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
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
Welcome to spring training, one of the great inventions in history. You may think we’re kidding. But ask anyone who had to pick up a snow shovel in the last week if they think we’re kidding. It may be tempting to say: What about the wheel? What about the microwave? What about the iPhone? What … Read more
Oakland mayor Sheng Thao says Las Vegas and Nevada officials are learning what she has known for some time: That it’s difficult to get Oakland A’s owner John Fisher to the finish line on a new ballpark. “We’re seeing that he has the same issues going to Las Vegas,” Thao told The Athletic on Thursday. … Read more
The Hall of Fame is made for players like Adrián Beltré. As a pure hitter, reliable slugger and slick third baseman, Beltré had few peers: No other infielder in the history of baseball has 3,000 hits, 400 homers and five Gold Glove awards. Beltré, now 44, was a lock for the Hall of Fame. As … Read more
When Oakland Ballers founders Paul Freedman and Bryan Carmel started putting together their plans to launch a new Pioneer League baseball team in Oakland last summer, one of their first ideas was to have a celebration of baseball in the city by hosting a Ballers game at the Oakland Coliseum. Months of back-and-forth discussions with … Read more
When Oakland A’s ownership announced on April 19 their intention to relocate the team to Las Vegas, it kicked off a fan protest movement that has grown throughout the summer. A reverse boycott at the Oakland Coliseum on June 13 captured national attention. Then the show hit the road, as “Sell the team” chants rang … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Giants star Joc Pederson is scared to fly. Outfielder Seth Brown of the Oakland Athletics, too. They are hardly the only ones. Longtime manager Dusty Baker would bet that anxiety in the air has shortened more than a few careers. He recalls watching terrified teammates and coaches cling tightly … Read more