The Oakland A’s were already on their way out, but the timing wasn’t clear. Now it’s official: The funeral is already underway. The A’s on Thursday said they will leave Oakland after this season and play in Sacramento for three years, ahead of their planned move to Las Vegas in 2028. The team’s lease at … Read more
LOS ANGELES — It all happened so quickly for Ambar Roman. The lifelong Dodgers fan watched as her husband dove to the ground with others in search of Shohei Ohtani’s home run ball. Then Roman looked at the ground, near her feet, and there it was. She picked up the milestone baseball, Ohtani’s historic first … Read more
The 2024 season — the 57th that the Athletics have played in Oakland — is to be their last. The A’s announced Thursday that they are moving to a minor-league stadium in Sacramento for 2025-27, with an option to stay for an additional year. Sutter Health Park, the home of the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats, … Read more
An MLB team making a home in Sacramento is becoming more and more probable.Multiple sources tell KCRA 3 that the Oakland Athletics are close to finalizing a deal to temporarily play at Sutter Health Park.Oakland fans are mourning the loss of their MLB team after the franchise decided to move to Las Vegas. That move … Read more
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Charlie Russo had an unbelievable view of Hank Aaron’s record-breaking 715th home run. Fifty years later, he’s ready to share it with the world. The 81-year-old Russo is releasing his long-private footage of the moment Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s record on April 8, 1974, which he captured after surreptitiously following Aaron’s … Read more
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In a resounding manner Tuesday, the voters in Jackson County, Mo., rejected to approve an extension of the three-eighths-cent sales tax on a ballot initiative to ensure the Kansas City Royals and Kansas City Chiefs remain in the county for at least the next 25 years. Before 9 p.m. CT, Kansas … Read more
HOUSTON – Ronel Blanco awoke on Monday anonymous, another big right-hander blending into the Houston Astros’ heralded pitching pipeline. He worked at a car wash in the Dominican Republic before receiving a $5,000 signing bonus from an organization that cornered the market on inexpensive improbabilities. Blanco did not pitch until he turned 18. Houston signed … Read more
HOUSTON — New York Yankees third baseman DJ LeMahieu has a non-displaced fracture on the top of his right foot, manager Aaron Boone told reporters before Saturday’s game against the Houston Astros. LeMahieu is on the 10-day injured list and remains in Tampa, Fla., at the team’s spring training complex while rehabbing. LeMahieu underwent a … Read more
For the Atlanta Braves, the satisfaction of pulling away to a lopsided Opening Day road win over the Philadelphia Phillies was tempered by news that catcher Sean Murphy will go on the 10-day disabled list with a left oblique strain. Murphy was injured when he swung and foul-tipped a pitch in the seventh inning of … Read more
By Tim Britton, Will Sammon and C. Trent Rosecrans NEW YORK — A quiet Opening Day contest between the New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers was enlivened by a benches-clearing incident in the eighth inning. On a Willy Adames forceout at second base, Mets second baseman Jeff McNeil was angered by Rhys Hoskins’ slide into … Read more