Oakland A's expected move to Las Vegas may spark MLB expansion
The Oakland A's will be packing their bags for Las Vegas, a long-expected move that will affect baseball's fandom far beyond those two cities.
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The Oakland A's will be packing their bags for Las Vegas, a long-expected move that will affect baseball's fandom far beyond those two cities.
Jordan Diaz' homer in the ninth inning powered the A's to a 5-4 victory over the Rangers on Friday night
For so many small business owners, the latest news of the A's likely departure hurts, not only as fans but also puts their stores in a state of limbo, especially the ones that would have benefited from the construction of a new ballpark.
Many small business operators were counting on the A's staying in Oakland with a new waterfront ballpark bringing a big boost to foot traffic. Kenny Choi reports. (4-21-23)
Former Oakland City Councilmember Ignacio De La Fuente told KPIX Friday "a complete failure of leadership" by former Mayor Libby Schaaf and current Mayor Sheng Thao led to the city losing the Athletics to Las Vegas.
The big, unanswered question facing Oaklanders: what will happen with the Coliseum site after the A's leave town. Itay Hod reports. (4-20-23)
Juliette Goodrich talks with Las Vegas sportswriter Jeff Gillan about the possible future of the A's in Las Vegas. (4-20-23)
Oakland A's president said Wednesday the team will buy land where the team plans to build a stadium close to the Las Vegas Strip, leaving Bay Area fans reeling. Shawn Chitnis and Juliette Goodrich report. (4-20-23)
Team president Dave Kaval said Wednesday night the team finalized a deal last week to buy the 49-acre site where the A's plan to build the stadium close to the Las Vegas Strip with a seating capacity of 30,000 to 35,000. Justin Andrews reports.
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao says there was no indication the Oakland A's were closing in on a land deal in Las Vegas, then she got a call at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao says there was no indication the Oakland A's were closing in on a land deal in Las Vegas until she received a 6 p.m. call Wednesday from team president Dave Kaval.
Dansby Swanson scored the tiebreaking run standing up on an infield grounder to spark a four-run sixth inning and the Chicago Cubs reached Oakland's bullpen for 10 runs in a 12-2 victory over the Athletics that completed a three-game sweep.
Patrick Wisdom hit two more homers and drove in four runs and the Cubs to a 10-1 victory over the Athletics on Monday night.
The Mets beat the struggling Athletics 4-3 in 10 innings Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.
Mark Canha homered and Brandon Nimmo followed with an RBI double as the Mets rallied to beat the Oakland A's 3-2 on Saturday.
Francisco Lindor hit a grand slam and a three-run double to match his career high of seven RBIs, powering the Mets past the A's 17-6 Friday night.
Adley Rutschman led off the ninth inning with a tiebreaking homer off Trevor May, and the Baltimore Orioles also got a long ball from hot-hitting Ryan Mountcastle in an 8-7 victory over the struggling Oakland Athletics on Thursday.
Brent Rooker hit a three-run homer in the first inning, and Carlos Pérez homered and had three hits to help the Oakland Athletics snap their six-game losing streak with an 8-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
Adley Rutschman homered for the second straight game, Kyle Gibson earned his third victory in as many starts with Baltimore, and the Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics 5-1.
The Tampa Bay Rays routed the Oakland Athletics 11-0 Sunday to improve to 9-0 as Drew Rasmussen combined on a one-hitter and Brandon Lowe hit a grand slam.
The Tampa Bay Rays extended Major League Baseball's best start in 20 years behind Jeffrey Springs' seven innings of three-hit ball and Randy Arozarena's four RBIs, routing the Oakland Athletics 11-0 for an 8-0 record.
Isaac Paredes hit a grand slam during Tampa Bay's six-run second inning and the Rays beat the A's 9-5 on Friday night.
Ryan Yamamoto and Elizabeth Cook interview Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao about a variety of current issues facing the city (4-6-2023)
Andrés Giménez scored on pinch-hitter Will Brennan's groundout for the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, Steven Kwan followed with an RBI single and the Cleveland Guardians held off the Oakland Athletics 6-4 on Wednesday afternoon.
Tony Kemp hit a game-ending single in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Oakland Athletics a 4-3 win over the Cleveland Guardians.
