Rob Manfred calls John Fisher a good owner after Oakland A’s mess? | Ken Rosenthal

[@rambladesmanmoe6291]

95% of A’s fans will not become Giants fan , I promise you as a lifelong east bay sports fan

[@sirchi8731]

I don't know...as time passes on...like a few years. Watch what the kids do

[@harukuhitoki2991]

I'm a Giants...and why would you come to SF when we have FARThan, and he runs the team likes the A's under Fisher.....GARBAGE!

[@rainbowmade1880]

No offense to the Giants but I am faithful to Oakland A’s and no other. You can’t replace the Green and Gold with white cleats and energy A’s fans bring. Roy Steele, Monty Moore, Bill King!!

[@Shoelessjoe78]

​@@sirchi8731yeah I don't know about that. I work in HS and let me tell you baseball is a non factor... My own kid hates it despite my best efforts. It's too slow and out of favor. Just my two cents but I'm surrounded by kids and I can confidently say it's not on 99% of their radar.

[@Thetitwrench]

Manfred is an enemy of the American baseball fan.

[@ra3406]

Fact!

[@smokey5100]

Thank you guys for your honest and harsh opinions on what has been happening here in the Bay Area. Oakland A's fans here are heartbroken that this is going down like this. We have fought SO hard to let it be known what John Fisher has done to this organization here. Rob Manfred is also to blame in all of this by suggesting early on in the middle of negotiations with Oakland that he would waive the relocation fee which put Oakland at a disadvantage. Las Vegas residents overwhelmingly want an expansion team and Oakland has raised over $500 million dollars, not from tax payer money but by grants for the Howard Terminal project, so for Rob Manfred to pretend like there was no plan here when the evidence suggests otherwise is completely unacceptable and like you guys said unforgivable.. Having the A's on the Bay at Howard Terminal across from the Giants' stadium would've been GREAT for not only the Bay Bridge series but also baseball. And speaking of the Giants, I am incredibly disappointed in them for not having a backbone and doing what's right by voting no even if it was the unpopular thing to do. I can confidently tell you that A's fans don't have any desire to jump ship and morph into Giants fans and I promise you by the way this loyal fan base has been treated that we will NOT follow the team to Las Vegas! Fisher and Kaval still have the nerve to boast the "Rooted In Oakland" slogan as it's still painted on the Coliseum for everyone to see passing by on Interstate 880, yet never had any intentions on honoring any of their promises.. In fact the timing of the campaign was moreso to rub it in the Raiders faces even though they squated on that lease which in turn forced the Raiders out of town. The A's brand here in the East Bay represents more than just baseball but also our identity. When I go out of town I would proudly wear my A's hat but I will never support or buy anything that says Las Vegas A's. Honest to God this makes me not want to support MLB anymore at all and I LOVE this game! I was that kid watching the Bash Bros dominate the late 80's and early 90's and that's when I fell in love with this team and have fought with them ever since in good times and bad. There is still time to fix this somehow. MLB needs to do some soul searching and be ACCOUNTABLE. The brand and colors need to stay home and MLB and Rob Manfred needs to do Oakland right by granting us an expansion team with our brand intact. We won't give up until they right this wrong! Appreciate you guys!

[@805fillmore]

Imagine if you put this much effort in actually going to games.

[@oiler62]

Well said!

[@smokey5100]

@@805fillmore I've been to plenty of games. Imagine if you didn't put this much effort into being a 🤡

[@805fillmore]

@@smokey5100 ah so you’re one of the rare A’s fans that would actually go. Good for you. If love the franchise so much who cares if they move to Vegas.

[@joemasse104]

​@@805fillmoreoh so you're one of those Jackass's that don't know what there talking about!! Good for you!!

[@BobE316]

Manfred is a terrible commissioner

[@oaklandsoldier8520]

The worst commissioner of all time

[@panthecorgi7957]

Baseball will not get another dime from me. This process was a sham. If they want to protect an embarrassment of an owner, let them. I'll take my leisure and money elsewhere.

[@ldo1308]

Cope harder

[@vinleminh]

@@ldo1308 boot licker

[@805fillmore]

Cool story bro.

