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Good to see the River Cats hold a spot on that list. Their RC primary cap logo is trash, but the bridge gear is stupid popular.

This is how we're going to end up with the Portland Rosebuds and it'll be all your fault.

I agree with this wholeheartedly! Problem is, ditching a brand as valuable as the A's brand (Which has survived several cities already) is, very much so, a bad take. No matter where you wanna put it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Man, I've seen some BAD takes on here over the years, but the "They should ditch the A's moniker if they move" take is probably the worst one yet. I mean, that's an impressively bad idea.

There are probably better odds that I’m playing center field for the A’s next season.

That's an interesting idea. I personally don't like that as much, because I think there is a certain dichotomy between Northern and Southern California that should be represented and celebrated. It's a bit different from the New York and Chicago teams because the both represent the same market.

Republic does the same thing. We start early/late season matches at 7, and in the middle of the season our matches start at 8. Never seen the water breaks, though. I certainly get it in places like Phoenix and San Antonio, though!

I just recently found out that Phoenix Rising of the USL has mandatory "Water and Safety" breaks during matches. Is this a relatively common thing around soccer in areas where it's unusually warm?

I've been torn to shreds here for suggesting this (It was a long time ago, though), but I've always thought the California AL teams should be as follows: Southern California Angels Northern California Athletics You somewhat solve several problems by going this route.

The only way I'm cool with this is if they're the Tampa bay Rays for half of the season, and the Montreal Expos for the other half. They have to switch leagues after the All Star break, too.

Ok these are awesome. The “foil” bill and the text below the main script are a nice touch

I've been to two Arena Football games in my life. The first one was a San Jose SaberCats game somewhat in the league's "heyday" in 2007 when they were one of the most successful teams around. Even then, the whole thing felt like a glorified sideshow and the actual football was mediocre at very best. The second game was a post suspension Arizona Rattlers game around 2013 or 2014 and there were maybe fifty people there. The actual football made the first game I went to look like Super Bowl XXXII.

Almost all of these are great. That Fresno look is probably my favorite, but that Hillsboro hat is probably going to be a purchase for me. That’s a great design.

This is the best the RiverCats have ever looked, and it was worn for just about every significant moment in their history. Just go back to this and call it a day.

Good God. What a mess. I do like, and already own, that new road cap, though. The bridge pullover is fine as well I guess. They can ditch the rest, though.

This was my first thought. It's not really because the A's aren't a viable organization, either. It's mainly because they've been led by terrible owners since the early to mid 1990s. For all of the talk about their media market issues, it's pretty much their own fault they're in that quandary in the first place. At this point, I'd say they would be a good fit for an area like Portland, but not with the current dopes they have in ownership. That in itself would set them up for failure no matter where they were.

YES. That was it. I totally forgot about that saga. How close was to actually happening? It felt like it had some real potential at the time, but seemed pretty unthinkable. The Expos at least made some sense, but the Twins? How did they get wrapped up in that whole mess?

Off the top of my head, I’m pretty sure there was. I vaguely remember talk of moving the D Backs to the AL west (and Astros back to the NL west) sometime around the turn of the century. I wanna say it had something to do with a potential franchise relocation that never happened?

Some may disagree with this, but it’s true. Angels Stadium is basically the Oakland Coliseum with better management over the years and less NFL influenced dumb luck.

I just wonder how valuable the piece of land Angels Stadium is sitting on when Disney is pretty much constantly looking to expand. It might be in the cities best interest to let them move, actually. The Angels have a lot of financial heft to throw around, and a pretty solid set of home dates in which to earn money. But how does that compare to a Disney park that operates 365 days a year? California Adventure has been a pretty big success for Disney (At least I think it has), and the space they’re in now is getting pretty crowded. EDIT: After researching it some more, the thought I had that’s a California Adventure is a success may not be quite right. It still pulls in money like crazy (as everything Disney does), but they’ve also poured over a billion dollars into fixing some of the original mistakes. This might make that Angels Stadium property even more valuable, though. Especially with the fairly recent addition of the Star Wars properties and licenses.

Disney’s Island of Whatever they’re gonna make more money from.

Without looking at the amount of public money that would go into that, I kinda like that idea. They should probably just stay in Anaheim, but Long Beach has always felt weirdly underserved to me. It wouldn’t really be a loss to the area either because Long Beach is only about a half hour away.

Love it.

Y’all are a bunch of fuddy duddies. Let the minor leagues have their fun.

I couldn’t disagree more about the Fresno set. It reminds me of those trashy bootleg California Republic snapbacks you can buy at the liquor store in seedy neighborhoods.