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A's $380 million Las Vegas stadium handout debated in top Nevada court: The $380 million handout earmarked for Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher’s Las Vegas ...
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Giants’ home opener made it clear: Bob Melvin is in the right place: Bob Melvin managed his first San Francisco Giants home game, a win over the Padres ...
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Oakland A’s will move to Sacramento for next season: The Oakland A’s have struck a deal to temporarily move the team to Sacramento next season ...
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Sacramento A's roundtable: Will fans go? A Bay Area expansion team?: With the Oakland Athletics heading to Sacramento in 2025 we asked Chronicle baseball experts ...
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Quick Glance: Oakland A's to Play at Sacramento's Sutter Health Park before Las Vegas Move
- The Oakland Athletics will play their final season in Oakland in 2024, marking their 57th season there. They will move to the Sutter Health Park in Sacramento for 2025-27, with the option to extend for another year. The park will serve as a major league venue for at least three seasons.
- The Sacramento Kings own the River Cats. The A's look to relocate to Las Vegas by the 2028 season. Oakland is now focusing on developing the Coliseum site. The city offered the A's a fair deal for 2025-27, which was seen as fiscally responsible.
- Oakland extended gratitude to West Sacramento, Sutter Health Park, and the Sacramento region for hosting the A's temporarily. Sutter Health Park will host the A's for the 2025-27 seasons before their move to Vegas in 2028. The park will be modified to meet MLB standards, ensuring a top-notch baseball experience. Sacramento is excited to welcome the A's as their temporary home.
Oakland to ask A’s for $97M to extend Coliseum lease, report says: With a key meeting on Tuesday to discuss a Coliseum lease extension for the Oakland Athletics ...
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With no Oakland deal, A’s to meet with Sacramento officials: The Oakland Athletics are taking their negotiating team to Sacramento a day after the A’s met with ...
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MLB Fans Roast A's Owner for Naming Aaron Judge As Selling Point for Sacramento Ballpark
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A’s meet with local officials on new Coliseum lease, but no deal yet: The Oakland Athletics met with local officials about a lease extension for the Coliseum ...
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Paid articlePaid Willie McCovey statue returns to new site across cove from Oracle Park: The San Francisco Giants resurrected the Willie McCovey statue, which was positioned on ...
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Paid articlePaid Thao, Fisher must compromise if A’s are to play in Oakland beyond 2024: Negotiations between John Fisher’s A’s and Mayor Sheng Thao of Oakland over a Coliseum ...
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Paid articlePaid How will Matt Chapman boost Giants? Matt Williams sheds light: Nobody can speak with as much authority as Matt Williams on the brilliance of Matt Chapman ...
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Paid articlePaidQuick Glance: Giants, Matt Chapman Agree to 3-Year Deal
- Chapman ranked as the eighth-best free agent on The Athletic’s Top 40 Big Board and the top third baseman on the market.
- Third baseman Matt Chapman has agreed to a three-year, $54 million deal with the Giants, including opt-outs after the first two seasons.
- Since his debut in 2017, Chapman has won four American League Gold Glove Awards and two Platinum Gloves. Scouts praise his reflexes and elite throwing arm.
- Chapman's offensive performance has been inconsistent, but he remains an above-average hitter with a 109 OPS+ since 2020.
A’s deny they’ll interfere with fans’ boycott at Coliseum opener: A spokesperson for the Oakland Athletics denied a social media post saying that the team would ...
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Paid articlePaid Oakland A’s, city and county reps to discuss Coliseum lease extension: The Oakland Athletics may not leave the Coliseum after 2024 as representatives of the team ...
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Paid articlePaid A’s deny involvement in Drake’s brewery withdrawing from Fans Fest: Drake’s Brewing Co. withdrew sponsorship of the Oakland Athletics Fans Fest on Wednesday ...
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Paid articlePaid A’s set Opening Night roster, hope this one will be a bit better: The Oakland Athletics announced their 26-man roster that features a more experienced rotation ...
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Paid articlePaid A's vs. fans tension generates drama and questions. We have answers: The Oakland Athletics and fans are locked in a cold war over John Fisher’s move to Las Vegas ...
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Paid articlePaid Giants can’t afford to stand pat with Boras Four free agents unsigned: The San Francisco Giants still need help in the rotation and the infield ...
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Paid articlePaid New A’s play-by-play broadcaster Jenny Cavnar makes MLB history: Broadcaster Jenny Cavnar was hired to call the Oakland Athletics’ play by play for NBC Sports ...
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Paid articlePaidQuick Glance: Milestone: First Female MLB Broadcaster
- Jenny Cavnar transitions to Oakland after Colorado Rockies tenure.
- First female primary play-by-play announcer in A's history.
- Collaborating with Dallas Braden at NBC Sports California.
- Historic moment: First woman in 25 years with TV play-by-play for MLB game.
Athletics to Speak With Oakland About Coliseum Lease Extension, per Report: The A’s still need to figure out where they are playing after the 2024 season.
