Casey Pratt on if Sacramento can keep a pro baseball team after A's leave

ABC7's Casey Pratt joined "The Carmichael Dave Show with Jason Ross" Monday morning to share his thoughts on the Oakland Athletics decision to play in Sacramento for the next three seasons.
Last week, the A’s and Sacramento Kings officially announced that the Athletics will call Sutter Health Park, the home of the Sacramento River Cats, home from 2025-28 with an option for a fourth year.
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[@smokey5100]

I hope Oakland finds a way. They deserve it 💯

[@timphares3061]

The MLBPA needs to stop this.

[@WiggleBabies]

Sac is going to have to keep the A's with Vivek buying em from Fisher and honestly that might be happening with A's trademarking Sac and never even tried to do it with Vegas

[@GravityFalloutPines]

Vivek, saved the A's from Salt Lake City, not Oakland.

[@mjwings3]

Casey is biased with it, but I guess he really thinks Oak. is going to be an option with expansion. Oak. thought so too, they really thought they could put up these demands with that position too. Oak's only shot at MLB was to make HT work. Keep A's. Or mend fence, take A's longer without demands (G'd expansion, keeping name) It's over, it's a minor league soccer city now.

[@fandyllic1975]

There was no chance the A’s go to Utah… that was just an attempt to provide false leverage. The TV contract fallout from moving to Sacramento is going to be significant, but a Utah move would have been devastating.

[@fandyllic1975]

This has been a great radio show. Better than most Bay Area radio coverage. The best thing about this awful situation for Oakland is that Sacramento gets to show its quality. Sacramento should be warned that MLB will use and abuse them with no remorse.

[@JoyStickJester_]

So agree. As much as I love watching the A's in Sacramento for three seasons, Rob Manfred, Dave Kavel, and John Fisher don't care about Sacramento and any future plans for a team in Sacramento. All of them we will use for memorabilia sales, supporting the team, and just leave.

[@fandyllic1975]

@@JoyStickJester_ I hope the Vegas plans fall apart in a humiliating fashion and Sacramento gets the A’s, but I’ll bet the MLB will stab the city in the back.

[@nickmedina3674]

The A's will end up staying in Sacramento with fisher selling to a Vivek led group. Vegas will end up with an expansion team due to the hurdles and turmoil.

[@LouieKaboom]

Which wouldn't be any better for the A's. Vivek is as much of a vile slime ball as Fisher. That's nothing to get excited about.

[@nickmedina3674]

@@LouieKaboom who said anything about being excited? No one is worse than a fisher owned team.

[@KatelynLord]

I supported Sacramento when they were in danger of losing the Kings. Lots of negative comments back then about the poor quality of market that was Sacramento. Undeserved, in my opinion. But now, to see Sacramento taking part in Oakland losing its team, with the usual implications that its because the former market is terrible, well, kinda looks hypocritical.

[@lilbrother45]

Not hypocritical at all. The NBA never approved relocation for the kings. Seattle was legit trying to steal the kings while they were still sacramentos team. MLB approved relocation. ITS A DONE DEAL. No matter what happened with sac or SLC Vegas, this team was never going back to Oakland. Nothing can save them. The 2 situations are night and day.

[@fandyllic1975]

It is hypocritical, but not something Sacramento fans should be blamed for… it is Vivek who is the primary hypocrite. However, he is rich enough that he doesn’t care and apparently the money he might lose isn’t enough for him to see it as a net loss.

[@deoalvarez1727]

You deserve that intro well done my friend what a ride

[@bryanberube]

Sac Native, Let’s try and keep the A’s in Sacramento !!!!

[@themaestro3034]

I think that time is past bud. Its time oakland fans accept reality. So either stick with the A’s as they go to Vegas or find another team to follow.

[@stewgotz1]

aint gonna happen, they'd have to get in line

[@bryanberube]

@@stewgotz1from the looks of it. They’re currently 2nd in line to Vegas. Vegas doesn’t even want the A’s. They want expansion. Sacramento would rather have the A’s under Viveks ownership. Dream scenario that isn’t far fetched from actually happening

[@gladiator_games]

I hope A’s stay In Sacramento better. And Las Vegas leave John fisher and get a new owner with a expansion team

[@kenbrown438]

Three Four and More , Major League Baseball ⚾ in West Sacramento !!!! Thank you Mayor Martha Guerrero !!!! "Let's play ball into the future" !!!!