[@sirchi8731]

​@@805fillmore😂😂 right Vegas will get new fans everywhere

[@Shoelessjoe78]

​@@ldo1308running a line into the ground. What are you 8? You got nothing else? Pathetic

[@jnsboi6377]

I want to know why the demand for Howard Terminal precinct was so massive, and yet theyvsettle for far less in Vegas, that just makes no sense at all

[@CZ75undisputed]

Because they didn’t want to make a deal at HT after all. Nearly a billion dollars have been guaranteed for the project on Oaklands part. All the A’s have to do is build the ballpark and everything else is covered.

[@FFE155]

I believe Fisher couldn't raise the capital for the $12B Howard Terminal Project and LV is his face saving move. He's struggling to come up with the A's $1B portion of the LV ballpark deal. Already talking about selling some of the equity in the team to try to pay for the LV ballpark.

[@dorothygale1104]

@@FFE155 Howard Terminal was a complete red herring that Fisher never intended to build. He created the most complicated project possible that would require the most possible approvals from various government agencies in order to create a narrative that Oakland was dragging their heals and wasn’t working in good faith with the A’s. Fisher effectively had Oakland o a wild goose chase just to waste their time chasing down all the approvals needed that were outside of the City of Oakland’s control. Howard Terminal was a big mixed-use project on the Bay waterfront in 55 acres of leased land owned by the Port (not the city). There isn’t a project type tgat would require more approvals in California than what Howard Terminal needed. Yet Oakland got it all dine fir the A’s as the city approved the Environmental Impact Report and successfully defended it in 2 lawsuits and an appeal brought by opponents of the project; worked on behalf of the A’s to negotiate an agreement with the Port to lease the Howard Terminal land. The City stepped in and got a key required approval from the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) by a 23-2 approval margin after the A’s attempt at getting this approval failed on the first attempt. The city and A’s were in the final stages of negotiating the development agreement between the two parties, which was the final agreement needed for the project to be approved. The City effectively bent in the A’s favor on virtually every issue in the agreement that the A’s negotiated. But every time the City agreed to an A’s request, the goal posts were moved. At tge time the A’s walked away, The City agreed to $450M to fund offsite infrastructure improvement, which was $100M more than the A’s original request. The City also agreed to reimburse the A’s for up to $500M in onsite infrastructure that would be funded by bonds supported by incrementa property taxes of the proposed development. But Fisher kept insisting on more public money. Looking back, Fisher never intended to do the Howard Terminal deal, as there was clearly a deal there for him to do. He ended up wasting time and effort creating a Wag The Dog scheme to give him a reason to exit Oakland and Manfred was his willing accomplice every step of the way. Just observe Manfred’s weak body language in the post-approval press conference and you can see that he is clearly embarrassed to spew the b.s. he was spewing. Manfred is no Commissioner of Baseball, as he is just a wimpy lackey; an errand boy.

[@B_radicals]

MLB should have booted Fisher for hurting the whole brand as a shining example of terrible ownership and PR nightmare. No one publicly thinks this move is a good deal for anyone but Fisher.

[@brianmccarthy1029]

A's fan since 68 who has watched at least 140 games a year since MLB TV was a thing. I am now done with baseball forever the last pro sport I had.

[@aidenawe9359]

Kinda overreacting a bit. I do agree a’s moving to vegas was a shit move.

[@sirchi8731]

​@@aidenawe9359they will be watching this coming season

[@johncooper9887]

I really don't know how Manfred got away with conspiring to help a team tank and shaft Oakland in the process

[@crazybasser7066]

My two cents its absolutely pathetic and disgraceful to see what has happened to the great, iconic and historical franchises of Oakland. That city and its fan bases deserve better and to be clear I am not a fan of any of the teams per say but two of them started in my home town Philadelphia and all 3 of them have such a rich a deep history it just sickens me to no end. I truly hope that Oakland at some point can get a expansion team.

[@rainbowmade1880]

After this criminal, mafia style move to rip our team from Oakland, I too like many on this podcast am completely done with MLB. I’ve been a faithful Oakland A’s fan since my first game opening day in 1971 A’s vs White Sox at the Coliseum. I was 9 years old. I was completely taken with baseball and with my A’s. Now much as I could try, have no respect or fondness for the game I grew up loving. It’s almost like my whole life of following the A’s and MLB has been invalidated and erased. I truly hate Fisher and Manfred. I probably speak for many.

[@RobertGerman]

Very sorry for you and all the Oakland fans.

[@805fillmore]

So if the Giants win the World Series we better not see you commenting on the MLB.

[@oiler62]

My first game was also in 1971 and on my 9th birthday against KC. A 7-0 shutout by Vida Blue. Him and Campy were my favorite players growing up.

