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A’s rout Tigers 12-3; Oakland scores big in 1st, 6th and 8th innings in laugher

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The Oakland A’s Esteury Ruiz swings for a two RBI single in the top sixth inning against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit on Wed Jul 5, 2023 (AP News photo)

By Jerry Feitelberg

Wow, the A’s, after beating the Tigers 1-0 on Tuesday, routed the Tigers 12-3 on Wednesday. The A’s offense came to life, and the A’s pitching was outstanding. The team that could muster two hits on Tuesday had 14 hits, including three home runs, that produced 12 runs.

The A’s opener Austin Pruitt worked three innings and retired all nine hitters. Lefty Ken Waldichuk had one of his best outings of the year. Waldichuk took over in the fourth and held the Tigers scoreless until the eighth.

The A’s scored three in the first, one in the third, one in the fourth, four in the sixth, and three in the eighth. In the first, the big blow was Ryan Noda’s ninth home run with a man onboard to give the A’s an early 3-0. In the third, Jordan Diaz singled with one out.

Aledmys Diaz doubled to drive in Jordan with the A’s fourth run. The A’s were pounding Tigers’ starter Eduardo Rodriguez. The onslaught continued when Shea Langeliers blasted a solo home run in the fourth to make it 5-0. Tigers’ skipper A.J. Hinch removed Rodriguez from the game.

The A’s made the game a runaway in the top of the sixth as they put four more runs on the board. With one out, She Langeliers singled and went to second on a throwing error by the Tigers’ third baseman Zack McKinstry. JJ Bleday singled, and Langeliers stopped at third.

Nick Allen walked to load the bases. Tony Kemp singled to drive in Langeliers and Bleday, and Allen went to third on the play. Kemp then stole second. Leadoff hitter Esteury Ruiz singled to drive in Allen and Kemp. The A’s led 9-0 after six.

In the eighth, the A’s put more icing on the cake as they scored three times. With one out, Nick Allen and Tony Kemp singled. Tyler Wade was inserted into the game after Ruiz had to leave with an injury. Wade’s fielder’s choice allowed Allen to score.

Kemp was out at second. Jordan Diaz, who had two singles in the game, blasted a two-run home run into the seats in right field to finish the A’s scoring. The A’s led 12-0 midway through the eighth.

The Tigers finally put some runs on the board in the eighth. Waldichuk had allowed the Tigers just one hit in the first four innings of work. In the eighth, Waldichuk walked the first two hitters. He could not keep his fastball down in the strike zone. Waldichuk regained his composure and retired catcher Jake Rogers for the first out. Waldichuk now had to face Miguel Cabrera.

Cabrera, a sure bet for baseball’s Hall of Fame, doubled to drive in the Tigers’ first run. Jake Marisnick, a former Oakland Athletic, drove in the Tigers’ second run with a sacrifice fly to right field. The Tigers added a run in the ninth.

Game Notes- The A’s won for the fourth time in the last five games and the 13th in the last 26 games. Their record improved to 25-63. This team wants the New York Mets to keep their record of 120 losses in a season. Their record over the last 26 games indicates that the team will continue to improve. The Tigers are now 37-48.

Waldichuk was the winning pitcher. He earned his second win. The losing pitcher was Eduardo Rodriguez.

The A’s line score was 12 runs, 14 hits, and no errors. The hitting stars for Oakland were Jordan Diaz, Esteury Ruiz, Shea Langeliers, Tony Kemp, and Ryan Noda. Diaz had two singles and a home run, Ruiz had two singles and stole his 43rd base, Langeliers had a single and a home run, Kemp had two singles and a stolen base, and Ryan Noda had a two-run blast.

The A’s will be going for a sweep on Thursday. A’s manager Mark Kotsay will send lefty Hogan Harris (2-2 5.17) to the hill for Oakland. Harris will be seeking his third win of the campaign. The Tigers will counter with Michael Lorenzen (2-6 ERA 4.28). The game will start at 10:10 am.

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: Memories of Oakland (No.6 in Series)  1987 All-Star Game at Coliseum

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Logo from the 1987 All Star Game hosted by the Oakland A’s at the Oakland Coliseum (logo from Oakland A’s and MLB)

By Amaury Pi Gonzalez

On July 14, 1987 the Oakland Coliseum hosted the 1987 MLB All-Star Game. There were two Oakland Athletics on this game representing the American League and both were in the reserves; first baseman Mark McGwire and relief pitcher Jay Howell.