[@michaelmarkowski204]

If Vegas works out, A's will move there. If not, Fisher will work with Vivek to build a MLB ballpark and stay in Sac. The expansion team in the West will be granted to SLC.

[@rapalbumdepot7648]

Sacramento is much stronger market if Athletics can capture NorCal region from Oakland to Ukiah. I would definitely be considering a rebrand as West Coast Athletics or California Athletics or NorCal Athletics. Also a Sacramento Athletics name would be major step back in terms of branding towards back to Kansas City A's era!!! Listen up Kings basketball. 👈👆

[@bryanberube]

A’s will stay in Sac and Vegas will be the city in the west for expansion.

[@rapalbumdepot7648]

@@bryanberube I agree. The West is underserved by MLB.

[@rapalbumdepot7648]

Sacramento is much stronger market if Athletics can capture NorCal region from Oakland to Ukiah. I would definitely be considering a rebrand as West Coast Athletics or California Athletics or NorCal Athletics. Also a Sacramento Athletics name would be major step back in terms of branding towards back to Kansas City A's era!!! Listen up Kings basketball. 👈👆

[@jordanjohnson9866]

Nah. Not would be major step back. Not “would be major step back.” /

[@bryanberube]

Sacramento Athletics is perfect. Nothing changes about the branding but the name of the city. Would be the best move for the A’s. They belong in Northern CA. Now will have its own up and coming city

[@rapalbumdepot7648]

@@bryanberube Northern California is rich and highly populated most importantly: baseball crazy. If the Athletics can make this function consistently they have bright future. The bottom line is Vegas is not most lucrative option- it's somewhere between Oakland and Sacramento. Stockton ? Vallejo ? DOWNTOWN Sacramento ??? Oakland ??? These would all work after Athletics establish brand in Sacramento for 8-10 years

[@bryanberube]

Stockton isn’t between sac and oak and would never be an option for the A’s. The only cities who have sports teams in northern CA are SF, Oak & Sac. Oak and SF are obviously out so it’s either Sac or Vegas. My vote is sac

[@iamaloungechair]

5:45 Charlie O Mallee on 1320 said Pratt kept asking questions, not allowing others, including Sean Cunningham and Matt George, to get a word in edge-wise. Two sides to the story.

[@nfn58]

This pretty much matches the video he put out.

[@seniorsoftballgames4894]

I believe it, dude is letting his feelings get in the way of being a journalist.

[@nfn58]

This guy can’t cope hard enough and takes himself too seriously

[@LouieKaboom]

As much as he's tried to fight, he's falling in love with being in camera and his news gig.

[@kenbrown438]

s"A"c TOWN

[@Savethepeople2004]

FRESNO RIVER CATS

[@bithplease1779]

18:25 100% agreed.

[@ivandragomiloff2356]

I think the team is going to stay in Sacramento, and Vegas will get the expansion team it desires. Vivek and Arctos Sports aren’t going to lay out money, unless there was some sort of guarantee. It wasn’t Sacramento or Vivek that undercut the A’s in Oakland. The A’s were undercut by the politicians in Oakland and Alameda County for years. They were undercut by their rivals, the Giants, who wanted the entire Bay Area as their exclusive market. They were undercut by the declining importance of the East Bay economically, which is literally in a doom loop at its core. And of course they were undercut by their current ownership. Blaming Sacramento and Vivek as a major reason the A’s left Oakland, sounds more like sour grapes. Again, if Oakland-Alameda County couldn’t keep the Raiders, the Warriors, or even an In and Out Restaurant, there are much bigger problems that need to be solved before they can be relevant again.

[@bithplease1779]

Also 100% agree with this comment.

[@lilbrother45]

So this is the “non sports reporter” ham (1320) was referring to. He said this “non sports writer” hogged the press conference which didn’t allow sports writers to ask questions.