[@rainbowmade1880]

@@oiler62 It was a great year to watch the dynasty poised to begin! I remember hurrying back from 3rd grade to catch game 3 of the playoff game on TV against the Orioles only see they’d been swept and Reggie crying in the dugout. Captain Sal was my guy but of course they were all great. I have a decent collection of game used A’s jerseys from 1963-1975. I have game used Campy and Bando bats. Jerseys include 1969 Joe Rudi home White, 1973 Sal Bando Green, 1971 Mike Epstein in road minty green gray, 1969 Vida Blue alternate Gold (#21) his original number, 1971 Rick Monday home white and a 1975 Claudell Washington home white. Some have some are in all original condition and some the numbers and names were replaced. I have a pair of white with green striped Adidas cleats worn by one of the coaches Vern Hosheit. They will be my memorial to my beloved A’s. I hope you and I will survive this nightmare and be able deal with with the almost loss of a family member. I’m not religious but God bless our A’s.

[@joebarr725]

@@oiler62 Is that the same Campy who flung his bat at a Tigers pitcher who dared to pitch him inside?

[@joemancini2988]

Time to reconsider MLB’s antitrust exemption.

[@harukuhitoki2991]

The A's wanted close to 60 acres in Oakland...but 9 in Vegas? I bet uou if it was 35, 45 acres, it was a DONE DEAL

[@deanhenry4668]

As a A's fan since day one since 1968, Manford just like Selig are the 2 worst commissioners in baseball, Fisher is a idiot as a owner, hes not going to change, Im done with MLB, Manford should have never allowed Fisher to run this team into the ground like he did. Its a disgrace.

[@michaelleroy9281]

Bowie Kuhn wasn't that great either

[@alexspendlove98]

KARMA FOR THE OWNERS WILL COME, AND THE VEGAS DEAL WILL FAIL MISERABLY.

[@ronclark9724]

Maybe, but Oakland has been a failure for the past two to three decades... I can't imagine any MLB team having smaller attendance than Oakland... EVER...

[@Savi80]

@@ronclark9724why you expect for a old 55k capacity stadium be full ?? Even if it had an average of 20k fans it looked empty

[@CZ75undisputed]

@@Savi80Not only that but the stadium has been left to rot on purpose and the product on the field has been miserable. Even when they develop good players you know they are gonna get traded for nothing soon. It’s absolutely hopeless to support that team.

[@805fillmore]

@@CZ75undisputedthe city owns half the stadium why don’t they fix it up?

[@sirchi8731]

​@@805fillmorenobody wants to be honest about that one lol😂

[@josemercado4048]

Why not bud selig let Reggie Jackson to be minority owner? Bud selig chosen fraternity bro to be A’s owner, if Reggie Jackson is actually minority own but John fisher doesn’t want office infighting

[@Savi80]

Because they don’t want a black owner !!! Mlb is racist as fuck less and less blacks playing the sport

[@brentduanefoster]

The story goes (Disclaimer: I have not confirmed the information given) that Seilg was a part of the ownership team that wanted to buy the A's when they were in Kansas City, to move the team to Milwaukee. His bid lost and he seems to have been bitter about it ever since. He's had it out for Oakland for a long time.

[@craigarritola7754]

Thank you guys.

[@Leftylobber]

This is so corrupt Kennesaw Mountain-Landis just farted in his grave

[@ldo1308]

You'd think trump was running the show lol

[@paulwest3905]

This is the real problem with the Commissioner being a lackey/shill for the Baseball team owners- always has been. It's no wonder every now and then Congress threatens to remove their most-favored status when they piss everyone off over things. I'd like to see a mandate from the Govt saying they need to have an independent Commissioner who represents the players, fans and owners. I am not at all surprised by the whole thing, it's a business first and foremost; that's why getting a poor owner who reaps monetary benefit from a poor team showing has to change if the game is ever going to move forward. Capitalism rules our world folks, have no illusions. Political palms get greased and the whole mess rolls on decade after decade. Soon the 10% will own everything and everyone. Baseball is just a small sample of it. "Greed is GOOD" (well, for rich and powerful)- everyone else, STFU. Ranty rant over and out.

[@instynsbrayn]

Rob Manfred has no idea what a good commissioner or leader is much less a good owner who he reports to…DBags, all of them

[@jonathanlundeen8954]

There are not enough hours in the day to describe Fisher... how about trying to lower the salary of minor league players?

