The Oakland A’s appear headed for Las Vegas after MLB team owners approved the sport’s first relocation since 2005. Here’s a look at franchises that have moved since 1953.
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The two-time National League Most Valuable Player homered in three straight games for the second time this month and has 10 homers in August.
The CEOs of the Philadelphia Phillies and Kansas City Royals will serve on MLB’s relocation committee looking at the Oakland Athletics’ possible move to Las Vegas.
Furious Oakland Athletics fans came en masse with a single message to owner John Fisher: “SELL.”
He was suspended by the network following his slur that aired during a pregame segment of an A’s game against the Kansas City Royals on May 5.
The Oakland Athletics said the language Glen Kuiper used while describing a trip to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum was “unacceptable.”
The Oakland Athletics have spent years trying to get a new stadium while watching Bay Area neighbors successfully move into state-of-the-art venues, and now time is running short on their efforts.
