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Sacramento A’s Relocation podcast Daniel Dullum Sun Mar 23, 2025: Vegas Stadium Authority is still waiting on A’s to come up with construction money

Published on March 22, 2025 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment

The site of the Las Vegas A’s ballpark at the Tropicana on the Las Vegas strip which is being cleared for construction. The Las Vegas Stadium Authority is waiting for the A’s to come up with $100 million their share of the construction costs. (Las Vegas Review Journal file photo)

Sacramento A’s Relocation podcast Daniel Dullum:

#1 Daniel, after all this time and the deadline to pay for the A’s Las Vegas ballpark construction costs was due last December the Sacramento A’s owner John Fisher’s payment is still on hold at the tune of $1.75 billion.

#2 As of last week the A’s need to get private money and at a price that is of higher value then the team itself to get the Vegas park and shovels into the ground. No word from the A’s on the loan for the ballpark that was supposed to come from U.S. Bank and Goldman Sachs.

#3 The A’s right now need to come up with $100 million to just get started with limited public financing from the SB1 public funding bill that was approved in 2023 by the Nevada State Assembly for $380 million.

#4 Word is the Fisher Family has not come up with the funding and Las Vegas authorities can not confirm publicly or otherwise that the family has that kind of money or has that money to put down as of last week.

#5 A’s team president Sandy Dean said in an early March meeting with the Nevada Stadium Authority headed by Nevada Stadium Authority Chairman Steven Hill that the A’s will have the money coming from the Fisher Family and loans from U.S. Bank and Goldman Sachs. It’s yet to be seen. There are two questions regarding the financing of the Vegas ballpark #1 What will the Nevada State Assembly do if the Fishers can not come up with their share of the construction costs so that money from the SB1 bill can start funding the ballpark. #2 Will this land on the lap of MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred who helped spearhead the A’s relocation and will MLB be forced to go back to the drawing board and have to find a new location for the A’s who are playing their interim years in Sacramento?

#6 Can Oakland get back at the table if Vegas falls apart? Oakland has an interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins and Oakland will vote for a new mayor in November either Barbara Lee or Loren Taylor. If John Fisher has no where else to go would he and Rob Manfred reconsider working with a new Oakland Mayor and renew interest in building a downtown Oakland ballpark?

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

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: Giants selling ownership stake – What does it mean?

Published on March 19, 2025March 19, 2025 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment

Giants selling ownership stake – What does it mean?

That’s Amaury News and Commentary

By Amaury Pi-González

San Francisco Giants CEO Larry Baer says the money from the sale of 10% of the Giants will be used for ballpark improvements with the developments around the ballpark (San Francisco Chronicle file photo)

The San Francisco Giants dropped a 10% ownership stake in the franchise to the private equity firm Sixth Street, as reported today by the New York Times. The Giants did not confirm the specific share that it sold. Still, they said it was a “strategic partnership.” Larry Baer, Giants President, and CEO, said that the deal “allows (the Giants) to strengthen further our franchise on the field and in the community.”

That the Giants intend to use the money for improvements to Oracle Park and the Mission Rock mixed-use development surrounding the stadium, as well as the team’s Spring Training complex in Scottsdale. But it will not impact the team’s players’ payroll. And added, “This is about improvements to the ballpark, making big bets on San Francisco and the community around us, and having the firepower to take us into the next generation.” said Baer Major League Baseball Network revealed.

Major League Baseball and NBC Sports Regional Networks announced a new partnership today to stream games consumers for three MLB Clubs: Athletics (NBC Sports California), Giants (NBC Sports Bay Area), and Phillies (NBC Sports Philadelphia) – through MLB.TV during the 2025 season.

Fans in the Clubs’ home territories can now watch the networks’ game coverage live and on-demand with live pre-and post-game shows through the league’s streaming service, which is now entering its 23rd season. Talking about money for those who like to watch MLB games on TV.

This 2025 season- Packages for the A’s and Giants will be available monthly for $19.99 and can be bundled with MLB.TV’s out-of-market games for $39.99 a month. The Phillies package will be available for $24.99 monthly and can be bundled with MLB.TV’s out-of-market package for $44.99 per month.