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Las Vegas mayor: A’s should ‘stay in Oakland,’ Fisher’s plan nonsense: Las Vegas mayor Carolyn Goodman pointedly suggested it doesn’t make sense for John ...
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Paid articlePaid Ready or not, spring training for Giants, A’s begins this week: Spring training starts in the coming days for the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics ...
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Paid articlePaid A’s haven’t sought Coliseum extension; its likely to host Roots in '25: The Athletics have yet to ask for a lease extension at the Coliseum, but the Oakland ...
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Paid articlePaid Giants acquire utilityman Otto Lopez from Toronto: As part of some pre-spring-training roster juggling, the San Francisco Giants acquired infielder-outfielder ...
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Paid articlePaid Why ‘game-changing’ Matt Chapman would be perfect signing for Giants: The closer the San Francisco Giants get to spring training, the more it makes sense for ...
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Paid articlePaid Alex Wood to sign one-year deal with A’s after three years with Giants: Veteran left-hander Alex Wood has agreed to a one-year deal with the Oakland Athletics ...
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Paid articlePaid With many free agents without deals, should MLB add signing deadline?: With so many MLB free agents still unsigned, and with the San Francisco Giants having made ...
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A’s owner John Fisher, colleagues tour West Sac's Sutter Health Park: Oakland Athletics execs on Thursday visited Sutter Health Park, home to the Triple-A ...
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A’s farm team steps up, sponsors fan festival as MLB team skips out: As the Oakland Athletics again fail to host a FanFest, local fan groups are organizing their ...
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Giants signing reliever Jordan Hicks to start for 4 years, $44 million: The San Francisco Giants have agreed with hard-throwing Jordan Hicks to a four-year ...
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A’s donate to Nevada politicians after approval of $380M ballpark bill: After the Nevada legislature approved spending $380 million on the Oakland Athletics’ ...
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Where do Giants stand with lefty Shōta Imanaga? Here’s what we know: Left-hander Shōta Imanaga would be a nice fit in the middle of the San Francisco Giants’ ...
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Who’s who among Bay Area’s top 15 baseball people to watch in 2024: While the San Francisco Giants stock their roster and the Oakland Athletics try to find a ...
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A's agree they're moving, will pay $45M owed for Coliseum stake: A week after Alameda County sent notice to Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher to pay the county ...
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Scott Boras knocks A’s John Fisher, MLB owners on relocation process: Influential baseball agent Scott Boras strongly questioned how Oakland Athletics owner John ...
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How do Giants keep up with Ohtani’s Dodgers? ‘Not conceding anything’: For the San Francisco Giants to contend in the NL West next season and challenge the ...
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Giants preparing for full-court press on free-agent star Shohei Ohtani: Publicly, GMs made Shohei Ohtani talk off limits. Privately, the two-way star is the buzz ...
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MLB owners give A's Fisher leave to dump Oakland, move to Las Vegas: Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher was given the green light by fellow MLB owners on ...
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Quick Glance: MLB Owners Unanimously Approve Oakland Athletics' Move to Las Vegas
- The Oakland Athletics' move to Las Vegas has been unanimously approved by Major League Baseball team owners.
- The relocation marks the franchise's fourth home since 1968 and the first in the league since 2005.
- Public financing for the new 30,000-seat stadium in Las Vegas was approved by the Nevada legislature and governor.
- The A's had previously planned new venues in the Bay Area and near Laney College in Oakland before settling on Las Vegas.
A's fans' message during chat with John Fisher: 'Do the right thing': Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher made a point to approach three A’s fans in the hotel ...
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MLB owners expected to vote on John Fisher moving A’s to Las Vegas: Major League Baseball owners should vote this week at their quarterly meetings on Oakland ...
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Stay or go? Sean Manaea, Michael Conforto among Giants facing decision: It’ll be known Monday whether Sean Manaea, Ross Stripling and Michael Conforto will ...
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How A’s GM David Forst handles duties as MLB ponders Las Vegas move: Oakland Athletics GM David Forst said he isn’t worrying over the direction of the franchise ...
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A’s exercise Mark Kotsay’s 2025 option, but where will team be then?: The Oakland Athletics exercised manager Mark Kotsay’s contract option for 2025 ...
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Oakland mayor appeals to MLB owners to reject A's move to Las Vegas: Mayor Sheng Thao made direct appeals to 15 of 30 MLB owners to vote against the Oakland ...
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Nevada educators’ bid to block A’s ballpark funding takes legal hit: Schools Over Stadiums’ effort to prevent $380 million being given to Oakland Athletics for ...
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Giants’ All-Star Alex Cobb to undergo hip surgery, big hit to rotation: San Francisco Giants All-Star pitcher Alex Cobb is scheduled for hip surgery Tuesday and ...
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‘Sell it, man’: A’s Trevor May retires, blisters owner John Fisher: Oakland Athletics closer Trevor May announced his retirement Monday and in the process called ...
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Giants prep pitches to Shohei Ohtani, Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto: The San Francisco Giants came up short chasing Aaron Judge last winter ...
