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1 minute ago, BottomlessPitt said:

If Vegas fails to materialize: A 35,000 seat retractable roof park in Sacramento, built next to Sutter Health Park (which would be demolished). Vivek Ranadive luring his old buddy Joe Lacob to buy in. Just a vivid thought. 


Pipe dream. Especially the retractable roof part. Why is that necessary? 

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On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said:
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If Lacob buys the team, he's not gonna keep them in Sacramento or move them to Vegas; he's going to bring them back to Oakland and get right back to negotiating with Oakland for Howard Terminal. His intent from the beginning of his interest in the A's has been keeping them in the Bay Area, so if he buys the team it's under the pretense of having them in the Bay Area alongside the Warriors.

 

That's what will happen if/when Vegas fails to materialize, most likely; I don't see Fisher being competent enough to not :censored: this up considering his track record.

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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).

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11 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. 

 

Are there any players on the A's that would legitimately start for other teams?  I have no idea as I haven't heard anything about them outside of this thread.

 

If the answer is no, then they could shelf them for 4 years and temporarily expand rosters to make up the difference (and once they do that, there's no going back, so long-run they'd gain jobs).  

 

The real damage is to the minor leaguers who wouldn't have a team to be called up to.  I'm not sure there's a way to work around that problem.

 

 

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17 hours ago, zubazpirate said:

 

It's sad, but it is offset by the fact that the entire range of major league and college sports are just a short drive away.

 

As a NHL fan I find it annoying that the Sharks play in San Jose instead of the "real" Bay Area. If only they could move to the Oakland Arena. Sigh. That would give Oakland a major league presence once again.

 

Or the Chase Center

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1 minute ago, tigerslionspistonshabs said:

Or the Chase Center

 

I'm not that familiar with the Chase Center... was it actually built with hockey in mind, or is it a basketball-first venue like Barclays Center where hockey would require massive compromises?

 

I guess the same questions could be asked about the post renovation Oakland Arena, for that matter.

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meanwhile, Phillies managing partner said that he doesn't see why the team couldn't play in the stadium for 100 years.

 

Just figure out a way to build a giant umbrella and install some space heaters and I'm down.

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13 hours ago, McCall said:

Nope, just the "Athletics" or "A's". So the AL West will have both  "Angels Baseball" and "Athletics/A's Baseball" merchandise.

The teams has filed to trademark “Sacramento Athletics” and “Sacramento A’s”

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26 minutes ago, flasah said:

The teams has filed to trademark “Sacramento Athletics” and “Sacramento A’s”

Filing for a trademark and actually using it are 2 different things. Most likely just getting ahead of the squatters Incase they do eventually end up using it.

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41 minutes ago, Sykotyk said:

I know that Utah now apparently has a law that Utah has to be the name and not Salt Lake. But it would be pretty cool to see the Salt Lake Bees have the Salt Lake A's across town.

Source? I see an article saying a group trying to get a team promises to use "Utah," but I don't see any law. Just curious. 

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5 hours ago, Sykotyk said:

I know that Utah now apparently has a law that Utah has to be the name and not Salt Lake. 

If you know this, please provide some citation or reference of this fact for the rest of us on this board who doubt this is true.

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It is what it is.

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On 4/5/2024 at 11:55 PM, flasah said:

The teams has filed to trademark “Sacramento Athletics” and “Sacramento A’s”

Probably more to protect that brand from trademark poachers.

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