Here’s a list of the current valuations for each MLB franchise as of late 2024,

1-New York Yankees $7.55 Billion

2 Los Angeles Dodgers $5.45 Billion

3 Boston Red Sox $4.5 Billion

4 Chicago Cubs $4.22 Billion

5 San Francisco Giants $3.8 Billion

6 New York Mets $3 Billion

7 Philadelphia Phillies $2.92 Billion

8 Atlanta Braves $2.8 Billion

9 Los Angeles Angels $2.7 Billion

10 St. Louis Cardinals $2.55 Billion

11 Houston Astros $2.42 Billion

12 Texas Rangers $2.4 Billion

13 Seattle Mariners $2.2 Billion

14 Toronto Blue Jays $2.1 Billion

15 Chicago White Sox $2.05 Billion

16 Washington Nationals $2 Billion

17 San Diego Padres $1.78 Billion

18 Baltimore Orioles $1.73 Billion

19 Milwaukee Brewers $1.6 Billion

20 Colorado Rockies $1.48 Billion

21 Minnesota Twins $1.46 Billion

22 Detroit Tigers $1.45 Billion

23 Arizona Diamondbacks $1.43 Billion

24 Cleveland Guardians $1.35 Billion

25 Pittsburgh Pirates $1.32 Billion

26 Cincinnati Reds $1.26 Billion

27 Tampa Bay Rays $1.25 Billion

28 Kansas City Royals $1.2 Billion

29 Miami Marlins $1.2 Billion

30 Oakland Athletics $1.1 Billion

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.

Headline Sports podcast with Charlie O: Skenes to start opening day for Bucs; Dodgers Ohtani goes deep in front of fans in Japan; plus more MLB news

Published on March 16, 2025 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment

Pittsburgh Pirates Paul Skenes will be the opening day starter for the Bucs on Thu Mar 27, 2025 against the Miami Marlins at LoanDepot Park in Miami (AP file photo)

On Headline Sports podcast with Charlie O:

#1 Pittsburgh Pirates Paul Skenes got the word from manager Derek Shelton that he would be the opening day starter. Skenes 22 years old a right hander was 11-3 and had an ERA of 1.96 in 23 starts for the Pirates in 2024 and won the NL Rookie of the Year Award. He said upon finding out that he would be the opening day starter “sweet.”

#2 Japanese and Los Angeles Dodger star Shohei Ohtani was raking at the Tokyo Dome on Saturday night in exhibition play against the Yomiuri Giants. Ohtani slugged a Titanic two run home run to right field to give the Dodgers a 4-0 lead and sent 42,000 fans standing and roaring for Ohtani.

#3 Miami Marlins outfielder Jesus Sanchez will be on the injured list for four weeks due to a oblique injury according to Marlins manager Clayton McCullough. Sanchez got hurt while playing in a spring training game against the Houston Astros. Sanchez 27 was a key hitter in the Miami line up last season hitting 18 home runs, 64 RBIs and 16 stolen bases an hit .252. He’ll be a bat that will be missed.

#4 Texas Rangers pitcher Jon Gray suffered a right wrist injury on Friday night which resulted in a fracture. Colorado Rockies first baseman Michael Toglia led off the fourth inning and lined one that struck Gray in the right wrist and will take him out of the rotation. The injuries are piling up for Rangers manager Bruce Bochy as left hand pitcher Cody Bradford is out with elbow soreness, pitcher Tyler Mahle is out forearm soreness. Not a great way to start the season as Bochy will have to work around the injuries to his pitching staff.

#5 Sacramento Athletic hitters are making good contact in spring training taking a look at some of the spring averages, starting with Lawrence Butler .355, 2 home runs, 7 RBIs, Shea Langeliers .348, 1 home run, 2 RBIs, Luis Urias .303, one home run, seven RBIs to name a few hitters who are doing some raking in the Cactus League for the A’s.

Join Charlie O for Headline Sports podcasts each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Sacramento A’s Relocation podcast: Taking an inside look at renderings and new Las Vegas A’s ballpark

Published on March 16, 2025 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment

Las Vegas ballpark rendering as presented by the Athletics and Bjarke Ingles Group the design firm (Bjarke Ingles Group the design firm rendering)

Sacramento A’s Relocation podcast:

#1 Frank Sharpe who is director of sports architecture for Bjarke Ingles Group the design firm for the Las Vegas A’s ballpark said that part of the design was to take the Vegas summer heat was to climate control the indoor park but to still give it that outdoor feel.

