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20 long-form pieces covering the full Oakland-to-Las Vegas relocation saga.

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Community2026-03-058 min read
What Oakland Meant to Us -- And Why We Still Carry It

The Coliseum is gone. The team is gone. But the memories, the community, and the green and gold identity we built there -- that belongs to us forever.

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Sacramento2026-03-0111 min read
Sacramento's Expansion Dream: Can the City Finally Get Its MLB Team?

With the A's leaving, Sacramento is once again dreaming of an expansion team. The history of those efforts and how realistic it actually is.

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03
History2026-02-287 min read
The Sacramento Years: A Chapter We Don't Skip

Two seasons at Sutter Health Park. Strange, small, and more meaningful than anyone expected. Here is what Sacramento gave us.

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Opinion2026-02-206 min read
Las Vegas Deserves This Team (And Vice Versa)

The relocation was painful. Oakland's grief is real. And Las Vegas still deserves major league baseball. Both things are true at the same time.

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Oakland2026-02-2010 min read
For Oakland Fans Still Processing: A Guide to the Stages of Losing Your Team

The loss is real. Here is what other fans have experienced and what actually helps.

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06
Relocation History2026-02-1514 min read
The Complete Story of the A's Relocation: From Oakland to Las Vegas

The failed ballpark deals, John Fisher's decision, the MLB vote, and what comes next. Everything that happened, in order.

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Community2026-02-107 min read
The A's Nation: Why This Fan Base Is Different

Most teams have fans. The A's have something else -- a community built on underdog identity, Moneyball logic, and decades of doing more with less.

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Sacramento2026-02-0111 min read
The Sacramento Pit Stop: Inside the A's Temporary Home at Sutter Health Park

A Triple-A stadium hosting a big league team. What players, fans, and the city actually think about the arrangement.

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Analysis2026-01-308 min read
Stadium Naming Rights, City Deals, and What Fans Actually Care About

Corporations buy stadium names. Cities negotiate tax deals. And fans want one thing: a team worth watching. An honest look at what matters and what doesn't.

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10
Baseball2026-01-2511 min read
Building for Vegas: Inside the A's Farm System

While everything else was chaos, the A's player development operation has been quietly building something. Who is coming for the Las Vegas era?

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11
Oakland2026-01-2012 min read
Oakland Grief: What It Really Feels Like to Lose Your Baseball Team

Talking to Oakland fans about identity, loss, and whether they will ever follow the A's again.

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Las Vegas2026-01-109 min read
The Las Vegas Athletics Trademark Battle: What Happened and What It Means

The USPTO denied the A's trademark for Las Vegas Athletics. The full story of a legal dispute that revealed real complications in the team's new identity.

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13
Oakland2026-01-0511 min read
The Oakland Fans Who Will Never Forgive

Profiles of fans who are done with the team for good. Their stories and why they feel that way.

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14
Las Vegas2025-12-1512 min read
How the Las Vegas A's Stadium Got Built: The Politics, the Money, and the Deal

The $380 million Nevada public funding deal, the opposition, the politics, and how a ballpark on the Strip got approved.

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Oakland2025-12-0111 min read
Rise and Fall: The Oakland Coliseum and What It Became

From one of baseball's finest venues to its worst. How a stadium's decline mirrored a franchise's decline.

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History2025-11-2015 min read
From Philadelphia to Las Vegas: The Complete History of the Most-Moved Franchise in MLB

Connie Mack's dynasty, Kansas City, Oakland's dynasty, and now Las Vegas. No franchise in baseball has moved more often.

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Analysis2025-11-0513 min read
How John Fisher Became the Most Despised Owner in Professional Sports

From anonymous billionaire to the public face of franchise abandonment. The arc of baseball's most controversial ownership.

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18
MLB2025-10-1512 min read
What the A's Move Means for Major League Baseball

The first MLB relocation since 2005 signals something about small markets, stadium economics, and the future of baseball geography.

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Las Vegas2025-10-0112 min read
How Las Vegas Became a Real Sports City

The Golden Knights changed everything. Then the Raiders. Now the A's. How the entertainment capital of the world became a legitimate sports market.

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Analysis2025-09-2013 min read
Who Is Really to Blame for the A's Leaving Oakland

Assigning responsibility: John Fisher, the city of Oakland, the fans, MLB, the media. An honest accounting.

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