[@ivandragomiloff2356]

He also sometimes deletes comments he doesn’t like on his KZbin site 😂 He doesn’t like the truth sometimes.

[@user-pw3ji3rn3s]

The reason why the A"s called a quick press conference in Sacramento (and didn't tell Casey) is because the A's feared for their safety from loons. They feared for their lives for some of things he's said about them for years.

[@ivandragomiloff2356]

@@user-pw3ji3rn3s Why, was Casey going to go Bipping on them 😂

[@stefanbrown5872]

@@user-pw3ji3rn3sburner account still living a loser life? Who creates burner accounts….. never mind you’re wrong on every post. I have a feeling we know who you are haha.

[@LouieKaboom]

​@@user-pw3ji3rn3sWow, you're as full of it here as you are when trolling on his page. They called it hastily because they wanted it done without opposition and because they're fascists, which you clearly still support. And they have useful idiots like you to help them along the way. But no one is buying it.

[@jordanjohnson9866]

Nah. Not nobody. Not “nobody.” Not Nobody. Not “Nobody.” /

[@Savethepeople2004]

The Athletics moving to Sacramento is a win for the region IF Oakland can get NHL team at Coliseum Arena. Lets get this thing right for everybody by getting NHL to Oakland !!

[@ValleyProud916]

How long before Sacramento A's merchandise is at Denio's?

[@RMGLT1991]

Not all these sac folks drooling for MLB and not listening to logic. Smh

[@nategz9875]

Move the team to Solano County in the new California Forever city that those tech billionaires are building.

[@robert-f1n8t]

Its time for you guys to stop talking to Oakland's perspective and start talking about Sacramento.

[@rpmulvany]

I get entitled Bay Area vibes from this guy… Light the Beam

[@Rounder2205]

I am sick of the Oakland people crapping on Sac. (And I wanted them to stay in Oakland)

[@ivandragomiloff2356]

Agreed, they are some of the most self entitled and obnoxious fans and people

[@AK-qo6tx]

Casey just give up.....Oakland is done. Sacramento has a better chance of landing a MLB team than any other NorCal city.... If Sacramento fails it fails....but Sacramento has at least a chance... Oakland has no chance.

[@rainbowmade1880]

Mind your own business. He can do whatever he wants. It’s a free country.

[@seniorsoftballgames4894]

Absolutely he can. But he’s starting to come off like a petty entitled victim.

[@brianbatista1368]

Sacramento and the fans are simping so hard for the As. You finally get a taste of big league attention and you think you’re so special now. News flash they are using you guys and you will get what you deserve. And before you start with the “you lost three teams narrative”. The dubs are 8 miles away and Oakland let the raiders walk. A’s are a con and you’ll all learn just how Vegas is starting to realize what it really is.

[@tommycargile8801]

This guy has been covering this for 10+ years. Who are you to tell him to give up?

[@stefanbrown5872]

@@seniorsoftballgames4894spoken like a man who never stood for anything. You wouldn’t know how to fight for something even if it slapped you across the face. Smooth brains in the comments sections….

[@GravityFalloutPines]

There's an absolutely no accountability from Oakland leadership in losing these teams.

[@MA_808]

What is Sacramento? We went to Sacramento and the capital but never really saw a city. Just a lot of buildings but very little particularly memorable.

[@lilbrother45]

At least our city still has its stores. Oakland can’t keep Walmarts open. Or in and out. And Oakland has lost all 3 of their major league teams. Oakland is a dumpster fire. Thank god we have nothing in common with Oakland.

[@user-pw3ji3rn3s]

Casey needs to be looking for a new job -- in Sacramento. Because ABC7 sure ain't gonna be paying him to do Oakland Ballers reporting. The A's announced the quick press conference because they feared for their safety. Anyone who sees what the crazy "sell" people post you would be also.

