Owners greenlight Athletics' move to Las Vegas
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MLB owners have voted to allow the Athletics to move to Las Vegas, a significant step toward Oakland losing its last major men's professional sports team.

Looks like the A’s followed us into the desert.

  • hankjr16@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I get why the city prioritized the A’s over the Raiders - 81 games vs 8. But it was a big mistake, because I feel it’s become obvious that Davis was actually negotiating with Oakland in good faith while that was never the case with the A’s.

    I still root for the Raiders as hard as I did when they were in LA and Oakland, but the Vegas thing is sad. It’s gonna wind up like the Phoenix market - oversaturated with teams that mostly don’t draw and don’t have any national appeal. Raiders in Oakland was special.

  • Darsol@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I hope the A’s fail in the desert. Fuck them, actual poverty franchise.

  • Musicduude@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    As a former A’s diehard, fuck the A’s and fuck the uneducated fans that didn’t and still don’t understand how they fucked the Raiders out of Oakland.

  • AKraiderfan@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I hope Mark makes it hard for them at every turn, since the A’s organization did the same in Oakland.

    The A’s have been crying poverty since the bash brothers were a thing, but the fact of the matter is that the Bay Area is rich enough and populated enough to support 2 baseball and 2 football teams, but the A’s chose to make easy money and in the process, pushed out one of the football teams.

    Fuck the A’s.

  • jayred1015@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Wants a stadium, is a billionaire.

    He won’t sell stock

    He won’t sell the team

    He won’t find investors

    He won’t take a loan

    He just wants a free stadium with welfare forever and no expenses whatsoever. In return, he will do jack shit. What the fuck is his point of being? GTFO of my city.

  • Effective_shooter52@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Not an As fan so idk how to feel. As long as those dudes find another place that’s not allegiant for 2-3 years, it’s alright ig. The next generation of oakland natives will maybe start rooting for San Francisco teams which sucks though.

  • OUTKAST5150@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I hope the Athletics brand stays in Oakland. I realized it didn’t start in Oakland, but I feel dead with them moving to LV. Like others I followed Raiders there despite wanting them to stay in oakland. Rather than repeat what most said, I’ll just go upvote them. Fuck fisher

  • Heyu19@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Oakland just got abandoned by all three professional sports teams. That’s crazy.