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After A’s year of horrors, fans face John Fisher achieving Vegas move: Oakland Athletics fans endured 112 losses as John Fisher gave up on fielding a competitive ...
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'We did a pretty good job': Fans are the A's MVPs this season: The real stars of the Oakland Athletics' season are the fans who put up with more than any fan ...
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Giants’ Gabe Kapler answers Logan Webb’s call for ‘big changes’: A day after San Francisco Giants pitcher Logan Webb called for “big changes” in 2024 ...
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Giants' Brandon Crawford not yet ready to decide on his future: San Francisco Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford is not yet ready to make a decision whether to ...
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A’s owner John Fisher submits Las Vegas relocation application to MLB: The Oakland Athletics submitted their relocation application to Major League Baseball ...
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Angels fans should follow A’s fans' lead, demand Arte Moreno sell team: MLB needs to change its rules after Angels owner Arte Moreno’s waiver-wire salary dump ...
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Shohei Ohtani’s injury shouldn’t deter Giants, but might change pitch: The San Francisco Giants still figure to offer an injured Shohei Ohtani a massive contract ...
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Ex-Giants manager Bochy back in S.F. for first time as Rangers skipper: Former San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy returns to Oracle Park this weekend for ...
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Giants celebrate their 103-win, no-playoffs team of 1993: Saturday marked the 30th reunion of the 1993 San Francisco Giants, the 103-win team of Barry Bonds and ...
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Giants fans give hero’s welcome to Bruce Bochy, wearing Ranger blue: Bruce Bochy, in town with his Texas Rangers, received a hero’s welcome from San Francisco ...
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Major League Baseball and Oakland are talking, and it’s not good: Commissioner Rob Manfred and Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao have vastly different accounts of events
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Giants fall short at trade deadline, will it come back to haunt them?: The wisdom of the San Francisco Giants essentially standing pat as the trade deadline came ...
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Why MLB should move trade deadline back to Aug. 15; Ohtani anyone?: Major League Baseball has made many changes for the better, but one more change should be ...
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COLUMN: The San Francisco Giants will play next June in a game called “MLB at Rickwood Field: A Tribute to the Negro Leagues ... Show more
Did fans' chants inspire A's 2-1 win over Giants in packed Coliseum?: The Oakland Athletics took the first game in the Coliseum of the Bay Bridge Series 2-1 from ...
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Giants need reinforcements beyond AJ Pollock by trade deadline: The San Francisco Giants acquired AJ Pollock and Mark Mathias Monday but still need more ...
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Mike Ivie, Giants’ pinch-hitting legend on 1978 team, dies at 70: Mike Ivie, whose pinch-hitting dramatics in 1978 helped the San Francisco Giants make a run for ...
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Phillies’ Bryson Stott, Las Vegas native, says A’s belong in Oakland: This weekend, the Oakland Athletics are hosting the Philadelphia Phillies ...
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Why Giants All-Star Camilo Doval is so chill, on and off the mound: San Francisco Giants closer Camilo Doval's stuff on the mound sizzles. But the man ...
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Rob Manfred still blames Oakland after mayor met with him over A’s: MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is still pushing the same false narrative even after Oakland ...
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Could Northern California get an MLB expansion team after A's leave?: It's not too early to start talking about a second MLB team for the Bay Area ...
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Busy week for A’s: Nevada hearings, owners’ meetings, reverse boycott: This promises to be a wild and historic week for the Oakland Athletics and their fans as a ...
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MLB Commissioner Manfred blames Oakland for losing A’s to Las Vegas: Commissioner Rob Manfred tried blaming the city of Oakland for the relocation of the Oakland ...
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Oakland leaders react with fury and dismay to potential A’s departure: Oakland leaders expressed dismay on Thursday, a day after the Nevada Legislature approved ...
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Michigan prosecutors push back as state allocates millions for indigent defense: Prosecutors say they are finding it harder to attract and retain staff just as ...
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Oakland A’s fans aren’t reason team is Las Vegas-bound. John Fisher is: Some people think Oakland Athletics fans are to blame, which nicely fits the John ...
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Dave Stewart Q&A on A’s, Las Vegas, John Fisher, Oakland expansion: With the Oakland A’s on pace for the most losses in MLB history and the franchise apparently ...
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A's pulling same shenanigans in Vegas after many Bay Area mishaps: After all the Oakland A's “commitments” to various Bay Area ballpark proposals ...
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Will Madison Bumgarner make a comeback? ‘He’s not a quitter’: Madison Bumgarner, the San Francisco Giants legend released last month by the Arizona Diamondbacks ...
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Crawford returns, Giants’ Kapler playing musical chairs with infielder: With San Francisco Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford back on the roster ...
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Baysball Bamboozle? A's, Giants want your dollars for losing teams: The Oakland A's want a new stadium while trying to drive you away from the old one ...
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Why the Bryan Reynolds trade might bring flashbacks for Giants fans: San Francisco Giants fans might cringe, seeing former prospect Bryan Reynolds blossom into ...
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