It is becoming more and more obvious that what is happening to the Athletics as far as relocation goes is giving the other owners wild ideas of grandeur themselves.
After helping John Fisher take the A’s out of Oakland, it’s their turn to hold their team hostage. It looks like it will work for Fisher, so why not them? And it’s some franchises you’d least expect:
White Sox, Rays, Orioles, A’s, Brewers, D-Backs. In the last 6 months, 20% of the league has threatened to move/imply they’d relocate without new public funding. This is a news item every week in MLB at this point. Exhausting and gross. https://t.co/b4BlXHTspz
It’s become clear that threatening relocation is now an acceptable way to do business in baseball under Rob Manfred. It’s simple enough to understand: give us public money to build my fancy new stadium for my team and I’ll pocket the rewards. Otherwise, I’ll take your hometown team away from you. And don’t say I won’t. Look at John Fisher. Even with all the pushback in the world, he is still forging ahead with the relocation to Vegas.
If this is the way baseball wants to do business in the 21st century, by threatening fan bases, then the sport is in trouble long term. There’s no possible way a team like the Yankees or Red Sox or Dodgers would ever relocate. But other teams that aren’t historic franchises will now have that possibility dangling over their head. Would Milwaukee Brewers fans choose to continue following them if they relocated to Nashville? Would Arizona Diamondbacks fans follow a move to, let’s say Portland? If the worst comes to pass and the A’s finally do end up in Vegas, then baseball would be smart to keep an eye on how well they’re accepted by locals. If they ever even are.
On Bally's Corp. Q4 earnings call CEO Robeson Reeves says @TropLV will close on April 2 for a $1.5B stadium for the relocated Oakland A's. He said the company will "continue to assess our available options for the very valuable development land next to the stadium.” 1/@TheNVIndy
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