The Oakland Athletics and their ownership have shown their hand by now.
Their intention is to be playing games in Las Vegas by 2028.
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To do that, however, they need Nevada lawmakers to approve their funding plan to build a new stadium on the Las Vegas strip.
That still hasn’t happened.
“Late last night, Nevada ended its legislative session without voting on a bill to fund a new Vegas stadium for the A’s. Gov. Joe Lombardo is expected to call for a special session of the Legislature Tuesday morning,” Front Office Sports tweeted.
Late last night, Nevada ended its legislative session without voting on a bill to fund a new Vegas stadium for the A’s.
Gov. Joe Lombardo is expected to call for a special session of the Legislature Tuesday morning.
The clock is ticking, as the A’s need approval by the lawmakers soon if their plan is to be fulfilled.
The team has been looking to move from the Oakland-Alameda County Stadium for years.
As long as there is no agreement to build the stadium in Las Vegas, the move from Oakland won’t take place.
According to Front Office Sports, should the move to Las Vegas fail to pan out, Oakland mayor Sheng Thao has stated that she remains ready to negotiate with the team.
A’s ownership doesn’t feel like the franchise has a future in Oakland because people don’t go to the stadium, but in reality, they haven’t done much to draw them in either.
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In any case, there are several cities willing to absorb the responsibility of having an MLB franchise.
In fact, Orlando and Salt Lake City have serious projects in place.
The saga continues, and will keep going on until the A’s find a new home.
The New York Yankees weren’t at their best in the period ranging from 2010 to 2015.
They always had a positive record but didn’t always seriously contend.
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Things started to change on this day, but 10 years ago, when they drafted the player that would graduate into one of the most dangerous hitters in baseball in 2017: Aaron Judge.
The Yankees drafted Aaron Judge with the #32 overall pick ten years ago today pic.twitter.com/TDfvocttGd
— FreddyJ_BuckeyeGuy (@buckeyeguy0908) June 6, 2023
De La Cruz will probably take over as Cincinnati’s starting shortstop and be the face of their rebuild.
He is just 21 years old but was already having enormous success in Louisville, with an incredible .298/.398/.633 line with 12 homers and 11 stolen bases across 38 games.
He does strike out a lot, perhaps more than your average slugger, but he hits the ball so hard that he could, and should, initially find success anyway.
