan Evaldi (1-0 ERA 1.38). The Rangers are tough customers and manager Bruce Bochy would be a worthy opponent. First pitch 5:05pm PDT at Globe Life Stadium in Arlington.

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