#2 Sharpe also said that portions of the armadillo shaped ballpark will have a 36,000 square foot glass curtain wall that will be in the outfield and give the fans a view of the strip and will have sunlight coming into the stadium.

#3 Athletics vice chairman Sandy Dean said that construction from a team of about 100 contractors have been working on the designs and had refined the renderings since the display was first presented in June 2023 when the A’s first announced they would be relocating to Vegas.

#4 The A’s ballpark will have six levels and will be all indoors and it will feel like a large arena with additional designs in the process according to Emily Louchart director of interiors with HNTB design firm.

#5 Louchart said that the park will have 20 suites, and 17 to 20 seat choices and nine lounge club spaces. That’s going to be quite luxury box.

Daniel Dullum does the Athletics Relocation podcasts Sundays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Giants Shake Off Early Miscues, Power Past Mariners 6-2

Published on March 15, 2025 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment

Scottsdale Stadium getting prepped for the game against the Mariners on Saturday afternoon (Photo: Jeremiah Salmonson)

By Jeremiah Salmonson

SCOTTSDALE — The San Francisco Giants brought the heat to a chilly 64 degree Scottsdale, Arizona. On Saturday, Bob Melvin rolled out a lineup that closely resembles what many expect to be the Opening Day lineup on March 27. The starting group featured LaMonte Wade Jr., Willy Adames, Matt Chapman, Heliot Ramos, Patrick Bailey, Wilmer Flores, Jerar Encarnacion, Tyler Fitzgerald, and Grant McCray. Jung Hoo Lee was a late precautionary scratch due to back tightness, though it’s not believed to be serious, and he may return as soon as tomorrow.

That lineup delivered, as the Giants cruised to a 6-2 victory over the visiting Seattle Mariners.

Logan Webb took the mound at a sold out Scottsdale Stadium as the Giants looked to continue their strong spring.

The scoring opened in the top of the second when the Giants struggled defensively with uncharacteristic infield errors. The inning could best be described as “throwing the ball all over the field.” Matt Chapman committed a fielding error, then followed with a throwing error on a double-play attempt that led to the game’s first runs. Logan Webb also had a throwing miscue, capping a rough sequence in which the Giants committed three errors in the inning. After the game, I asked Bob Melvin if he had to pinch himself watching Chapman—a Platinum Glove defender—make two errors in one inning.

“It’s like, get them out of the way now,” Melvin said. “Every once in a while, you’re going to have a game like that. And both those balls took funky hops. The throw was good—that wasn’t his fault on the double play.”

The Giants didn’t dwell on the miscues for long. In the bottom of the second, Heliot Ramos launched his first homer of the spring, an opposite-field shot off Logan Gilbert on a 1-1 count, cutting the Mariners’ lead to 2-1.

One inning later, the Giants took the lead. LaMonte Wade Jr. and Willy Adames each singled to center to set the stage for Ramos, who followed up his home run with a two-run double off the top of the left-center field wall, putting San Francisco ahead 3-2.

Webb settled in, tossing two more scoreless innings to finish with a strong line: five innings, 75 pitches, two unearned runs, one hit, one walk, and five strikeouts.

“Only gave up a run, but he shouldn’t have given up any,” Melvin said of Webb’s outing. “Good cutter again today, slider working both sides of the plate, changeup—everything looked good. When you’re seeing balls on the ground, you know he’s on his game.”

The Giants’ offense stayed hot in the fifth. Grant McCray doubled to left before Adames crushed a scalding opposite-field homer to right-center, extending the lead to 5-2.

Tyler Rogers worked a clean top of the sixth, allowing only one hit, and Jerar Encarnacion capped the scoring in the bottom half with a solo shot to right. The Giants led 6-2, which held as the final score.

The bullpen locked things down the rest of the way. Ryan Walker, Camilo Doval, and Randy Rodriguez pitched the seventh, eighth, and ninth innings, respectively, allowing just one hit combined while striking out five.

With the win, the Giants improved to 14-5, holding the best record in both the Cactus and Grapefruit leagues this spring.

Giants Top Performers:

Logan Webb earned the win, improving to 3-0 with a 1.84 ERA this spring.

