It's Official, The A's Are Going To Sacramento

[@DRUDO28314]

How I will support the A's players and not the Ownership. If you want to attend an A's home game in Oakland. Purchase your ticket from a site that has a resell of tickets. This way Fisher will not get any extra money from ticket sales. Also use BART to travel to the game and bring your own food and snacks. DO NOT purchase anything at the stadium. Fisher then has to pay for security/clean up and other things. By doing this Fisher gets no extra income from you and you can attend the game and support the players not the Owner.

[@gtoramirez]

Sacramento should push to keep the As. Too bad for Oakland but they lost the Warriors and Raiders; they should have fought for the A’s if they wanted them. Sacramento has tried to bring the A’s for decades, it would be nice for them to finally have a team.

[@gladiator_games]

Stay in Sacramento. Lots of A’s fans there

[@doubleaaa4956]

When he mentioned his dad taking him to games it finally got to me. The only thing my dad could afford for us to do were A’s games and that is because his employer gave him free tickets. I turned into a huge A’s fan, this was prior to John Fisher.

[@SayNo2NoseBeers]

Same here man! Dad didn't have much money but we'd go to A's games.. He's rolling in his grave!

[@tubefreeeasy]

How often has 95.7 The Game EVER mention the A’s other than this moving story?

[@mosdvious1]

So Kaval, had an interview regarding how the Giant's helped to facilitate the move to Sacramento. So they blocked them from moving to San Jose and then helped usher them out of the bay area. I don't wanna watch baseball any more.

[@GravityFalloutPines]

Ugh this actually gets me emotional. Even though I'm glad they are getting out of the coliseum, I have so many fond memories there

[@seand1011]

It all started with the A's giving the San Jose territory to the Giants under the guise the Giants would build their new ballpark there. The A's never got that territory back after the Giants built their park in downtown SF, and after 32 more years, here we are.

[@nacem360]

U gotta kinda fault the A's for that boneheaded move.

[@JB-sb5ph]

A’s still haven’t got financing for Vegas.

[@hedge1417]

I'm done with MLB. Especially Fisher and Giants who stole A's territory.

[@camicawber]

The Giants didn't steal the A's territory. It was given to them. They should have given it back, but it wasn't stolen.

[@jorgearizaga6787]

So much time to get something done, and our Mayors couldn't make it happen?? Not 1, not 2 but 3 three major teams we let go, we'll never see this in another city.. Incredible... we wont never, ever have a new team in town... And thanks to the wonderful job of our politicians, surelly our sity will be better now...

[@daveatkins3796]

Looking forward to the Os vs. Athletics series graphics (BAL-SAC)

[@nacem360]

Lol

[@lcflngn]

“Ownership at it’s worst” you said that correctly. So tired of the rich efs who don’t give a damn about anyone or anything else than their money & egos. Includes all MLB owners who let this slide. Looking for a villain, they’re in plain sight.

[@ballparkpretzel]

Gotta Blame the Giants. They wouldn’t let the A’s build a stadium next to Levi’s in San Jose

[@vincentramirez8188]

Giants and MLB. The Commissioner was almost giddy they were leaving.

[@nacem360]

Why? The A's gave them the rights. Kinda gotta blame the A's (and I am/was an A's fan)

[@KJ-ST]

Nope. A’s screwed the A’s

[@BootsandUtes]

Nope. A's gave the Giants the South Bay long ago. Not the Giants fault whatsoever.

[@86byrdman]

@@nacem360 For real, right? Why give back something that was given to you? Tired of A's fans blaming the Giants

[@HKim0072]

Owners can be terrible. Look at the Supersonics. Howard Schultz didn't get funding for the arena and sold to Clay Bennett and they moved to OKC. Which was a terrible time to sell (sold for $350M) + Seattle is a huge TV market. And, geez. At least he could have sold to Ballmer or a local group.

[@knawatimsayn6186]

Quit your crying. Remember when Kings almost left Sac, Warrior fans said to root for GS cuz its only 70 miles away. Same thing here, Sac aint that far

[@albinofernandez408]

The city lost 3 teams brooooo don’t forget about the warriors 2

[@vincentramirez8188]

Yup the Warriors moved in one offseason, not a peep or relocation fee announced.

