FiddySicks

No, you’re right, and I get that. It's not just as simple as opening up a wallet and digging in some pockets. But the A's have been run like one of those old Chinatown eateries where the floor is about to fall in and kill everyone because the owners are 97 years old, blind, work 7 days a week, and can barely afford to keep the lights on. That's a sign that the ownership group is in WAY over their heads, are greedy to the point where they don't mind risking the well-being of the public, or (gulp) both. Something has to give. I'm just hoping it isn't the upper deck onto a group of unsuspecting fans. 

1 hour ago, dont care said:

Because they can’t pay for it themselves 

This is the age old line they always use. I wonder if it's true that they really can't pay for it themselves (In which case, they shouldn't be allowed to own a Major League Baseball team) or they're just trying to cry poor and make it look to the public like they can't pay for it themselves (In which case they REALLY shouldn't be allowed to own a Major League Baseball team).

I've never really understood why the A's have always seemingly had such impoverished ownership groups. You would think with all the money in the Bay Area that you'd be able to find at least ONE extremely rich billionaire who could buy the team and foot this whole thing themselves (or at least have the tangible ability to). , just look at Lacob and Gruber. They added BILLIONS to the value of the Warriors and just got them a new arena right in the middle of San Francisco, which is a damn near impossible task. You're really telling me they (or someone with similar financial clout) couldn't do the same thing with the A's? I don't believe it. 

12 minutes ago, Camden Crazy said:

Nah for real tho, you have big time issues if you automatically assume people who like going to a city you don’t like and/or have hobbies you don’t like are subhuman trash...the level of self-importance required to believe that garbage is staggering, and you should be ashamed of how you treat people...you are not the sole arbiter of what people can and cannot do.  Quit acting like a child.

Sir, this is an Arby's. 

Just now, GDAWG said:

 

Where do you rank Bronson, Missouri?

 

 

 

I'd have to check the calculations. 

Yeah science, bitch. 

3 hours ago, Red Wolf said:

 

Despite being the worst city, it has baseball's self-proclaimed best fans.

Huh. My calculations are just a tad off somewhere, then. I had Branson, Missouri as my worst city. 

4 minutes ago, Camden Crazy said:

You spit this propaganda every time Vegas gets mentioned.  I think you like to think you’re joking so as to rationalize the behavior.

 Ok, Dr. Phil. 

15 minutes ago, Camden Crazy said:

 1). Your life seems like a dark void where fun goes to die.  2). Sorry you lost a bunch of money your first time in Vegas playing blackjack like a tourist and have decided to use that as an excuse to harbor grudges against not only an entire city, but people who enjoy said city. 3).  Maybe stick to Settlers of Catan.

1). Only when dealing with you, my friend 

2). I'm, literally, from Nevada. I say this from a lifetime of dealing with the fallout that city has created

3). I'm more of a Dominion guy, myself. 

4). You do realize this is, like, 75% in jest, right? 

47 minutes ago, SFGiants58 said:

If I was a Mariners fan, I’d want the A’s to move to Portland. That would really help their awful travel schedule. 

I could be wrong, but I've always been under the impression that the Mariners would like to have Portland as their "territory", if you will. It's a slight bit of a stretch to defend, considering the cities are nearly 200 miles apart, but that entire area is rather isolated from the rest of the country. I don't think the Mariners would embrace another team in that area as much as they would consider them infringing on their market. 

I'm not sure how much the Mariners could do to prevent a team from moving to Portland (As the claims of Portland being within their market seem dubious, at best), but I don't think they would be as happy as you assume. 

I'd rather live in a trash can in the Bay Area than a mansion in America's Biggest Mistake of a City ©

11 minutes ago, Camden Crazy said:

Just because you personally believe it’s not a cool city doesn’t make it objective fact.

1). It isn't a cool city. 

2). It is an objective fact.

3). Those are both beside the point anyway because that's not even the issue. The SF Bay Area is just objectively a better area for, well, just about everything. 

4). Vegas is running out of natural resources, such as clean drinking water, and growing at alarmingly unsustainable levels. Within 50 years, Vegas will basically be the setting for Mad Max: Fury Road. Raiders will still probably be there, though. 

Well one thing is for sure. I’d be more willing to accept an A’s move to Portland than I would :censored:ing Vegas again. 

Leaving the Bay Area for goddamn Vegas just in general is nuts. It’s such a massive downgrade in so many ways. Portland is at least a cool city. 

