To clarify: the legendary Seattle Pilots played one season (1969) in the Emerald City--at a minor league park, Sick Stadium--before making rhe suds run to Milwaukee. Yeah, all connected.
The Memphis Southmen--who were born but never played a game as the Toronto Northmen (suspect if they had moved to Sacramento, they would have been the Westmen)--played in the World Football League in 1974 and 1975.
The Memphis Showboats--Reggie White signed his first professional football contract with the team--played in the United States Football League in 1984 and 1985.
I reached out to two friends who live in the Sacramento area and are big baseball fans. They plan to see games and one will wait in line to get tickets to see the Red Sox. Will not be about the Athletics--will be about transplants and Sacrown fans thrilled to see MLB teams like rhe Yankees, Red Sox, Astros....suspect the Athletics will sell out Sutter Health Park on a regular basis depending on the opponent. Every game next season might feel like an away game for the Athletics..
Sutter Health Park is where the Sacramento River Cats, the SF Giants' Triple-A team, plays. MLB says it will workout scheduling. Will that scheduling benefit the A's more than the Giant's farm team? If so, maybe the Giants/River Cats can demand a % of the A's gate. Which is likely to be better than in Oakland for the simple reason that Sacramento area residents will have an opportunity to see other MLB teams that are way better than the A's without having to drive down to San Francisco. The A's might find that there are more fans rooting for the visiting team than the temporary team. Go Mariners! And, yes, of course, Fisher sucks.
Excellent article.
To clarify: the legendary Seattle Pilots played one season (1969) in the Emerald City--at a minor league park, Sick Stadium--before making rhe suds run to Milwaukee. Yeah, all connected.
The Memphis Southmen--who were born but never played a game as the Toronto Northmen (suspect if they had moved to Sacramento, they would have been the Westmen)--played in the World Football League in 1974 and 1975.
The Memphis Showboats--Reggie White signed his first professional football contract with the team--played in the United States Football League in 1984 and 1985.
I reached out to two friends who live in the Sacramento area and are big baseball fans. They plan to see games and one will wait in line to get tickets to see the Red Sox. Will not be about the Athletics--will be about transplants and Sacrown fans thrilled to see MLB teams like rhe Yankees, Red Sox, Astros....suspect the Athletics will sell out Sutter Health Park on a regular basis depending on the opponent. Every game next season might feel like an away game for the Athletics..
Sutter Health Park is where the Sacramento River Cats, the SF Giants' Triple-A team, plays. MLB says it will workout scheduling. Will that scheduling benefit the A's more than the Giant's farm team? If so, maybe the Giants/River Cats can demand a % of the A's gate. Which is likely to be better than in Oakland for the simple reason that Sacramento area residents will have an opportunity to see other MLB teams that are way better than the A's without having to drive down to San Francisco. The A's might find that there are more fans rooting for the visiting team than the temporary team. Go Mariners! And, yes, of course, Fisher sucks.