[@nicoaldaco5351]

I appreciate the fury. Oakland was always loyal

[@mm4forever]

Ty vagiants for blocking sj and creating this day for all of the A’s fans today. Every A’s fan should trade A’s caps right now for dodgers caps to stick it to mlb, John fisher, and the vagiants.

[@S_Over_Street]

IMO… Giants ownership is also secretly a part of this as they want the entire Bay Area & & all of Northern California territory to themselves.

[@Rounder2205]

The mayor lost the PR game. She should have been ready after the Raiders and Warriors. She should have been on tv everyday starting a lot earlier.

[@matthew7491]

Mayor Thao took office after they both left. Beginning of 2023. It was too little too late at that point.

[@smokey5100]

This is devastating and heartbreaking. It feels exactly like losing a loved one. I hope all of the Oakland fans understand that the Giants helped in assisting John Fisher thus taking away Oakland's leverage in negotiations. MLB will lose an entire regions worth of fans.

[@chriscabcabin557]

The Warriors left as well….that’s three teams. Don’t say they just moved to SF….Oakland and Eastbay heads hate that. The SF favoritism with the sports market played a HUGE part of this.

[@davids6898]

I like the thought of the A’s staying in Sacramento. Vegas and baseball just don’t go together. One thing, they’ll start getting used to Vegas thanks to the blazing hot Sacramento summers.

[@rix5301]

The parking infrastructure in west sac/ old sac is NOT prepared for major league games at all! 😂

[@RicardoRangelReyes]

If you're talking about a 40,000 major league stadium, yeah that would require major changes to the area. The stadium is already fine with the capacity they have, I don't think they can add a whole lot more eats, 4,000 is what I've heard. It's not to hard to get out of there now.

[@vincentramirez8188]

You are estimating for Yankee numbers. The A’s draw like 8k, it’s enough.

[@chadwaters5666]

It's not that bad to get out of the stadium after a game. It's really close to the freeway entrance and I have had no issues ever leaving Sutter health Park after a game.

[@rix5301]

@@chadwaters5666 yeah but major league games are gonna be way different, during concerts it’s such a 💩 show cause they can’t handle that much people

[@camicawber]

@@rix5301 The capacity is staying the same. They might add a few more seats, but capacity isn't going to jump from 14,000 to 30,000. If there's enough parking to accommodate current sell-out games - holidays, firework nights, visits from the Giants or from star Major Leaguers on injury rehab assignments, etc - there's going to be enough parking for the A's. There won't be more people than they've already been able to handle.

[@johnforet216]

Where are the Giants RiverCats playing? Are they sharing?

[@gladiator_games]

Yes

[@michaelriverajr8891]

It's unfortunate that the A's are leaving Oakland since John fisher doesn't care about the fans and the city of Oakland. Oakland not having a sports team reminds me of when the sonics left Seattle

[@silverado2004]

The City of Oakland doesn't care about the fans.

[@Kingdho]

Video starts with: A’s leaving 2027 (bad edit?) … but later says “this season” (2024?) is the last in Oakland. Not to be unkind, but poor craftsmanship accelerates radio’s demise.

[@nacem360]

A's never showed loyalty to their players nor their fans. This goes beyond the land rights.

[@paulhanson7263]

You are wrong. Some of the most dedicated fans are A’s fans as the recent ownership groups trashed and sabotaged the team year after year. Major League the movie come to life. But worse.

[@nacem360]

@paulhanson7263 I never said A's fans weren't dedicated. I said the A's ownership is not dedicated to keeping players which in turn makes it hard to be an A's fan. Money ball was a perfect example of how little the A's ownership cared to pay good players and to keep them. They wanted to try to put out as little as possible in the name of Analytics. 🤷‍♂️

[@CrustyCrack4U]

@@paulhanson7263Looks like you were WRONG!!! Now get it straight

[@davidsasse40]

I wish they'd stay in sac. Close enough for bay area fans to go see a few games. Better summer weather. Great riverfront ballpark. Also an area that has supported the kings so we'll they deserve another major league team.