Heliot Ramos went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBIs.

Jerar Encarnacion finished 2-for-3 with a double and a homer.

The Giants’ bullpen combined for four innings of two-hit, no-walk baseball with six strikeouts.

Up Next: The Giants face the Sacramento Athletics on Sunday at Scottsdale Stadium, with first pitch set for 1:05 PM PST.

That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast: Bonds and Clemens Hall of Fame hopes dim with rule changes; Yanks Cole out for season with Tommy John surgery; plus more news

Published on March 11, 2025 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment

Former Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Barry Bonds seen here being inducted into the Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame during a ceremony for the 2024 class before the Pirates game against the Cincinnati Reds Sat Aug 24, 2024. Bonds chances of Cooperstown Hall of Fame induction have dimmed due to new rule changes in 2025. (AP News file photo)

On That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast:

#1 Former San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds recently said regarding being nominated to the Hall of Fame and being on the ballot for the last ten years but not receiving the 75% “I’m not talking about that.” The same can be said about former New Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens. Both players are on the Contemporary Era ballot. In the last election in 2022 Bonds or Clemens did not receive more than four votes. Reasons given for the lack of votes to get in the Hall involvement in the PEDs scandal and the Hall of Fame’s character clauses. Rule changes in the Hall of Fame Committee state that any player, manager, executive who doesn’t get five or more votes will they will have to sit out the next three year voting cycle.

#2 Amaury, It was a short stint for Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole 34 who pitched in two spring training games and gave up seven runs. The Yankees ace said he felt pain in his elbow going into Friday and went through imaging tests which showed a torn ulnar collateral ligament that will require Cole to need Tommy John surgery that ends his 2025 season.

#3 Amaury, a mash up of the Texas Rangers caps, jersey and logos has created a visual of a vulgar word in Spanish the New Era cap in the 5950 collection has the T block superimposed over the X in the block in the word “Texas” it was a logo that appeared in the front of the team’s jerseys. MLB did not make any comment about enforcing the change. The Houston Astros, Los Angeles Angels, and Sacramento A’s mashed up hats also spell hidden vulgar words as well. Is this something that MLB didn’t catch or was making a buck more important than catching these hidden in plain sight words?

#4 Lawrence Butler signed a huge seven year $65.5 million deal with the Sacramento A’s on Monday. Butler met with the press in right field where Butler plays and where a table and chairs were set up to take questions from the media. Butler in 2024 hit .262, 22 home runs, and 57 RBIs.

#5 Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts signed a four year $32.4 million contract extension which calculates to a $8.1 million annual salary. The contract eclipses Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell’s $40 million annual salary. The Dodgers as an organization continue to show why they take care of their players, employees, broadcasters, and now manager Dave Roberts.

Headline Sports with Charlie O podcast: Yankees Cole rocked in 2 2/3 innings with sore elbow; Tigers Urquidy hoping to make comeback this season; plus more news

Published on March 9, 2025 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment

Former Houston Astro Jose Urquidy is signed to a $1 million deal that includes a one year option with the Detroit Tigers for the 2025 season. Urquidy has had Tommy surgery twice and is on the 60 day IL and hopes to make a return to baseball with the Tiger this season. (AP file photo)

On Headline Sports podcast with Charlie O:

#1 New York Yankees starter Gerrit Cole who has a sore elbow had imaging done on his right elbow and the Yankees expect to know more about his elbow in two more days. Cole 34, pitched on Thursday against the Minnesota Twins and was lit up for six runs on five hits in 2 2/3 innings of work. Cole said in the post game presser he felt alright but the elbow was sore after the game.

#2 The Detroit Tigers signed right hand pitcher Jose Urquidy that includes a one year option for 2026 to a $1 million one year deal. Urquidy is 30 and had Tommy John surgery back on Jun 5th. Urquidy also had his first Tommy John in 2017. Urquidy was placed on the 60 day IL and it’s a question on when he will return. Urquidy last pitched in 2023 and went 3-3 with a 5.29 ERA.

#3 One of the scary things about spring training is that one of your highest paid players could down with an injury and miss significant time. The Atlanta Braves Jurickson Profar is hoping that won’t be the case he had to leave Saturday’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates after jamming his left wrist when he landed on his left arm. X-rays proved negative and the Braves said Profar will go further testing.

