The Las Vegas A's are coming in 2027

[Buffalo Super Fan]

6 hours ago, BillsPride12 said:

How come Oakland can't hang on to any of it's teams anymore?

It isn’t Oakland that can’t hang onto any it’s teams anymore? This had very little to do with the loyal fans anymore than Buffalo, San Diego, Seattle NBA, Los Angeles, San Diego, Oakland and St Louis NFL losing there teams. This is about the toxic political and business environment in those cities at that time. The owner also plays a part but it has very little to do about the actual fans it has never been about the fans in these things. I am sure over the passage of time the large cities like Seattle NBA, San Diego, Oakland and St Louis will get another chance in the NBA or NFL at the expense of a current league member or expansion. 

Edited April 21, 2023 by I am leaving for good

[ExiledInIllinois]

1 hour ago, I am leaving for good said:

It isn’t Oakland that can’t hang onto any it’s teams anymore? This had very little to do with the loyal fans anymore than Buffalo, San Diego, Seattle NBA, Los Angeles, San Diego, Oakland and St Louis NFL losing there teams. This is about the toxic political and business environment in those cities at that time. The owner also plays a part but it has very little to do about the actual fans it has never been about the fans in these things. I am sure over the passage of time the large cities like Seattle NBA, San Diego, Oakland and St Louis will get another chance in the NBA or NFL at the expense of a current league member or expansion. 

Buffalo lost it's Braves to San Diego because the Celtics owner wanted to move the Celtics to West Coast. The NBA will not do that... So Buffalo was the patsy. The League brokered a deal for both owners to swap teams. The Braves then moved to San Diego.

 

***** the NBA.

 

Then the League admits the Dallas Mavericks as an expansion time. Has everything to do with screwing Buffalo at it's most vulnerable time in its history. 

 

Left the market open for the Raptors to come in a decade+ later...

Edited April 21, 2023 by ExiledInIllinois

[LabattBlue]

New stadium to seat 30-35k.  Stadiums getting smaller and smaller…all about the TV money going forward. 

[Mark80]

A's fan here.  I have mixed emotions on this.  Been a fan since late 80's.  It's tough to see what the team has become.  The downfall started when Al Davis made them build the monstrosity stands in center field.  The coliseum had a tremendous view before that and was quite nice looking.  Then they build that ugly thing and the whole atmosphere changed.  Fast forward to the current owner and his living out of the movie plot to Major League, except it actually worked.  I hate support this jerk, but it's my team.  Hopefully he'll actually spend some money now, but if they change their nickname from the A's to something new, I'm out and going to the Orioles.

Edited April 21, 2023 by Mark80

[stuvian]

Pete Rose for manager

[Gregg]

Just now, stuvian said:

Pete Rose for manager

 

For what he did I could understand him not getting a job in baseball again. But he deserves to be in the HOF for what he did as a player.

[The Jokeman]

19 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

Would they still be called the Athletics?

I sure hope not because as an A's fan this angers me, I mean I understand but still sickening with the tradition built in Oakland shouldn't just go with them to Vegas.  I mean the field in Oakland is called Rickey Henderson field (my favorite player BTW), I don't see that happening in Vegas. 

Edited April 21, 2023 by The Jokeman

[Ned Flanders]

2 hours ago, Mark80 said:

 I'm out and going to the Orioles.

@Mike in Horseheadsis there any room left on our bandwagon?

19 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

Would they still be called the Athletics?

I heard the owner will keep the name as is.

[The Jokeman]

2 hours ago, Mark80 said:

A's fan here.  I have mixed emotions on this.  Been a fan since late 80's.  It's tough to see what the team has become.  The downfall started when Al Davis made them build the monstrosity stands in center field.  The coliseum had a tremendous view before that and was quite nice looking.  Then they build that ugly thing and the whole atmosphere changed.  Fast forward to the current owner and his living out of the movie plot to Major League, except it actually worked.  I hate support this jerk, but it's my team.  Hopefully he'll actually spend some money now, but if they change their nickname from the A's to something new, I'm out and going to the Orioles.