A’s legend Rickey Henderson was in the starting lineup but for the New York Yankees. McGwire won the AL Rookie of the Year in 1987 and went on the establish the current record for a rookie of 49 home runs.

The A’s had three consecutive Rookies of the Year, José Canseco in 1986, Mark McGwire in 1987, and Walt Weiss in 1988. 49,671 were in attendance at the Coliseum for that night’s game won by the National League All-Stars 2-0 over the American League All-Stars in 13 innings; Tim Raines of the Montreal Expos was named the Most Valuable Player. This was the only time since the A’s played at Oakland that the Oakland Coliseum hosted an MLB All-Star game.

Named by the Oakland A’s ownership as part of the Clout Committee, I was privileged to meet with various civic personalities, including the Mayor of Oakland Lionel Wilson as well as others in the community. The All-Star Gala is always a special gathering of community and baseball people, my wife Gail and I sat at a table that included two Twins greats, Kirby Pucket and Tony Oliva.

Prior to the game at the Coliseum, Bay Area Media personality, Rich Lieberman introduced me to the one and only Larry King, who was said to have conducted over 50,000 interviews on radio and television, from Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Paul McCartney to Margaret Thatcher and thousands in-between.

The Walter Haas ownership of the Oakland A’s did a wonderful job organizing this big event together with the City of Oakland and Major League Baseball, it was a classy well-organized event that made Oakland proud.

There was a time when Oakland was a proud city, as a matter of fact Oakland was once called ‘City of Champions”, with the A’s winning three consecutive World Series in 1972-73-74, the Warriors winning the NBA title in the 1974-75 season and the Raiders winning in 1976 the first of their three Superbowl titles.

It is said that Gertrude Stein, who was raised in Oakland, when later she grew up and became an American novelist, playwright and art collector, and then moved to Paris in 1903 where she lived for the rest of her life once said about Oakland; ”When you get there, there isn’t any THERE there.”

Two years later, after the 1987 MLB All-Star Game, the Loma Prieta earthquake shook the A’s vs Giants World Series, which the As swept in four games. It was felt that it would be inappropriate to have a parade in Oakland for the World Series champion Oakland Athletics.

They did celebrate, though with this subdued celebration (a victory rally) at the Jack London Waterfront and broadcast live by local San Francisco CBS affiliate, KPIX. It would be the last civic celebration by a professional sports franchise in Oakland until 2015 when the Warriors won the NBA title.

I always remember 1987 as a good year for Oakland and a “departing point” for what came later for the Oakland Athletics during the great Tony LaRussa years.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca: Giants need to get some runs on M’s pitching to come back in series at Oracle

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The San Francisco Giants starter Keaton Winn delivers a first inning pitch against the Seattle Mariners at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Tue Jul 4, 2023 (AP News photo)

On the San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael:

On the Giants podcast with Michael Duca:

#1 Seattle Mariners starter Logan Gilbert went the distance on Tuesday afternoon shutting out the San Francisco Giants giving up only five hits and striking out seven hitters. Gilbert had his control and kept hitters off balance all afternoon.

#2 Michael, Logan was so happy with the results of his handy work that he danced a bit and apologized for it later on saying he was just so excited to pitch a shutout and go the distance.

#3 The Mariners got some good hitting out of AJ Pollock who hit a two run blast as the Mariners came out ahead with a six run win. Pollock was key to providing some offense for the M’s.

#4 Michael, Giants manager Gabe Kapler wanted to use Michael Conforto as designated hitter rather than start him in the outfield. Conforto is recovering from his left hamstring injuries when he injured himself last week Wednesday making a catch in the outfield in Toronto.

#5 Game 3 is on tap tonight Michael, the Mariners will start Tommy Milone (0-0 ERA 1.93) and for the Giants righthander Alex Cobb (5-2 ERA 3.12) a 6:05pm PT first pitch. No doubt Cobb is looking for his sixth plus a chance to even the score from Tuesday night’s 6-0 loss.

Join Michael Duca for the San Francisco Giants podcasts Thursdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants podcast with Jim from the On Base Show: M’s Gilbert had great control on Giants line up on Tuesday

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Seattle Mariners starter Logan Gilbert is congratulated by catcher Tom Murphy following shutting out the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Tue Jul 4, 2023 (AP News photo)

On the Giants podcast with Jim from the On Base Show:

#1 Seattle Mariners starter Logan Gilbert went the distance on Tuesday afternoon shutting out the San Francisco Giants giving up only five hits and striking out seven hitters. Gilbert had his control and kept hitters off balance all afternoon.