#4 Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr said that his contract proposal was significantly lower than New York Mets Juan Soto and was less than $600 million. Guerrero said that he and the Blue Jays failed to secure an extended contract before the start of spring training. Guerrero is eligible to enter the free agency market this November. Guerrero is in his last season of his contract with the Jays.

#5 Two Major League teams two minor league parks. How much of a mistake is this on the decision of MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred to allow this to happen or did Manfred do the right thing with no choice but to have the Sacramento A’s and the Tampa Bay Rays play in minor league parks for the interim?

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That’s Amaury News and Commentary: The Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum at Giants FanFest ’25

Published on March 8, 2025 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment

Tito Avila Jr, President, Amaury Pi-González Vice President, minutes before FanFest opened at Oracle Park (March 8, 2025) Photo by the Major League Baseball Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum

The Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum at Giants FanFest ’25

That’s Amaury News and Commentary

By Amaury Pi-González

SAN FRANCISCO–A beautiful San Francisco day for the 2025 Giants FanFest at Oracle Oracle Park, around 10,000 to 15,000 people breathing the air of the Bay which already had the smell of baseball, yes, baseball is in the air, with about three weeks from the beginning of the regular season here in San Francisco’s Oracle Park, in my opinion the most beautiful baseball park in the world.

Thousands of fans with their favorite Giants bobble heads, mingle with their favorite players while enjoying lunch. Many families descended onto the field to enjoy the day, fathers with their sons playing catch was fun for everybody.

For this year’s FanFest The Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum and Hall of Fame was located at the third-floor Clubhouse Level. We met countless fans, and hundreds signed up for our museum list for the latest news and updates. It is always an enjoyable event, and the Museum has been a part of this experience with the Giants for over 20 years.

The president and founder of the museum, Mr.Tito Avila Jr., and yours truly, vice president and co-founder, and two of our staff museum members, welcome fans, many Spanish-speaking, proud to talk about their heroes.

I love to meet fans and talk baseball. Many of these fans I have known for years, including our President Tito Avila Jr. In 2000, I called the first game ever at this place on Spanish radio when it was called Pacific Bell Park. It will always have a special place in my baseball broadcasting career. Without these fans, and the energy they bring, this park would be just another beautiful place in a beautiful city. With these enthusiastic and knowledgeable fans, the FanFest is always a memorable event.

The Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame, which has been a traveling museum for years, feels closer than ever to having its first permanent location, steps away from Oracle Park at the Mission Rock project.

We know the Giants would be proud to have our museum as a permanent location in their neighborhood. It would be great for baseball, for the Giants, and the Hispanic community, especially San Francisco and the Bay Area. Over 33 percent of all major league players today are Hispanics/Latinos, and much higher in the minor leagues.

HE HHBMHOF IS COMMITTED TO PRESERVING THE HISTORY AND PROFOUND INFLUENCE THAT HISPANIC PLAYERS HAVE HAD ON AMERICA’S FAVORITE PASTIME

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Sacramento A’s Relocation podcast Daniel Dullum: A’s say shovels will go in the ground between April-June 2025 for Vegas ballpark construction

Published on March 8, 2025 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment

Site of the future Las Vegas A’s ballpark at the Tropicana Casino and Hotel resort on Wed Mar 5, 2025 as excavation is schedule to start between April-June and the park is expected to be ready by opening day 2028 according to the Athletics (photo by the Las Vegas Review Journal)

Sacramento A’s Relocation podcast with Daniel Dullum:

#1 The Sacramento A’s say their taking step closer to building their Las Vegas strip ballpark. The cost of the park is set at $1.75 billion. The A’s this week filed for a commercial grading permit in Clark County.

#2 The permit would allow the A’s to begin a mass excavation project on the Las Vegas strip where the Tropicana Casino and Hotel once stood. The permit was filed last Monday and the A’s and Bally’s Corp are merged for a ballpark/casino project on nine acres of the 35 acre location which is considered the busiest intersection in the world at Las Vegas Blvd and Tropicana.

#3 The ballpark capacity is expected to be 33,000 and construction is expected to get started between April and June. To make their payment schedule the A’s need to sell out the ballpark for every event for the next 30 years can they do it?

