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2021-05-13 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Oakland Athletics to start looking at relocating elsewhere

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Posted by Fred 2021-05-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top

#1 Charlotte or Columbus

Posted by Kofi Trotsky1670 2021-05-13 00:44|| 2021-05-13 00:44|| Front Page Top

#2
Nah, anywhere in Canada is your best bet...

Go for the COLD !

Posted by Bigfoot Thusoting6688 2021-05-13 00:51|| 2021-05-13 00:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Sea of Serenity? Please conduct Elon Musk for flight schedule, pricing, and details.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-05-13 01:32|| 2021-05-13 01:32|| Front Page Top

#4 The UP of Michigan - plenty of space available there!

Posted by Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-05-13 01:53|| 2021-05-13 01:53|| Front Page Top

#5 I remember when the Oakland Raiders held summer training at the old El Rancho Tropicana in Santa Rosa CA. I also remember the As of the 70s. Why the As are still in Oakland I don't know. There's nothing left there for them. No one there remembers.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2021-05-13 04:20|| 2021-05-13 04:20|| Front Page Top

#6 "...a development that would include 3,000 units of affordable housing...."

Sure, sure.

Meanwhile, Charlie Finley is rolling in his grave.

Posted by Clem 2021-05-13 05:07|| 2021-05-13 05:07|| Front Page Top

#7 Baseball may not be dying, but it is not the sport it once was, and it does not have the fan base it once had.

Posted by Gerthudion Whomoper3485 2021-05-13 08:06|| 2021-05-13 08:06|| Front Page Top

#8 ^ Overtaken by the NFL, which is now Woking themselves into a declining popularity

Posted by Frank G 2021-05-13 08:34|| 2021-05-13 08:34|| Front Page Top

#9 Grew up bleeding Royals and Chiefs.

I don't even know what kind of start Royals are off to.

That's your trendline.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-05-13 10:37|| 2021-05-13 10:37|| Front Page Top

#10 I grew up a Redskins fan for life, but that didn't survive the woke nonsense. Last baseball game I went to was Griffith Stadium to see the Senators play...

Posted by NoMoreBS 2021-05-13 12:22|| 2021-05-13 12:22|| Front Page Top

#11 The purpose of 'entertainment' is to attract an audience. To entertain in order to forget the insanity of the world for but a brief period of time. Someone has forgotten the basics.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-05-13 15:39|| 2021-05-13 15:39|| Front Page Top

#12 Cowboys fan here in town, and I think we can agree there is no such thing as a sort of Cowboys fan, pulled all his yard decor to his Christmas Tree lights.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-05-13 15:54|| 2021-05-13 15:54|| Front Page Top

#13 Just throwing it out here - why don't the A's share Oracle Park with the San Francisco Giants? I'd think the first serious barrier is working out the logistics of sharing a stadium that would be in full operation just about every day for at least six months. Other than that, I don't see a downside, and the A's won't have to try and con some other place to build them a stadium on the local taxpayer's dime.

Posted by Raj 2021-05-13 17:28|| 2021-05-13 17:28|| Front Page Top

#14 See, that's the real game.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-05-13 17:34|| 2021-05-13 17:34|| Front Page Top

#15 Oh, and something swksvolFF said brings up another point. The Dallas Cowboys and the New England Patriots both paid for their respective stadiums and own the land they're on themselves. This is the primary reason they're among the top pro sports franchises in terms of high market value.

I don't know about the other teams but it wouldn't surprise me if that's the case with most of the other teams. If that holds, there's your best argument for making the owners pay for this shit themselves or share the costs with another franchise.

Posted by Raj 2021-05-13 17:37|| 2021-05-13 17:37|| Front Page Top

#16 The Bravos got the hell out of downtown ATL and it’s a roaring success

Posted by Beavis 2021-05-13 19:03|| 2021-05-13 19:03|| Front Page Top

#17 Luv it when Fred sez "How about Kansas City?" Definitely snark of the day!

Posted by borgboy 2021-05-13 20:06|| 2021-05-13 20:06|| Front Page Top

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