[@vincent.m.durham1695]

John Fisher is a terrible owner.

[@ldo1308]

John Fisher is a great owner.

[@aidenawe9359]

@@ldo1308he’s not and a’s fans enemy.

[@vincent.m.durham1695]

@@ldo1308 No the hell he isn't.

[@RonFromToronto]

This statement alone to me is a 100% stand-alone, non-negotiable call for firing Manfred. That remark shows unbelievable contempt for the fans of Oakland. Yes, I get that his job is first and foremost to serve the owners. But maybe he should make it a little less fucking obvious.

[@ronclark9724]

How soon the fans forget the A's won their division just a few short years ago. If you desire an owner splurging on free agents, BUILD A NEW STADIUM! Where are the excluding corporate suites and party/picnic areas for group sales? Oakland is the landlord, not the A's. Good landlords upgrade the properties when they desire the tenants to sign a new lease...

[@CaptJP2]

The A's own 1/2 of the Coliseum. @@ronclark9724

[@ldo1308]

​@@ronclark9724the A's suck lol

[@sirchi8731]

​@@ronclark9724bingo

[@TWalker87]

4-5 years ago I remember getting an email from the Oakland A's giving me a survey to fill out about moving to Vegas. This has been in the works for ages.

[@lindawebster8162]

Thanks Ken for standing up for the truth, I appreciate you. I’m a season ticket holder for many years. I will not follow the A’s to Vegas and after the Giants voted for relocation I will not become a Giant’s fan. Fisher and Manfred have made me into a hater. 😡

[@austinwalker8507]

I’m an A’s fan and I went to 3 giants games this year instead of the A’s with how bad they were run. I used to follow baseball closely now I don’t plan on watching outside of mookie betts. They A’s and mlb will lose a lot of fans over this. Hope it was worth it

[@ldo1308]

Welcome to the better team!🤗

[@KingTitan186]

Not a true A's fan

[@psal8715]

I doubt this will have much if any negative effect on the MLB. Most fans of baseball dont really care about what happening with the A's right now.. Fisher is trash though. i hope he sells the team.

[@sirchi8731]

​@@KingTitan186😂 rightb

[@sirchi8731]

​@@psal8715bingo. I was just in Boston and Baltimore...they are like..."glad it aint us"

[@Fatherdres]

Man if yall could see what this coliseum was like when the love seemed to be mutual between the A’s and their fans. We stopped for a reason. Every 4 years selling our top guys mid season for prospects. When we were World Series contenders!!! 2015 A’s, that’s the hardest one. Fuck anybody who believes John fisher and the MLB. Ripped our last bit of joy in this city. Appreciate this video. Actually saying some real shit

[@C0UGARSLAYER69]

I hate that they’re blaming the fans, and the city. How is it our fault that you don’t fix the stadium, that you don’t make any improvements, and you fire sell everyone after 3 seasons? “We couldn’t get anything done in Oakland.” Don’t the A’s own half the Coliseum site? If they wanted too, the could have a shovel in the ground right now!

[@brandoncarpenter9681]

True, I was an Oakland A’s fan, no longer an A’s fan, lost me as a paying and engaged baseball fan, I don’t have access to games, no need to, and will not be rooting for the giants. Maybe if I move, I will become a fan again of a new team if my son shows interest in the game.

[@bullwinkle2380]

If it is indeed the Las Vegas Athletics, YUCK!!!, then what the hell is Bobby Fisher doing owning half of the Oakland Coliseum??????????????????????????????

[@joshuacarey1840]

I'm not following the team to Las Vegas. For so many years it was Oakland needs a ballpark that has everything and we can't be small and then to see them settle for 9 acres of leased land in Las Vegas is a slap in the face. On a separate note I'm not an MLB fan the way Manfred talked about the fans and the effort of the Oakland 68s is laughable. I will always love the game of baseball but it will not be through the MLB. They showed their cards and made Oakland the example to other cities; If cities want to keep their team then you better be ready to hand us money or the team is leaving

[@mj21576]

What a bunch of bull crap. Fans in Oskland have been amazing all things considered. As a kid I remember the TV going black during the all Bay world series. I remember watching Rickey steal number 5,000 in the Oakland colors. Real fans know that this is wrong, fans of every team know this is wrong. They better put Oakland at the top of the expansion list. What a joke. Manfred is a joke.