#4 The target for opening day at the Vegas ballpark is 2028. The A’s are applying for their entitlement process with Clark County. If they obtain the entitlements they can start construction. The entitlement would allow the A’s to be compliant with Clark County’s regulatory policies and regulations.

#5 Meanwhile Schools over Stadiums an education over stadiums organization with the backing of public education and it’s teachers and spokesperson Alexander Marks had a statement from the National Education Association of Southern Nevada regarding their push to stop public money for the A’s Las Vegas ballpark and Hollywood using public funds to begin a Hollywood Studio project in Las Vegas saying on Thursday night, “Not a single shovel in the ground yet and this project has already cost Nevada $36 million next year. That’s millions of dollars that could save hundreds of educator position and keep CCSD reading centers open-centers that are now slated to close due to budget shortfalls” Schools over Stadiums said in a X communication Thursday, “John Fisher gets $380 million in public money. They’re now considering $1.6B in public funds for a #HollywoodHandout”

Daniel Dullum does the Athletics Relocation podcasts each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: Last team to Relocate and the Atléticos Saga

Published on March 7, 2025 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment

Former Montreal Expos French play by play announcer Jacques Doucet is honored by Topps Baseball Cards and the Quebec Baseball Hall of Fame in 2020 (photo by Cooperstown in Canada)

Last team to Relocate and the Atléticos Saga

That’s Amaury News and Commentary

By Amaury Pi Gonzalez

The Montreal Expos played their final season in Montreal in 2004, averaging under 10,000 fans per game during that final season, and they had a 23-year playoff drought. They moved to Washington, D.C. and became the Washington Nationals.

In Montreal, the predominant language is French, 71% of the Montreal population speaks French. From 1969 to 2004 (35 years), Jacques Doucet called the games in French for the entire duration of the team’s existence in Canada’s most French city.

Doucet is the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, 84, and retired. I had the pleasure of meeting Doucet.. His career in baseball broadcasting was unique, as the only French announcer in the Major Leagues.

That career ended as the team changed cities. With their new name, the Washington Nationals, the Nationals played their first three seasons at RFK Stadium while Nationals Park was under construction. During those three seasons at RFK Stadium, they averaged between 23,000 and 33,000 fans per game.

Nationals Park was completed in 2008, and the Nationals played their first home game there on March 30, 2008. Since moving to Washington, D.C., the Nationals have won five NL Eastern Division titles, one NL Pennant in 2019, and the World Series against the Houston Astros that year.

Athletics relocation: The A’s have a good spring training home in Arizona. Their home opener is scheduled against the Chicago Cubs on March 31 at 7:05. Their plans for their permanent destination, Las Vegas, Nevada, are still on a bumpy road.

They have unsuccessfully hit up potential local investors in Sin City for months, but no takers have contacted them. Recent reports show that A’s expected to build the Las Vegas stadium, which will cost around $1.75 billion. Most of the cost, estimated by John Fisher and his family, is around $1.75. Originally the stadium’s projected $1.5 billion price tag went up to $1.75 because of inflation and the addition of 70,000 square feet of ballpark features.

The A’s announced they have sold out for the 2025 season at Sutter Health Park, Sacramento. The capacity is 14,014, which includes 10,624 permanent fixed seats and additional lawn seating on the grass berms beyond the left- and right-field walls.

Major League Baseball did not schedule the Los Angeles Dodgers to visit the A’s in Sacramento this season, which proves some relief to the A’s organization since the LA Dodgers generally travel with a rather large group of Japanese media reporters mostly following Shohei Ohtani, who is the #1 talent in the Major Leagues.

Those hardcore baseball fans in Sacramento if they want to see the Dodgers and Ohtani this year, they will have to travel to Oracle Park in San Francisco. These are the dates the Dodgers visit San Francisco this year. April 1-3, May 13-15, June 28-30 and July 22-25 The Traveling A’s, indeed.

Only God knows where the A’s will end. We see this year they stopped in Sacramento for three years, but Q: are they done traveling? A:Nope.

The Oakland Athletics called Philadelphia their home until 1955 and spent 13 years in Kansas City before relocating to the Bay Area (1968-2024) When the Athletics left Oakland after the 2024 season and move to Sacramento they will be the franchise with the most relocations in history across the major U.S. sports.