27 minutes ago, Jake3.roo said:

I might be out of the loop, but what's wrong with Oakland? The Warriors just moved out (sure, to San Fransisco), and the Raiders now, is it just a terrible city to have a franchise in?

The city is flat broke. Basically the entire maritime shipping economy that supported the city back in it's heyday has fled across the bay for various different reasons. Bay Area real estate has ballooned to the point where they just can't keep up any longer. Basic services such as fire and police are an underfunded mess, which is why crime is downright horrendous in that area (Worst in the country, in most years). Oakland is fighting like hell to avoid getting sucked up by the rich, tech funded gentrification that has invaded the rest of the Bay Area and they're failing miserably at it and paying the price. 

There's more to it than that, of course, and someone like @dfwabel could probably elaborate on it better than I can, but that's basically it, in simplest terms. 

Three things: 

1). Sacramento would be a head and shoulders better fit than Vegas for the A's.

2). Vegas is going to run out of water in the next half century and will collapse into the earth's mantle.

3). I won't be sad when this happens.

We (as a nation) have boycotted Olympics for less, people. 

7 hours ago, andregunts said:

 

If you consider that "slave labor" then you are cool with most of those Nike gear you are wearing made in sweatshops in China huh? 

 

Most corporations in USA are using prisoners for 10 cents and hour to manufacture parts. Its a cruel world we live in, so if your gonna single out Qatar and their methods of building their World Cup stadium then be critical of all the messed up labor that permeates society. 

 

Listen, its not the best circumstance and I wish it wasnt awarded, but at this point lets move ahead and enjoy the World Cup. Simple

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Yeah, I'm going to have to disagree with you a little bit on this one. People making 10 cents an hour to stitch shoes together is a TERRIBLE abuse of human rights, and absolutely should be fought. But by the time this particular World Cup rolls around, there could be somewhere in the neighborhood of 2,500-5,000 human deaths associated with construction. That's absolutely mortifying. 

On 8/28/2019 at 6:02 AM, Digby said:

The new soccer guy they've got is fantastic. Legitimately insightful pieces for the know-nothing-but-trying American soccer audience, treats MLS exactly how it ought to be treated (which is "fine"). I think the deranged MLS-hating guy who didn't know what a bicycle kick was is still, somehow, on the payroll, though -- have always wondered who he blackmailed to keep that position for five years.

Yes, he's still there. And he's still getting dragged basically every article because all he puts out is garbage. 

Also, Ray Ratto has been a very weird, but I think, very good addition to that group. I'm surprised he hasn't been picked up by a larger publication yet. 

23 minutes ago, Maroon said:

 

Going off the "funny how we can have such different opinions of logos" theme, it's funny because I love the AAF logos and identities... excepting the Hotshots. I liked their colors and loved the uniforms, but never could quite get on board with the logo. Atlanta's logo was tops for me even though I was rooting for Memphis.

Funny, because I thought Atlanta had the weakest logo package in the league. 

The whole Hotshots identity kinda struck me a little different, though. The whole identity is a tribute to the 19 firefighters that were killed in Yarnell, Arizona in 2013. I lived in Phoenix at the time and the way people came together over that tragedy was pretty much the one time I was actually proud to live in that state. I also grew up in one of the largest National Forests in the country in California and the town is HIGHLY susceptible to big fires. We lost damn near half the town during a fire in 2007. A lot of people I grew up with went on to fight fires for CalFire, and the way they've been protecting the residents of this state over the past few years with the enormous fires we've had is something I admire to the fullest extent. 

I don't really play into the whole "Thank you for your service" deal when it comes to military/police/first responders much for several different reasons. I make a bit of an exception for wildland firefighters, though. 

10 hours ago, CaliforniaGlowin said:

The Birmingham Iron logo was love at first sight for me.  I don't get that feeling over any of these.  Quite a letdown.

That’s exactly how I felt about the AZ Hotshots logo. I like it so much, I actually found a way to get ahold of one of their helmet decals and I put it on my car. 

Y'all are trippin if you thing these are better than what the AAF put out. At least, logo wise, anyway. 

1 hour ago, officeglenn said:

10 minutes ago, Maroon said:

 

I definitely think his comment was dumb, but can you be racist against.... something that is not a race? Or is that the joke?

How dare you make assumptions like that. You can ABSOLUTELY race motorcycles.

Those are ALL lame as hell. 

We're definitely getting, like, the St. Louis Flag Humpers or something, aren't we? 

11 minutes ago, Survival79 said:

 

GO GOYLES!

O GOYLE RULES!