Baseball Miscellany

I hope Cashman gets a contract extension.

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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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The Athletics owner is optimizing for league-sharing revenue and nothing else.

He’s operating a real estate development with an incidental team attached.

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See also: Rays, Tampa Bay.

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I wholeheartedly agree but still, there are worse things than being dumb and rich.

This looks fun
https://x.com/RoFlo/status/1725242934612611496?s=20

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The details of the makeup inning are hilarious too.

Holy shit Billy Martin was such a weasel.

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Shildt officially gets the reins in San Diego.

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Ausmus has been hired as NYY’s bench coach. I’m cackling.

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I like this news:

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