[@matthew7491]

Better summer weather than where? If Vegas, then yes. Definitely not better summer weather than Oakland though.

[@billbillards569]

It never has had anything to do with fans. It's all about the money.

[@MrYoyoman0397]

Shoutout Eugene.

[@gtoramirez]

These guys acting like they care for the A’s. Hey, “it’s only 70 miles away”.

[@daylanm66]

Oakland has lost three professional sports teams raiders after the 19/20 season warriors after the 18/19 szn and now the A’s after this season

[@daviejz6698]

They lost 4. They also lost their Hockey team.

[@gladiator_games]

Commissioner manfred that punk let this happened too. A’s fans got mad because fisher never signed our best players for 10 years. And the A’s ownership blocked the Raiders from staying too!!!

[@snarfsnarf3062]

The coli is not good enough? BUT good enough for 3 more years of consideration?

[@dr.sweetchat6769]

Should have taken the Phillies.

[@Warriors49ers]

Oakland lost all 3 of their teams. :(

[@dougdungus]

FJF, FRM An absolute disgrace.

[@johnforet216]

Are the Giants RiverCats playing? Are they sharing?

[@samt1035]

Maybe the city should take a long look in the mirror. If the city wasn’t a crime ridden dump, then they might not have lost 3 professional sports teams in the past decade. John Fisher owns a business and is going to make the decision that is best for his business. Pro sports are corporations. The A’s didn’t even originate in Oakland.

[@johndoyle3232]

Spot on with this take

[@silverado2004]

💯

[@JoeRogansGutBiome]

First professional homeless team

[@areguapiri]

I agree with the A's ownership and management. They had to get out of Oakland.

[@aidanbohr4617]

Quite a boneheaded thing to say.

[@lcflngn]

@@aidanbohr4617yes, all played for years

[@TheGel999]

Great job oakland officials, lost raiders , dubs and a's, what a bunch of bozos

[@dukemoney2]

Good for the A’s.

[@hsantiago1ds]

It’s not the owners fault it’s the city of Oakland’s fault

[@knawatimsayn6186]

Lets be honest, nobody wanna be in Oakland

[@toddjackson4706]

Once is an accident, twice is a coincidence, three times is a pattern. Blame John Fisher all you want, he is one of the worst owners in North American Sports. Three professional sports team have left and the city of Oakland has mismanaged these negotiations for over a decade. Laney College, Jack London Square, and Port of Oakland sites all fell through one way or another. If Oakland was a viable market then the MLB would step in to stop the relocation and there would be a buyer with blank check to buy the team.

[@camicawber]

"If Oakland was a viable market then the MLB would step in to stop the relocation" That's not necessarily true. Looking in other sports - Seattle is a viable market for basketball, but the Sonics are gone. Cleveland is a viable market for football, but the Browns left. Similarly, Houston lost the Oilers and Baltimore lost the Colts. Hell, L.A. lost two football teams in the same year - it appears to be a viable enough NFL market because they've got two teams again. And sure, each of those cities only lost one team, but there's more to it than just Oakland not being able to support any team. Oakland is part of the 10th-largest media market in America. Vegas is currently #40. Oakland is plenty viable. I'm sure that the city officials have made their share of mistakes, perhaps out of a reluctance to spare ANY public money for a new stadium. So in that way, Oakland is a little bit cursed. The Raiders put a lot of money into their Vegas stadium, but so did the public. There's at least tentative agreements for the public to share costs of stadium construction with the A's in Vegas as well. The thing is, the A's are in the Bay Area, and just across the water, the Giants and Warriors play in privately-funded stadiums. The 49ers play in a stadium that was mostly funded with private money. I don't know what the A's wanted the city to kick in for the new stadium, but it may well have been more than what Oakland city officials (or Oakland voters) were willing to pay, based on the available evidence that stadiums can be built in the Bay Area with no public money at all. Oakland has also been cursed by a couple of particularly bad owners with the Raiders and the A's. And yes, for the purposes of this conversation, the Warriors did also move out of Oakland. But they're just across the water. That really does solve a lot of the complications that typically go with a team relocation. The fans are the same, the market is the same. I doubt many San Franciscans were Kings fans, but then switched to the Warriors when they moved back into the City. I also doubt that many Warriors fans in Oakland felt hurt and abandoned the way A's fans rightly do. The Warriors did move to a different city in a different county, but there's not much reason to fans to protest the loss of the team, because they're still around. And if you worked at the old Coliseum Arena and took BART to work...well, now you just take BART underneath the Bay to the new arena. (It's a longer walk, but still accessible.) As for there not supposedly not being a buyer with a blank check, nobody has indicated that the team is for sale. All the talk about selling the team has come from fans who wish it would happen. None of it is coming from the guy who actually owns the team.

