Waldo
(Waldo)
November 10, 2023, 2:17am
#4767
I hope Cashman gets a contract extension.
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moriarty
November 16, 2023, 3:52pm
#4768
Foregone conclusion, but the owners unanimously approved the A’s relocation to Las Vegas this morning. They’ll still be in Oakland for a couple more years, since their lease at the Coliseum runs through 2024 and their new Vegas stadium isn’t scheduled to open until 2028. For ‘25 through ‘27 they may be a bit of a road show with games in San Francisco and the existing Vegas AAA stadium, among other options.
MarkR
(Buford T. Justice)
November 16, 2023, 4:00pm
#4769
moriarty:
Foregone conclusion, but the owners unanimously approved the A’s relocation to Las Vegas this morning. They’ll still be in Oakland for a couple more years, since their lease at the Coliseum runs through 2024 and their new Vegas stadium isn’t scheduled to open until 2028. For ‘25 through ‘27 they may be a bit of a road show with games in San Francisco and the existing Vegas AAA stadium, among other options.
The fact that the owners are perfectly fine with this is just example number 6 billion why being good at making money doesn’t mean you’re smart at all.
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subnuclear
(Kevin Kramer)
November 16, 2023, 6:14pm
#4770
The Athletics owner is optimizing for league-sharing revenue and nothing else.
MusicMan
(Michael Shopoff)
November 16, 2023, 7:19pm
#4771
He’s operating a real estate development with an incidental team attached.
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Ty_in_Tampa
(Michael Tyson)
November 16, 2023, 7:32pm
#4772
See also: Rays, Tampa Bay.
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I wholeheartedly agree but still, there are worse things than being dumb and rich.
The details of the makeup inning are hilarious too.
Holy shit Billy Martin was such a weasel.
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moriarty
November 21, 2023, 4:54pm
#4776
HudsonHawk:
Yeah, don’t know about Schildt’s philosophy on analytics, but he appears to be a smart “baseball man”. Perhaps that’s not what the Astros want, but cursory review of him seems to be that he’s a good manager. Just a name that I’ve seen, and I know other teams are interested in him as well.
Shildt officially gets the reins in San Diego.
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moriarty
November 21, 2023, 8:22pm
#4777
Ausmus has been hired as NYY’s bench coach. I’m cackling.
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