[@brianbatista1368]

This is the softest take I’ve ever heard. No one has ever been injured at a boycott, fans fest etc

[@jordanjohnson9866]

Nah. Not crazy. Not “crazy.” /

[@hc434]

This guy came off as a petulant child in the media scrum. I get it he's upset but you can vent your anger while carrying yourself like an adult. There are other reporters there - you don't get to ask all the questions. The team will probably end up in Vegas but Vivek can sleep at night knowing the MLB backed the A's leaving Oakland (relocation was unanimously approved by the MLB owners) but the NBA did not support the Kings leaving Sac. Of course that makes no difference to loyal Oakland fans, like it wouldn't to Kings fans if the Kings left

[@SkwidToast]

Hit the nail on the head. I didn't wanna say it because the wound was fresh, but Casey has honestly been embarrassing and unprofessional at times.

[@fandyllic1975]

Apparently you two don’t understand what good journalism is…

[@SkwidToast]

​@@fandyllic1975 Good journalism is when a grown man carries himself like a pouting child.

[@fandyllic1975]

@@SkwidToast uh… ok.

[@chadmorrislionsinparis]

@@SkwidToast Casey was the only one asking real questions, what's wrong with that?

[@mikeshamhart1850]

It’s Great that the A’s are playing in Sac For a few years Oakland was leaving anyway

[@Pacidan]

1. Sac will be on the team name. I'm confident on that. 2. If we just let Oakland negotiate and did nothing, how does that in anyway help Sac? 3. Sac media needs to start focusing on our community, not having guests form the Bay that come on our radio waves and ask how we dare think Sac can possibly be a better location for MLB than the bay. We have been Giants and A's fans as part of our region. If the A's had moved to Berkeley, San Jose, or SF, I'm guessing bay area media would have been more fine with it. This is our team too, we'd just like them closer. If you can't tell, I'm all in on the Sacramento A's.

[@mjwings3]

Oakland is 170 M in the hole for general fund, need A's to sell the Coli part back. They should have taken just the 17 M (14 M more for two years compared to before), A's half of Coli, keep jobs, and A's would help with field. There are not G's for expansion. It's silly to even ask, or to ask A's for it who can't even give it. You take the opp and economic help. Oak's held onto resentment and bitterness, missed a good opp to get in expansion game. Sac swooped in. Viv said it before this, it's about an opportunity to show out, that's it. You try for it, in the least you get MLB for three years and economic help.

[@user-do4pt5hm7t]

Oakland’s brand name is dead. Not even In n Out can make it in East Oakland. The A’s saw their chance to exit and took it. This could have been avoided if the Giants allowed the A’s to move to the South Bay. Staying in Sac would be the best next thing for A’s fans.

[@bigjarthur5551]

There’s no reason for Sacramento/Capitol Region to feel guilty, if it hadn’t been us, it would have been Salt Lake City or somewhere else. Fischer has already decided, “He and the A’s are leaving the Bay Area”! This isn’t brand new information!

[@knawatimsayn6186]

Bottom line no smart business wants to be in Oakland

[@scoobeedo991]

Cry me a river, this has nothing to do or related to the Kings moving. The city and the mayor, along with the fans got it done. Oakland stood there ground and unfortunately that doesn't work in these situations. Right or wrong, its a privilege to have a team and you can and will get held hostage by the owners if you dont give them what they want.. again right or wrong. If diehard A's fans dont want to drive the 80 miles, then fine... more tickets for us, but prefer them to come up and join us at the new ballpark.. i hear there great fans.

[@rapalbumdepot7648]

Playing in Sacramento will grow the Athletics brand after years of being boxed-in to East Bay. It might be smart to brand ballclub to a name like West Coast Athletics or NorCal Athletics or California Athletics. ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️

[@ValleyProud916]

No bullshit general names like that. Sacramento or nothing

[@stefanbrown5872]

lol sac comments are funny. Yall don’t even know you’re getting played lol. I don’t believe yall will sell out after the gimmick of half a season wears off. Y’all not siting through and 100 loss team in 116 degree heat lol

[@rapalbumdepot7648]

@@stefanbrown5872 I am a Giants fan

[@rapalbumdepot7648]

@@ValleyProud916 well the athletics have already said they aren't going with Sacramento Athletics

[@rapalbumdepot7648]

@@stefanbrown5872 Let's say you wanted to have an event at Coliseum- how would you even go about that ??? COLISEUM situation is a mess.