#2 Jim, Logan was so happy with the results of his handy work that he danced a bit and apologized for it later on saying he was just so excited to pitch a shutout and go the distance.

#3 The Mariners got some good hitting out of AJ Pollock who hit a two run blast as the Mariners came out ahead with a six run win. Pollock was key to providing some offense for the M’s.

#4 Jim, Giants manager Gabe Kapler wanted to use Michael Conforto as designated hitter rather than start him in the outfield. Conforto is recovering from his left hamstring injuries when he injured himself last week Wednesday making a catch in the outfield in Toronto.

#5 Game 3 is on tap tonight Jim, the Mariners will start Tommy Milone (0-0 ERA 1.93) and for the Giants righthander Alex Cobb (5-2 ERA 3.12) a 6:05pm PT first pitch. No doubt Cobb is looking for his sixth plus a chance to even the score from Tuesday night’s 6-0 loss.

Jim does the Jim On Base Show on You Tube and Facebook and guested for today’s podcast at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

MLB The Show podcast with Stephen Ruderman: Codero suspended for rest of season for domestic violence by Yanks; Angels IL problem; plus much more

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New York Yankee pitcher Jimmy Codero has been suspended for the rest of the 2023 season including the post season for domestic violence. Details of what happened has not been disclosed by the Yankees. Codero’s suspension started immediately according to the Yankees. (AP News photo)

On the MLB podcast with Stephen:

#1 The New York Yankees suspended pitcher Jimmy Cordero for domestic violence. The Yankees in a statement said they are aware of Cordero domestic violence policy violations saying “there is no justification for domestic violence.” Cordero is suspended for the remaining 76 games and the post season. Cordero a 3.86 ERA with 34 strikeouts and ten walks. No details of the domestic violence charge was disclosed.

#2 The Los Angeles Angels Mike Trout is out with a fracture left wrist and was put on the ten day IL, Anthony Rendon was injured after fouling a ball off his left leg and is suffering from a shin contusion and did not suffer an fractures, finally Angels star pitcher Shohei Ohtani will not play in the All Star game due to a blister in his last outing and had a cracked finger nail in his last start.

#3 On Tuesday Chicago Cubs manager David Ross took all he could after the Cubs saw a four run lead and beat the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Park in Milwaukee. There were frustrations in the 11th inning when Cubs first base coach Mike Napoli shouted his disagreement with plate umpire Erich Bacchus on third strike call on Cubs hitter Dansby Swanson. Ross came out onto the field to argue and was also tossed out by Bacchus. The Cubs did come back to win it in 11, 7-6.

#4 Stephen talk about second baseman Thairo Estrada he’s suffering from a left hand fracture that will sideline him from two to six weeks. Estrada was hitting .272 with 79 hits, 9 home runs and 31 RBIs. The Giants will replace him with Casey Schmitt and Brett Wisley at second.

#5 What are the chances? The organization Schools over Stadiums has launched a petition campaign to put a bill on the ballot to stop the state of Nevada from using $380 million in public money to finance a new Las Vegas A’s ballpark at the Tropicana location. The campaign needs over 25,000 signatures in four Nevada districts to get the measure on the ballot and over 1 million votes to end the state’s public funding of the Las Vegas ballpark money Schools over Stadiums say should be used for education.

Join Stephen Ruderman for the MLB podcasts each Tuesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants podcast with Troy Ewers: Giants looking to come back from shutout loss against Mariners tonight at Oracle

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San Francisco Giants pitcher Alex Cobb will get the start tonight Wed Jul 5, 2023 against the Seattle Mariners at Oracle Park in San Francisco. Here is Cobb throwing against the St Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on Tue Jun 13, 2023 (AP News photo)

On the SF Giants podcast with Troy:

#1 Seattle Mariners starter Logan Gilbert went the distance on Tuesday afternoon shutting out the San Francisco Giants giving up only five hits and striking out seven hitters. Gilbert had his control and kept hitters off balance all afternoon.

#2 Troy, Logan was so happy with the results of his handy work that he danced a bit and apologized for it later on saying he was just so excited to pitch a shutout and go the distance.

#3 The Mariners got some good hitting out of AJ Pollock who hit a two run blast as the Mariners came out ahead with a six run win. Pollock was key to providing some offense for the M’s.

#4 Troy Giants manager Gabe Kapler wanted to use Michael Conforto as designated hitter rather than start him in the outfield. Conforto is recovering from his left hamstring injuries when he injured himself last week Wednesday making a catch in the outfield in Toronto.

