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15 minutes ago, habsfan1 said:

Are there any Coyotes in Utah?

 

Still, Utah Coyotes and Salt Lake City Coyotes doesn't sound good. Relocation was inevitable. But getting their own identity would be better.

 

Even their basketball team took New Orleans' identity. Both of their big 4 pro sports teams have a brand that used to belong to someone else.

I heard on PHNX that Ryan Smith plans on rebranding the team once his purchase of the team is finalized.  

And this eliminates the state of Utah from MLB expansion.....I think.  

1 minute ago, mcj882000 said:

Same; as I've noted before Houston hasn't had any kind of hockey team since Les Alexander booted the Aeros out of Toyota Center and into Iowa in 2013. The only reason Houston's even up for consideration now is because Les finally sold the Rockets in 2017. 10 years is a long time for a market to go entirely unserved; even Phoenix still had the IHL's Roadrunners when the Coyotes came to town, IMO that's enough time for any local interest in the sport to wither away altogether.

Despite that I'm cautiously optimistic still; as long as they're owned by the Rockets' owner and playing at Toyota Center, it'll probably go fine, perhaps merely an unremarkable middle-of-the-road success, which would still be a huge step up from Phoenix. Yet I'm also wary that if the situation ever changed, if the Rockets sold the Houston NHLers and/or made them get a new home elsewhere in town, I actually think it could have the potential to be a bigger failure than the Coyotes have been.

My reason for skepticism from Houston is the mindset that "if the NHL can work in Dallas, it can work in Houston"

I am a little skeptical about Houston.  

11 hours ago, Germanshepherd said:

Also not for nothing, Cameron Brink said part of her decision to go to the WNBA was that she didn’t want to constantly take flights to ACC country during the school year. 

Brink made the right decision based on WNBA Mock Drafts which have her at 2 with the Los Angeles Sparks.  

I am indifferent about UConn, so I didn't mind that they repeated. 

It will probably be the last meaningful game Zach Edey will play because I don't see him amounting to anything other than a defensive stopper/close to the basket specialist off the bench in the NBA. 

1 hour ago, LMU said:

Points like this get lost in the A's/Coyotes comparisons.  The Coyotes had to downgrade to a gimmicky arena meant for college kids that they had to build a temporary annex to bring up to code.  The A's get an immense upgrade in atmosphere combined with functioning plumbing.

If Sutter Health Ballpark is a fantastic minor league ballpark, it might play a factor as to why the MLBPA has been completely silent about this move.  They have recently complained about the exorbitant amount of pitching injuries and yet still remain silent on the A's move to Sacramento.  

Attendance in DC isn't too bad if you consider the fact that they are playing at the MLS stadium Audi Field, which seats 20,000 people

Taco Charlton had three sacks in a game.....quite an unusual feat for him.  

1 hour ago, infrared41 said:

It ain't the pitch clock, kids. It's trying to throw 130mph on every pitch.

 

 

that's nice Tony, but when are you going to release a statement about the A's move to Sacramento for 3 years?  

4 hours ago, bosrs1 said:

 

Probably because it’s this or they disband the A’s for 4 seasons. They’d rather a crap situation to no jobs for a team’s worth of players. 

I would think this is the case.  They may also want renovations to Sutter Health Park enough to satisfy their demands.  They were not going to sign off to the Blue Jays playing in Buffalo until Sahlen Field underwent renovations (otherwise, they probably would have recommended that the Blue Jays play at their Spring training facility in Dunedin, Florida for all of 2020 and 2021).

2 hours ago, FrutigerAero said:

I'll bet that dude loved the Coliseum.  

100% chance he will be at the A's final game at the Coliseum to collect a commemorative baseball.   

1 hour ago, TrueYankee26 said:

 

Athletics Baseball Team doesn't roll off the tongue as well as "Washington Football Team" did.

Now that the A's are going to Sacramento, can they ban Zack Hample from opening day?