[@toddjackson4706]

@@camicawber those teams moved because they weren’t viable markets anymore. As soon as new stadiums/arenas were constructed teams moved back and Seattle will have the NBA again soon. That’s all part of the equation of if a team can stay in a certain location. Do I think major sports can work in the Oakland or the East Bay? Absolutely. Do owners across four major sports leagues agree with that. Not right now. Everything is for sale by the way. If an offer that John Fisher couldn’t refuse came across his desk he’d sell the team in a heartbeat. It’s a distressed asset that loses money hand over fist. Anyone who had the capital would be chomping at the bit to buy the team if they had a plan to get a new stadium done in Oakland. With current leadership seems unlikely. Point of my comment was Oakland A’s fans can and should be mad at ownership. They have every right. I’d also look at your elected officials for letting this happen. They can PR spin this every to Sunday, they screwed this up royally.

[@camicawber]

@@toddjackson4706 "those teams moved because they weren’t viable markets anymore" I'm just not buying that teams only move because the market isn't viable anymore. Maybe we have different ideas of what "viable" means? "Do I think major sports can work in the Oakland or the East Bay? Absolutely." ...That means it's viable. The word "viable" literally means, "capable of working successfully; feasible." "If an offer that John Fisher couldn’t refuse came across his desk he’d sell the team in a heartbeat." You have this on what authority? Joe Lacob of the Warriors says he's spoken with Fisher about buying the team, and Fisher isn't selling.

[@toddjackson4706]

@@camicawber it’s all based on opinion on what viable means. A market being open to major sports to me is having a stadium or arena that wasn’t constructed in 1966 for starters. A metro area with a large population and that population supporting a team. Right now Oakland has 1/3. These things can change. With a new ballpark I think attendance improves for example. More revenue, leads to a higher payroll, which can lead to a better product, and gives the team more leverage in negotiating a lucrative tv deal. Especially when RSN’s won’t exist in a decade. LA didn’t have pro football for decades. Second largest media market had no NFL football, which sounds absurd because it was but they didn’t have stadium necessary for it at the time. Purely speculation and looking at how teams were sold in recent history. John Fisher has burned a lot of bridges with baseball and I assume the owners are starting to get fed up. If Vegas, Salt Lake or Sacramento isn’t a long term option. They will either pressure or force a sale. At this point he will only sell unless his team gets the move or MLB steps in. He either needs his leverage back or none at all to facilitate a sale. Hence blank check, he needs a deal that would be a no brainer to sell. Like I said earlier, I’m not saying sports can’t work in Oakland, but the chips are stacked against them right now and our opinions are irrelevant because the powers at be don’t see Oakland as a market for major sports at this moment in time. I’m pointing out the facts Oakland had to deal with and did not, which led to two of its teams moving. (Warriors were going anyways). I’m devastated for A’s fans it sucks, they don’t deserve this. Blame your local officials and ownership too because their ignorance had a part to play. That’s all I’m saying.

[@camicawber]

@@toddjackson4706 "it’s all based on opinion on what viable means." "Viable" is a real word with a real meaning. And that meaning is, "it can work." If you're saying that major league sports can work in Oakland - which you pretty clearly did - that's "viable."

[@shup.]

Don't feel bad for us A's fans.... Finally, we are free from the toilet called Oakland. That city is DEAD

[@ezechialtaylor2331]

Right wing billionaires means integrity and moral goes out the window boys. Its all about money to people who dont need let alone deserve any more money