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The A's are now getting trolled by announcers calling other games. "For the West Sacramento A's, that is 9 losses in a row and 20 in their last 21 games. The A's have not had a stretch like that since the Connie Mack days in Philadelphia in 1946." - Gary Cohen.

Organizational success/failure starts at the top…

The Pacers hosted a drive-thru 'NBA Finals Gear Grab' giving free merch to the first 5,000 cars. This was the line in downtown Indianapolis:

Always remember that NBCSBA is funding the A's relocation to Sacramento.

The good old Streisand effect has come into play, once again. A’s brass again tries to censor a fan and now it’s making national headlines, once again. How long will MLB continue to allow John Fisher and co to embarrass them at a national level?

This is not a RT. Jacob Wilson has another three-hit game. His 11 three-hit games are most in MLB so far this season. Now batting .369.

Easy workaround is to have the athlete promise to do a million appearances, but not enforce the deliverables. Deloitte only reviews the contract; it won’t and can’t ensure performance. The athlete could also just not report deals. This won’t prevent #NIL collective activity.

Coaching is an "out of body" experience. It's 1) brainy 2) physical 3) creative 4) humbling 5) chaotic 6) street smarts 7) stressful 8) authentic 9) soulful 10) special. Coaches influence players' love of the game and life.

But he won’t be … because the A’s don’t know how to sell a bleacher ticket, much less market a major leaguer.

Teams should really just make enough giveaways for everyone in attendance. SFGiants ran out of today’s Hello Kitty jerseys 1 1/2 hours before the game and now the ballpark is just overcrowded with frustrated fans.

The old Pac-12 has more teams in Omaha than the SEC does.

#ConferenceOfChampions

I messaged two athletes I know this morning to ask them if they know about the new rules around submitting deals over $600 to NIL Go. They had no idea what I was talking about. They've never heard of NIL Go, and yet they're supposed to start submitting any deals entered June 7th

Nevada can back out of the A's project if no work is done in a 180-day span, so expect at least some activity to keep that clock running. Otherwise, Fisher can keep slow-walking this if he wants to — or needs to, if he really doesn't have the cash himself. fieldofschemes.com/2025/06/11/227…

This won’t change as long as Fisher remains in charge. This is what you’re getting, Vegas. And this is all you’re getting.

There are real similarities between Mathurin (who was drafted 6th in 2022) and Kuminga (drafted 7th in 2021). Both are 22, both are very athletic and can get buckets in a lot of different ways, neither has broken in as a full-time starter... but both could soon.

This is thing that people have always missed about the ratings conversation. yes, overall viewership is down. But think about it from an advertiser's perspective: because it's most watched thing so far in May/June, it's still where you want your ad dollars at the end of the day

“curiously…”

Notable that all three athletic directors who oversaw the recent ACC transitions -- SMU, Cal and Stanford -- are no longer with the programs.

Yes, paying Devers ~$250m to mostly DH for 8-plus years isn't ideal for a club, but the market for premium bats (Vlad Jr $500m guaranteed & Soto $765m) isn't getting any cheaper. So, the Red Sox also gave up cost certainty w/ a top 30 bat in a market where star players are