romad1 Posted February 19 Posted February 19 7 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said: Does that mean they never play on Tuesdays and always suck in July? What is it with Oakland and sports teams? Just crap treatment for their fans down the line. Maybe its earned. Quote
Motor City Sonics Posted February 19 Author Posted February 19 2 hours ago, romad1 said: What is it with Oakland and sports teams? Just crap treatment for their fans down the line. Maybe its earned. What happens is that the people that run the city need to use money to run the city and not coddle billionaires. They are right to tell these rich bastards to pay for their own park, but then they suffer for being right. They've offered to help pay for things, but not the whole thing. The fans in Oakland are good fans, but yeah, they don't show up when the team sucks. Same thing as here. Comerica Park was pretty empty until the end of August. But if the Tigers pulled what Fisher did and intentionally tanked to drive down attendance "See, they don't support us", Detroit would react the same way Oakland did. So would most other cities. The A's will have more support in Sacramento than they will in Las Vegas. Sure, the first year in Vegas will be great, but after that, they'll be drawing about the same as they did in Oakland. Too many other distractions in Vegas. Quote
1776 Posted February 19 Posted February 19 We attended a game in Oakland on July 4th, 2019 with our son and his family when they were living out there. It was a beautiful day and the game was fun, A’s won! Remembering the good times. I tip my hat to the fans that did routinely attend games there. That park showed its age and there wasn’t a whole lot you could do to make it better, my opinion only. The concourses were small and cramped and the parking lot area was subpar. Of course, the park is in an area that represents Oakland well, if you get the drift. I’ll be interested to see what attendance looks like for the Rays in Tampa this year. Everything I’m reading suggests the Rays want out of the commitment to the park planned for the gas district. March 31st is the latest date to watch on that. Quote
Motor City Sonics Posted February 19 Author Posted February 19 1 hour ago, 1776 said: We attended a game in Oakland on July 4th, 2019 with our son and his family when they were living out there. It was a beautiful day and the game was fun, A’s won! Remembering the good times. I tip my hat to the fans that did routinely attend games there. That park showed its age and there wasn’t a whole lot you could do to make it better, my opinion only. The concourses were small and cramped and the parking lot area was subpar. Of course, the park is in an area that represents Oakland well, if you get the drift. I’ll be interested to see what attendance looks like for the Rays in Tampa this year. Everything I’m reading suggests the Rays want out of the commitment to the park planned for the gas district. March 31st is the latest date to watch on that. The Rays are headed to Orlando, Nashville or Salt Lake City. Quote
IdahoBert Posted February 19 Posted February 19 15 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said: The Rays are headed to Orlando, Nashville or Salt Lake City. Salt Lake Saints Salt Lake City Deserets Salt Lake City Rays Salt Lake City Beehives Quote
romad1 Posted February 19 Posted February 19 13 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said: The Rays are headed to Orlando, Nashville or Salt Lake City. Like Orlando needs another thing. Quote
Motor City Sonics Posted February 19 Author Posted February 19 4 minutes ago, romad1 said: Like Orlando needs another thing. They really seem to want to stay in FLA, even though FLA doesn't seem to care all that much. Nashville will go GAGA over a Major League Team Quote
papalawrence Posted February 19 Posted February 19 I might still have a Charles O Finley orange baseball somewhere. At least Oakland gave us those. 1 Quote
Sports_Freak Posted February 19 Posted February 19 4 hours ago, chasfh said: https://www.instagram.com/p/DGJmNlVSbim Great....a $12 million pitching coach. I can hear him now..."Just throw it 102 MPH." Quote
Sports_Freak Posted February 19 Posted February 19 6 minutes ago, papalawrence said: I might still have a Charles O Finley orange baseball somewhere. At least Oakland gave us those. My dad, back in the 70's, asked me once....Are we playing the Greenies again. 🤣🤣 Quote
Tenacious D Posted February 19 Posted February 19 1 hour ago, IdahoBert said: Salt Lake Saints Salt Lake City Deserets Salt Lake City Rays Salt Lake City Beehives Salt Lake City Sister Wives? Quote
theroundsquare Posted February 19 Posted February 19 12 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said: Great....a $12 million pitching coach. I can hear him now..."Just throw it 102 MPH." Meh, he's too likely to wind up injured 1 Quote
romad1 Posted February 19 Posted February 19 33 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said: They really seem to want to stay in FLA, even though FLA doesn't seem to care all that much. Nashville will go GAGA over a Major League Team Nashville is too queer for MLB then. Quote
Motor City Sonics Posted February 19 Author Posted February 19 6 minutes ago, Tenacious D said: Salt Lake City Sister Wives? Salt Lake Scorpions. (They have many varieties of Scorpions in the Utah desert) Quote
Hongbit Posted February 19 Posted February 19 (edited) Utah Baseball Club Utah Yeti Utah Wasatch Edited February 19 by Hongbit Quote
1776 Posted February 19 Posted February 19 24 minutes ago, theroundsquare said: Meh, he's too likely to wind up injured Yeah, so glad the tigers signed Alex Wood instead. Quote
1776 Posted February 19 Posted February 19 1 hour ago, Motor City Sonics said: The Rays are headed to Orlando, Nashville or Salt Lake City. Orlando is all about the Rays. I think that is the most probable likelihood this far out. Quote
Tenacious D Posted February 19 Posted February 19 2 minutes ago, 1776 said: Yeah, so glad the tigers signed Alex Wood instead. Or Alex Cobb Quote
Motor City Sonics Posted February 19 Author Posted February 19 Never EVER trade with the Salt Lake Rays 1 Quote
1776 Posted February 19 Posted February 19 25 minutes ago, romad1 said: Nashville is too queer for MLB then. Nashville’s peeps have said recently that they are not ready for an MLB team at this point. Quote
Motor City Sonics Posted February 19 Author Posted February 19 1 minute ago, 1776 said: Orlando is all about the Rays. I think that is the most probable likelihood this far out. Nashville will have a MLB baseball team by 2030. Either relocation or expansion. The other possible places are Salt Lake Sacramento Portland Orlando Charlotte Montreal Rhinelander Burlington Guam But not Indy because the Cubs, Cards, White Sox and Reds would never allow it. Quote
1776 Posted February 19 Posted February 19 3 minutes ago, Tenacious D said: Or Alex Cobb Yep, that Alex. Thank you. Quote
Motor City Sonics Posted February 19 Author Posted February 19 1 minute ago, 1776 said: Yep, that Alex. Thank you. Had me checking............. Quote
romad1 Posted February 19 Posted February 19 24 minutes ago, 1776 said: Nashville’s peeps have said recently that they are not ready for an MLB team at this point. Too cool for MLB. Quote
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