[@805fillmore]

Oakland is more deserving than say Sacramento or San José for expansion?

[@louiscypher4186]

Unfortunately the MLB is not going to give Oakland an expansion team. Maybe Nor Cal can get an expansion, Maybe even the bay area, but certainly not anything within the jurisdiction of the City of Oakland. The city charged over a million per year in leasing fees and never maintained the property. The city said they would sell the stadium then reneged after the A's bought the county's half. The city dragged out HT and saddled it with a bunch of bureaucratic conditions and extra costs. The city continues to lie about it's funding, which it does not have all of it. The city continues to lie about there being deal despite it being unlawful for them to actually make a legal deal until the port signs off. The city's minions on the ports board refused to bring forward a vote on approving the stadium despite the MLB's deadline for a stadium deal. The city continues to be antagonistic to the A's and the MLB threatening pointless lawsuits and extracting additional money. This is the third team to leave Oakland, the city has massive issues and its not crime or poverty or anything else. It's the culture of the bureaucracy and low rent politicians who will never rise higher then city hall. Rather then using this moment to step back reflect on what they did wrong and being constructive going forward, I guarantee you the city will exploit this for cheap short term political gain and destroy any chance of luring an expansion team and they will waste taxpayer funds doing it.

[@SonHNguyen-qz5dg]

Attendence level doesnt agreee with u

[@williamriveley3666]

Fisher doesn't even care about the team or the fans. Not one bit.

[@KingTone510]

This is all gonna backfire, when no stadium deal can be reached. MLB is gonna come back to Oakland with their tail between their legs.

[@ninaklein8154]

Rich white men allows stick together.

[@TheBayFoto]

I’m a life long A’s fan and I definitely will not follow them.

[@brandondavenport6147]

John Fisher will sell the team when they have a home in las Vegas

[@Kensf25]

You guys need to get Brodie Brazil and Casey Pratt on here.

[@seen48]

I’m not sold on the fact that this is going to work, I hope I’m wrong. MLB is NOT the NFL or even the NHL for that matter and those two franchises are doing so well on the fan and sponsor support side. I think the NBA would do better than MLB in Vegas. They could have found other markets to fill the MLB void. Montreal, Nashville, Portland. I really hope they can figure out a stadium deal soon and apply for an expansion franchise somehow.

[@chrisweidner4768]

Ah yes, praise from the most embarrassing baseball commissioner. And it isn’t even close. “He’s going to be their shield.” And he never goes against obvious corruption etc. Guy’s a flunky yes man.

[@hubaldotorres4841]

John Fisher is the Donald Sterling of MLB/MLS

[@matty-492]

Can’t believe mlb blocked the sell to Lacob, Reggie Jackson, and Dave Stewart’s groups on multiple occasions just to hand the team over to Selig’s college boy toy

[@micmac99]

Baseball had a chance to have Joe Lacob as the A's owner but Bud Selig gave the team to his college buddy Lew Wolff. Joe Lacob would have kept the team in Oakland. Las Vegas would have gotten an expansion team anyway. I hope the fans and city sue MLB to get the colors and history and force John Fisher to do a name the team contest

[@justiceom5991]

Yeah, if this is how MLB treats the sport, I'm done. I'll follow college baseball and KBO/NPB to get my baseball fix

[@Eaglemk59]

No way us A's fans will root for the Giants... Period!!

[@neneshubby]

Someone explain to me how this is going to work. Fisher is leaving the 10th largest market to go to the 40th largest market. MLB teams get 25% of their revenue from local TV deals, the highest percentage of the 4 major sports leagues, he's going to have to raise private money to finance the ballpark which means yearly debt service payments, he's going to have the smallest ballpark in the majors, he's so cash poor that baseball is waving the 300M relocation fee, the A's are the worst team in baseball and have one of the worst farm systems in baseball so they're going to stink for the foreseeable future but supposedly he's suddenly going to start spending big money on the payroll? I mean, I'm no expert on this stuff but a 2 year old can see this isn't going to be some big panacea for the A's. They should've stayed in Oakland and given Vegas an expansion team.

[@splashnskillz37]

There's a need for a league wide boycott to give a wake up call for the cartel league to understand they messing things up

[@rockyshields9122]

Was he commissioner during Frank McCourt Dodgers years?

[@805fillmore]

Dodgers were still top 5 in attendance with McCourt. The fans in LA show up unlike Oakland through thick and thin.