#5 Game 3 is on tap tonight Troy, the Mariners will start Tommy Milone (0-0 ERA 1.93) and for the Giants righthander Alex Cobb (5-2 ERA 3.12) a 6:05pm PT first pitch. No doubt Cobb is looking for his sixth plus a chance to even the score from Tuesday night’s 6-0 loss.

Troy Ewers is a MLB beat writer for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

A’s need ten innings to beat Tigers 1-0; Oakland’s JP Sears, bullpen shutout Detroit

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The Detroit Tigers Vierling slides in safely with the steal (right) as the A’s second baseman Jordan Diaz (13) gets the drop on the ball in the bottom of the first inning at Comerica Park in Detroit on Tue Jul 4, 2023 (AP News photo)

By Jerry Feitelberg

The Oakland A’s, who usually play at the Coliseum on the 4th of July, found themselves at Comerica Park in Detroit to start a six-game road trip. The A’s, who found themselves on the wrong side of a perfect game last Wednesday, appeared headed into a repeat performance. The Detroit Tigers’ lefty, Tarik, Skubal, making his first start since coming off the IL, baffled the A’s hitters. The Tigers pitching staff allowed just a run and it was just enough for the A’s to get by 1-0.

Skubal was perfect for his four innings of work. He allowed no runs, hits, or walks and struck out six. Yogi Berra once said:” It’s deja vu all over again.” The A’s went 32 years before being no-hit last Wednesday. It looked like they would be no-hit again. This time, six days later.

The Tigers brought in Reese Olson to pitch in the fifth. Olson kept the A’s hitless in the fifth and sixth innings. With two out in the seventh, A’s catcher Shea Langeliers broke the spell with a single.

The A’s starter JP Sears pitched his best game of the 2023 season. The lefty, acquired from the Yankees at the trade deadline last year, pitched seven and 1/3rd innings. Sears allowed five hits and no runs. He did not walk a batter and struck out four. Lucas Erceg retired the next two Tiger hitters to end the eighth. Shintaro Fujinami struck out the side in the bottom of the ninth. The game was scoreless after nine innings.

In the tenth, The A’s scored the winning run. Brent Rooker was the ghost runner at second base. A’s manager Mark Kotsay sent Tyler Wade into the game as a pinch-runner for Rooker. Jace Peterson laid down a sacrifice bunt, sending Wade to third.

A’s first baseman Ryan Noda singled to shallow left field to drive in Wade with the A’s first run. They wouldn’t need any more.

Trevor May was brought in to pitch the tenth. Tiger skipper A.J. Hinch replaced ghost runner Miguel Cabrera with Jake Marisnick. May retired Eric Haase and Zack Short. May walked Matt Vierling to put the winning run on first base.

If the Tigers could get a hit, the game would have been tied, and they would have had an opportunity to win. The hitter was Spencer Torkelson. May had his work cut out for him. May did the job as he got Torkelson to fly out to center to end the game. The A’s win 1-0

Game Notes- The A’s won for the third time in the last four games. They are now 24-63. The Tigers dropped to 37-47.

Shintaro Fujinami was the winning pitcher. He is now 5-7 for the year. The Tigers’ Tyler Holton was the losing pitcher. Trevor May earned his sixth save.

The line score for Oakland was one run, two hits, and no errors. The Tigers’ line was no runs, six hits, or errors.

The A’s won the game with two hits. On most days, teams managing just two hits find themselves as losers. Not so in baseball. The pitching for both teams was excellent. Sears did not record the win, but the A’s must be pleased with his performance. Conversely, the Tigers’ pitchers Skubal and Olson were terrific, too. Yet, the A’s found a way to win.

Game two of the three-game series will start at 3:40 pm on Wednesday. Lefty Ken Waldichuk will start for Oakland. Waldichuk is 1-5 and has a 6.78 ERA. Waldichuk has been used as an opener, and it remains to be seen if that will be his role on Wednesday. Lefty Eduardo Rodriguez (4-4, 2.13) goes for Detroit.

M’s Gilbert goes nine in 6-0 shutout of Giants at Oracle fans ask “What’s in a name?”

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Seattle Mariners Mike Ford (20) slides from third base scoring on a passed ball in front of San Francisco Giants pitcher Keaton Winn (67) in the top of the second inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Tue Jul 4, 2023 (AP News photo)

Seattle (42-42)     111 001 020. –   6. 13. 0

San Francisco (46-40)      000 000 000. –  0. 5.   1

Time: 2:20.  