See I'm the opposite, I'd be more pissed if they keep the A's name. 

4 minutes ago, Ned Flanders said:

 

I heard the owner will keep the name as is.

Edited April 21, 2023 by The Jokeman

[Ned Flanders]

16 hours ago, Beast said:

Philadelphia A’s

Kansas City A’s

Oakland A’s

Las Vegas A’s

 

You can’t kill the A’s.

A's, hard to believe, have been in Oakland longer than they were in Philadelphia as a founding AL member in 1901.

[The Jokeman]

3 hours ago, LabattBlue said:

New stadium to seat 30-35k.  Stadiums getting smaller and smaller…all about the streaming money going forward. 

Fixed it for you. 

[Mike in Horseheads]

19 minutes ago, Ned Flanders said:

@Mike in Horseheadsis there any room left on our bandwagon?

 

Ned we can hitch another wagon on the back, not 1st class like our wagon but coach

[Irv]

"Athletics" is a dumb name.  I would never root for them.  I don't want to be an "Athletics Supporter".  

 

 

Edited April 21, 2023 by Irv

[ExiledInIllinois]

1 hour ago, Irv said:

"Athletics" is a dumb name.  I would never root for them.  I don't want to be an "Athletics Supporter".  

 

 

They do have Dumbo, an elephant 🐘 as their logo, mascot.

[Arkady Renko]

Are they just going to play out the string for the next four years in Oakland before they move? Seems depressing. 

[Ned Flanders]

23 minutes ago, Arkady Renko said:

Are they just going to play out the string for the next four years in Oakland before they move? Seems depressing. 

Yeah, that's going to be weird...they're not drawing flies now...before the end of the season, they may let the wharf rats in.

[Mike in Horseheads]

26 minutes ago, Arkady Renko said:

Are they just going to play out the string for the next four years in Oakland before they move? Seems depressing. 

I agree, move to Montreal or something

[Draconator]

7 hours ago, Mark80 said:

A's fan here.  I have mixed emotions on this.  Been a fan since late 80's.  It's tough to see what the team has become.  The downfall started when Al Davis made them build the monstrosity stands in center field.  The coliseum had a tremendous view before that and was quite nice looking.  Then they build that ugly thing and the whole atmosphere changed.  Fast forward to the current owner and his living out of the movie plot to Major League, except it actually worked.  I hate support this jerk, but it's my team.  Hopefully he'll actually spend some money now, but if they change their nickname from the A's to something new, I'm out and going to the Orioles.

 

Dave Kaval said on MLB Radio on SIriusXM, "The Las Vegas A's has a nice ring to it". The A's name is styaing. 

1 hour ago, Arkady Renko said:

Are they just going to play out the string for the next four years in Oakland before they move? Seems depressing. 

There's some talk that MLB will add 8,000 seats to Las Vegas' new Triple-A ballpark and the A's would play there for 3 years until their new stadium is built. That would be a max attendance of 18,000 which is still more than what they draw now in Oakland.

[Arkady Renko]

On 4/20/2023 at 11:41 PM, ExiledInIllinois said:

Buffalo lost it's Braves to San Diego because the Celtics owner wanted to move the Celtics to West Coast. The NBA will not do that... So Buffalo was the patsy. The League brokered a deal for both owners to swap teams. The Braves then moved to San Diego.

 

***** the NBA.

 

Then the League admits the Dallas Mavericks as an expansion time. Has everything to do with screwing Buffalo at it's most vulnerable time in its history. 

 

Left the market open for the Raptors to come in a decade+ later...

Do we think that Buffalo could have supported a third pro team long term, though?

Edited April 22, 2023 by Arkady Renko

[ExiledInIllinois]

2 hours ago, Arkady Renko said:

Do we think that Buffalo could have supported a third pro team long term, though?

Sure!