[@joebarr725]

Selig was commissioner. Just an older version of Manfred.

[@rockyshields9122]

@@805fillmore is was still way down at the end of his ownership

[@donaldberry510]

Stay In Oakland

[@mosinc7388]

They need sell outs every game for 300 yrs. Not gonna harm Fisher if it doesn't happen, it will only cost the city. Gonna be the same guy.

[@togoandmoss]

They only gave Oakland 25 years to get a deal done!! A quarter of a century passes by in only 9,125 days!! Give them some time!!

[@pace5316]

A’s never actually made an attempt to stay in Oakland until 2018 when they hired Giles and Kaval, they literally had their sights set on San Jose before the whole rootedinOakland thing

[@SonHNguyen-qz5dg]

@@pace5316 Cause Oakland never put a serious offer

[@KingTone510]

​@@SonHNguyen-qz5dgthey actually did. They had federal money via grants, the EIR was done and approved, they had renderings of a stadium, all that John Fisher had to pay was $86 million. John Fisher, decided to be greedy and tried to get something for nothing. That stadium in Vegas is not gonna be ready until 2031 at this current place thanks to pending lawsuits to pull that Vegas public funding. Oakland could've been ready to put a shovel in the ground next year. You should really do your research before making claims like that.

[@SonHNguyen-qz5dg]

@@KingTone510 Sources? Also only funding is offsite funding. Oakland: Dragged out HT and saddled it with a bunch of bureaucratic conditions and extra costs. The city continues to lie about it's funding, which it does not have all of it. The city continues to lie about there being deal despite it being unlawful for them to actually make a legal deal until the port signs off. The city's minions on the ports board refused to bring forward a vote on approving the stadium despite the MLB's deadline for a stadium deal. The city continues to be antagonistic to the A's and the MLB threatening pointless lawsuits and extracting additional money. John Fisher already plan to payed majority of the stadium and he already invested 100million into HT without any deal with the city yet the city keep penny pinching him into paying more and more. Vegas stadium will be ready in 2028 and school over stadium is going nowhere

[@KingTone510]

@@SonHNguyen-qz5dg go to the search box and look up "Casey Pratt interviews Oakland Mayor"

[@snarfsnarf3062]

CHARLES B. JOHNSON

[@tonycomer1415]

He's not a good owner, but it says something about the city that now has had 3 major sports teams leave.

[@ldo1308]

Attendance sucks

[@KingTitan186]

​@@ldo1308raiders and warriors had bad attendance?

[@CZ75undisputed]

That’s kinda unfair though because the Raiders left when Nevada gave them a nearly billion dollar handout for their stadium. The Warriors are not an Oakland team specifically. They are bay area team and they simply moved to a location they preferred in the bay area and privately funded their own arena.

[@joshuadesautels]

The Warriors only moved to San Francisco (which is what Joe Lacob always said he wanted to do), had played in San Francisco previously, and were always really the Bay Area's team rather than Oakland's team

[@dorothygale1104]

Did san Francisco lose the 49ers? Their Levi’s Stadium is 32 miles from the SF city limit in Santa Clara. Yet nobody says SF lost the 49ers. The Warriors privately financed Chase Center is just on the other side if the 4.5 mile Bay Bridge from Oakland. Oakland didn’t lose the Warriors because the team never asked for a cent from either Oakland or San Francisco to help subsidize Chase Center. The Raiders also moved from LA to Oakland. Does anyone say LA lost the Raiders? Davis is the least wealthy NFL owner and it was a known fact that he was going to move the Raiders to the city that would put the most money in his pocket and it was a given that it wasn’t going to be a. California city, as financing stadiums with public money is rare in California. More stadiums & arenas in California are privately financed vs. stadiums that have any amount of public money involved.

[@long-time-first-time]

As soon as the team valuation goes up, Fisher will sell. This is all a money grab from a lousy businessman who doesn't care about baseball.

[@azcardguy7825]

So embarrassing for mlb

[@adrianelias2365]

Welcome Las Vegas A’s

[@timschmidt3784]

Welcome John Fisher. Good luck.

[@Shoelessjoe78]

You guys are so f***** You don't even know it. There's a brand new soccer field in San Jose and he has run that into the ground. Gap into the ground. The A's into the ground and you think he's going to do something in Vegas? Good luck.

[@Shoelessjoe78]

This is going to fail. Sorry Nevada taxpayer. You're about to get Fishered. This guy fails with everything he touches.