Attendance: 37,395

Tuesday, July 4, 2023

By Lewis Rubman

SAN FRANCISCO– Beaten in four out of six games in Toronto and New York and battered by an all Sunday night flight from Gotham to the Golden Gate, the exhausted Giants didn’t have the strength to overcome Camilo Doval’s breakdown in the top of the ninth of Monday night’s roller coaster of a game against the Mariners, a game that the home town nine was on the verge of winning. But they came awfully close. Still, you had to wonder how the team would be able to recover before most of its members got a well earned respite for the all star game break.

On top of that, Thairo Estrada was placed on the 10 day injured list after suffering a fracture of his left hand in last night’s disaster.(Ironically, Doval will be the Giants’ representative for the ASG, and it will be played in Seattle).

A promising youngster named Keaton Winn seemed to be the answer. He has the name and the game time ERA to give the Giants a shot at turning what was a bad situation into a total loss. If Charles Victory Faust could do it for John McGraw’s New York Giants, maybe Winn could give Gabe Kapler’s west coast Giants a Hollywood ending to their slump. Faust would have been needed for this contest as the Giants were shutout by the magnificent pitching of Seattle Mariners (42-42) starter Logan Gilbert who went the distance for the 6-0 shutout over the San Francisco Giants (46-40) at Oracle Park.

Winn started for the exhausted San Francisco nine this afternoon, but neither he nor the team performed well. Winn lasted only four innings and gave up a run, earned, in each of the first three he pitched. He allowed six hits, one of them a home run, and a walk. He hit one Mariner with a pitch. 41 of his 67 pitches counted as strikes. He was the losing pitcher and left with a record of 0-2, 4.09.

Seattle sent their 2018 first round draft choice, Logan Gilbert, to the mound, counting on his strong right arm to help bring their season record up to .500. The Seattle chapter of the BBWAA voted him the team’s most valuable pitcher of 2022.

He hadn’t done particularly well in his previous start, taking the loss after pitching six innings against the Nationals on June 28 and allowing four runs on eight hits and two walks. He brought a season mark of 5-5, 4.19 with him when he toed the rubber in the bottom of the first.

When the game was over, the 26 year old had fully justified the confidence the Seattle scouting team and the BBWAA had in him. He pitched a complete game shutout, holding San Francisco to five hits. He struck out seven and didn’t issue a single base on balls, throwing 105 pitches, 73 for strikes. His record now stands at 6-5, 3.82.

The Mariners began attacking early. JP Crawford defied The Curse of the Lead Off Double, bouncing Winn’s third offering off the bricks in Levi’s Landing. Julio Rodríguez followed by beating out a hard hit grounder to third that moved Crawford up 90 feet.

Jarred Kelenic also hit a grounder, this one up the middle; Casey Schmitt made a great play to stop it and flip the ball to Brandon Crawford. But Rodríguez beat the relay to first, scoring Seattle’s Crawford. Winn recovered and struck out Teoscar Hérnandez; and Patrick Bailey and Schmitt executed a perfect strike ’em out, throw ’em out double play to limit the damage to a single tally.

The Mariners returned to the offense in their next turn at bat. Mike Ford led off with a solid single to right. Eugenio Suárez dumped a fly to right that fell close to, but not all that close to, the foul line. for a double that sent Ford to third. Tom Murphy swung at and missed at a 2-0 pitch. Home plate umpire Ramón de Jesús called it a strike, a call that was reversed when the replay showed it was catcher’s interference, an error that loaded the bases.

A wild pitch to Kolten Wong allowed Ford to cross the plate and Suárez to take third. After Wong fouled out to first, AJ Pollock grounded to Davis at third-2-6-2, who threw home The ensuing rundown involved a two men on third situation and a runner hit by a throw and ended with a 5-2-6-2 fielder’s choice that left runners on the corners, where they were stranded.

The Mariners presented a new angle of attack in their half of the third. Winn retired the first two batters he faced before Mike Ford sent his seventh home run of the year into the seats. It landed 354 feet deep and came off a 96mph four seamer.

After Winn pitched his only scoreless inning, Sean Manaea relieved him to start the Seattle fifth. He kept the M’s off the board for 1-2/3 innings, but two out singles by Pollock, BJ Crawford, and Rodríguez cost him a run in the sixth, his last inning. Jakob Junis replaced him and shut the Mariners down in the seventh. But not in the eighth.

