Fran Riordan began his 24th season as a manager Friday when the Aviators opened their season against the Reno Aces at Las Vegas Ballpark.
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Major League Baseball opened the season with a couple of games in South Korea, though Las Vegas fans can be forgiven for missing at least one of them.
Despite not knowing where they’ll play while their Las Vegas ballpark is being built, Athletics players and coaches insist their focus is on winning games.
The Athletics won’t play in Las Vegas until at least 2028. A lot can change in the sports landscape — including another Super Bowl here — before then.
One of the starting quarterbacks in this year’s Super Bowl used to run around Cashman Field in 2005, when his father pitched for the Las Vegas 51s.
With the relocation vote finalized, the Oakland Athletics would make Las Vegas one of 20 American cities with at least three of the big four major sports teams.
A youth movement left the Athletics with the most losses since moving to Oakland in 1968, and things aren’t likely to change for the foreseeable future.
The soon-to-be-Las Vegas Athletics are a public relations nightmare off the field, most recently with a problematic retirement gift to a future Hall of Famer.
The Henderson All-Stars have a deep rotation of arms beyond No. 1 Nolan Gifford, which has helped them limit Little League World Series opponents to six runs and 10 hits in three games.
Ben Sprague is one of 16 umpires chosen to work the Little League World Series.