Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf has already watched the Raiders leave for Las Vegas and could be watching the Athletics head here next.
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Fastballs were touching 95 mph on a radar gun, and Finn the Bat Dog received one of the biggest ovations. In other words, it felt like a normal baseball season again.
“Not many baseball bettors can see out the season; 2,430 regular-season games takes its toll on your bankroll or your sanity, often both,” Michael “Roxy” Roxborough said.
The season begins Tuesday when the Aviators host the Reno Aces at 7:05 p.m. at Las Vegas Ballpark.
Recently acquired as part of the Matt Olson trade to the Atlanta Braves, Aviators catcher Shea Langeliers has impressed his new teammates with his bat and glove.
Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is the 10-1 co-favorite at the Westgate SuperBook and Caesars Sportsbook to lead MLB in home runs.
The number of potential sites the A’s are negotiating on still sits at five, and negotiations are ongoing, team President Dave Kaval said.
Las Vegas Ballpark become the second Las Vegas stadium in the past few days to become a smoke-free facility.
Featuring a roster which includes 14 players from Las Vegas, UNLV and coach Stan Stolte seem to have a squad capable of competing for the Mountain West regular-season title again.
Bidding for its first state title 2015, Bishop Gorman is 14-1 and nationally ranked but still faces a stiff challenge.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are the clear favorites at Las Vegas sportsbooks to win the World Series. They’re 6-1 at Circa Sports and every other team is in double digits.
The Oakland Athletics’ continued search for a possible new ballpark in Las Vegas is seen as “disrespectful” by one Bay Area politician.
The future of the Oakland Athletics’ planned waterfront development and ballpark could be left up to voters — a move that could benefit efforts to lure the Major League Baseball team to Las Vegas.
Oakland A’s president Dave Kaval says the team will spend more on retaining top players and free agents with revenues from a new ballpark. But that’s not been the team’s DNA.
All the stadium sites in Las Vegas are located in or near the Resort Corridor, with some involving joint-venture partnerships. Others would entail the A’s buying the land outright.
