@TimMarttala

1 month ago

I’m a fan in Vegas (in general and highest priority of MLB-overall (no team specifically) and international growth of baseball, due to how that all is best for THE GAME, and then due to my history I’m a fan of 1. Mariners, 2. Dodgers, 3. A’s—and looking very much forward to bumping the A’s to #1 (and M’s way down) if the move goes through due to how (long story) that would be full-circle for me like the Raiders’ move here was). So where do I stand? 1. Vegas will be good for THE GAME no matter what. 2. If it’s the A’s, well that sucks for OAK, but as millions of non-Californians will also tell you, CA and OAK in particular has your blames and priorities all wrong for the myriad of things that ail you, and you just aren’t getting things done there, and (blame Fisher, whatever Commish, blah blah blah all you want) this is just one more sign of that (if it wasn’t, then, at the very least, you wouldn’t have lost the Dubs to The City, for goodness sake), so the A’s need a solution and most non-Californians will tell you that it it doesn’t lie there the way things are (for the same reasons alluded to already), so many like myself pledge to be good stewards of the A’s, even though (especially because many of us are also suspect of Fisher) it will take time for the A’s fanbase to grow here, with winning being the crux of that. And, 3. BUTT OUT OF VEGAS’ BUSINESS, STARTING WITH THE “SCHOOLS OVER STADIUMS” MATTER!!! I don’t care how much you want to keep your team (and that’s not what any non-Californian questions, for your support besides all the nonsense going on for decades now regarding making an appropriate facility and keeping the team there you’ve dealt with (and this is what the mayor of Las Vegas PROPER (which is only a third of the valley land area and population and not even over the area where any of the potential ballpark sites are) meant when she thinks it would be best if a solution could be found there)), but supporting that organization is going way too far, and SHAME ON YOU! That is for Nevadans to decide and support or not in the meantime as WE see fit!!!

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