[@djdiemdduejdj]

As a fan I'd much rather go to Vegas to watch a game. Oakland is on my "do not travel" lists.

[@KingTone510]

You'd be surprised, Oakland is a great place to visit.

[@Shoelessjoe78]

There's a whole SF Bay Area. That makes absolutely no sense. And why go to Vegas for Baseball. Absolutely not on the list of things I'd do in Vegas.

[@805fillmore]

Hey Ken, don’t expect to be allowed into the new Vegas arena when it opens.

[@jackduncan6422]

No chance fisher finds a way to pay

[@dorothygale1104]

I think you mean Vegas ballpark.

[@805fillmore]

@@dorothygale1104 no I meant arena

[@dorothygale1104]

@@805fillmore Whatever, Gladys.

[@805fillmore]

@@dorothygale1104 ok Dorothy.

[@joeriveracomedy]

Fisher nailed it. Imagine being tied to an alleged fan base who showed up for ONE game this season. Staying in Oakland is financial suicide.

[@Shoelessjoe78]

You mean like how he nailed it in San Jose Fremont Laney college with the earthquakes gap banana Republic Old Navy etc. This dude is a walking trust fund baby failure. He literally has failed at every single business venture he has ever had every last one...

[@user-jv9qz2bu1r]

Manfred is a good commissioner. No not either. FAIL FAIL FAIL

[@spacemansports4129]

California has way too many MLB baseball teams just accept it. Besides the majority of people in Oakland support the Giants more since it’s close to their territory. And to get there to San Francisco isn’t even a long trip.

[@derronfincher6856]

You literally have no idea what you're talking about. Most people in Oakland don't support the Giants. Plus this affects all of Northern California and Northern Nevada where the A's fans are at.

[@togoandmoss]

How could you blame Oakland fans? They have a perfect alibi … they were nowhere near the Colosseum!!! Ha ha ha ha

[@taunton613]

I feel for the true A's fans but Las Vegas presents a better opportunity for the franchise and MLB. Manfred has made some good changes to attract a younger demographic.

[@SezarLopez]

People getting mad for them leaving the s hole called Oakland that city is dangerous stadium is blighted. Anyone ever go there on vacation? They do in Vegas. Then he says that none of the money will go back to the Vegas community. So parking sales, rental cars, hotels, tickets and the jobs they produce won’t make the state any $? Then he says he’s talked to other owners who say it won’t work in Oakland. They say it won’t work in Vegas when no one knows if it will or won’t. I’m a die hard A’s fan and I want to thank John Fisher and the whole A’s organization for having the guts to take the steps to do what’s best for our team. Whether or not he increases our payroll and keeps are players is irrelevant he owns the team and he can do whatever he wants. Everyone is calling him the worse owner, you all forgot about Marge Schott? Frank McCourt? Schott was a racist, McCourt almost had to get a loan to meet payroll because he spent all the teams $. Billy Bene and David Frost have gone to the playoffs 11 times since 2000. Not a math major but that’s close to half. Also impressive with the facts it’s done through trades and player development. Learn your baseball before you pass judgement

[@snarfsnarf3062]

You ever been to frisco, chicago, new york, seattle etc

[@dorothygale1104]

Have you ever bee to Oakland? FYI - there are areas of Oakland where the average home prices are $2.5M - $3.5M.

[@ldo1308]

John Fisher is a good baseball owner 👍

[@aidenawe9359]

He’s the worst owner in baseball.

[@Devinlacecock8141]

The issue is, stadium deals aren't about stadiums, they're real estate deals. All about the land development around the stadium. That's where the money is.

[@dorothygale1104]

There is no land development opportunity for the A’s surrounding the proposed Vegas stadium. That is what makes no sense as Oakland was giving Fisher everything he and sny owner coukd want at Howard Terminal. The reality is that Fisher doesn’t have the financial juice to get the financing to make the $12B Howard Terminal project a reality. Moving to Vegas for a stadium-only deal is a face saving move hiding the fact he couldn’t land the HT financing. Fisher still doesn’t have a commitment from a lender for the $1.1B financing he needs to build the Vegas stadium. He & Kaval are now taking about selling a stake in the team to raise part of the $1.1B he needs for Vegas deal., which is a slap in Oakland’s face as he wouldn’t sell the team to someone who would keep the team in Oakland, but he will sell a stake in the team to raise money to build the Vegas stadium. Scum.