He hit Wong with a pitch to open in the inning and then surrendered a home run to the number nine hitter, AJ Pollock, that travelled over the National Car Rental advertisement in left center field. That gave Pollock five dingers and 15 RBI for the year and the Mariners a 6-0 lead in the game.

The Giants went down without a whimper in the ninth. Gilbert sent them down in order to gain a complete gain victory.

The teams from the bay and the sound wind up their three game series, Wednesday, at 6:05. For San Francisco Alex Webb (5-2, 3.12) will duel with starter Tommy Milone (0-0 ERA 1.93) the Seattle hurler.

MLB podcast with Stephen Ruderman: Yanks German gets touched up in first start after perfect game; Met’s Alfonso knows its going to be competitive at home run derby; plus more news

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New York Yankees pitcher Domingo German couldn’t get out of the fifth inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx on Mon Jul 3, 2023 his first start since pitching a perfect game on Wed Jun 28, 2023 in Oakland (AP News photo)

On the MLB podcast with Stephen:

#1 Last Wed Jun 28th the New York Yankees pitcher Domingo German became baseball’s 24th pitcher to throw a perfect game on Monday night against the Baltimore Orioles. German couldn’t get out of the fifth inning as the Baltimore Orioles touched him up for two runs and nine hits after 4 1/3 innings at Yankee Stadium.

#2 Stephen there’s a growing field of competitiveness when it comes to the MLB home run derby at the All Star Game in Seattle and the New York Mets Pete Alfonso the former 2 time derby champ will know he’s going up against some big bets next Monday night to the like of the Los Angeles Angels Shohei Ohtani (31) and the Atlanta Braves Matt Olson (28).

#3 The Atlanta Braves will have a huge contingent representing them at the All Star game their entire infield has been invited to come to the All Star game, starting with All Star representative outfielder Ronald Acuna, infielders Ozzie Albies, Matt Olson, Austin Riley, Orlando Arcia, and catcher Sean Murphy. The Braves are loaded during the regular season but they will also be loaded at the All Star game.

#4 It’s the Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw’s misfortune to have to be placed on the 15 day IL due to a shoulder injury and will miss the All Star game. Kershaw experienced shoulder soreness during his previous start on Jun 27th against the Colorado Rockies.

#5 Former San Francisco Giants pitcher Carlos Rodon will finally make his 2023 debut with the New York Yankees. Rodon who had been out with various injuries is ready to make his first start of the season against the Chicago Cubs on Friday at Yankee Stadium. Rodon signed with the Yankees for six years at $162 million.

Stpehen Ruderman does the MLB podcasts each Tuesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Oakland A’s podcast with Daniel Dullum: Nevada voters could vote down public funding for new A’s Vegas ballpark; If MLB owners vote yes Vegas voters could vote no

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This rendering seen here shows home plate facing Las Vegas Boulevard on the strip but reportedly the plate faces Las Vegas Airport and faces the landing and departing runways. The lighting and location of the park might be issue with the FAA. Daniel talks about Nevada voters and public financing of the ballpark in today’s podcast (renderings from the Oakland Athletics)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Daniel Dullum:

#1 Daniel, in Las Vegas a drive called “Schools over Stadiums” with the Nevada State Education Association as they have filed for a PAC (political action committee). NSEA is committed to stopping the spending of public funds for spending billions for a new ballpark.

#2 An NSEA spokesperson Dawn Etcheverry said that they are using every possible avenue to stop the use of public funds and to pay for a billionaires new ballpark. This is a move by NSEA to give Nevadans “the opportunity to vote to stop this misguided project” said the spokesperson.

#3 Daniel, how effective and helpful is it for those opposed to the A’s moving to Las Vegas to have a vote to stop the Tropicana Park from being built in Vegas and how crucial is it for voters to get this measure on the ballot when considering school funding versus ballpark funding?

#4 To get a ballot measure in favor of SB1 the measure to fund the ballpark 140,777 signatures are needed and 35,195 valid signatures are needed from the four petition districts. A poll during the special session on would Nevadans support a new ballpark via public funding 87% of voters opposed the measure. Can this election sink a new publicly funded Las Vegas ballpark for the A’s?

#5 Also it was mentioned in the Nevada Independent report that Nevadans would prefer to have an expansion team rather than have the A’s who are coming in with hat in hand asking for public money. An expansion team would have an owner paying with private money to build a new stadium without using public funds.

Join Daniel Dullum for the Oakland A’s podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com