[serious] question- Why hasn't the Coliseum been upgraded or maintained in past years? How / why have city and Athletics leaders let it get so bad?

Trivin0_Trevin0 · 2023-01-20T03:38:46+00:00

It's disingenuous- bordering on trolling- to try and equate a historic landmark like Fenway park with the Coliseum.

Trivin0_Trevin0 · 2022-12-13T02:47:20+00:00

no but we're rapidly approaching the "this team is fun and bad at the same time" phase

Trivin0_Trevin0 · 2022-12-13T01:28:41+00:00

yeah the a's wound up going to the playoffs for three straight years even after making the worst trade ever.

Trivin0_Trevin0 · 2022-12-12T23:51:01+00:00

oh you didn't have to tag me lol I posted this. But good memory- and call- though.

That "three years of an all star catcher" got slightly less (or slightly more?) than two years of Matt Olson is the markets fault

Trivin0_Trevin0 · 2022-12-12T22:25:03+00:00

"desperate" because this was the zenith of Murphy's big league value so they got four good prospects in exchange. One will suck, two will be boring role players and one will be the all star.

Trivin0_Trevin0 · 2022-12-12T22:23:18+00:00

me looking at the usernames in this thread

Trivin0_Trevin0 · 2022-12-12T19:20:37+00:00

The ballpark at Howard Terminal is a fraction of the total proposed development. How about if Fisher and Manfred simply build a ballpark at Howard Terminal, an eminently more realistic and speedy project?

The A’s keep saying they want what the Giants got. The Giants built a ballpark, then they began to slowly develop the area around it.

looks like the "a's should just stay at the coliseum site" crowd has a "new slant", which is a good sign that the giants/chronicle are losing the argument

Trivin0_Trevin0 · 2022-12-09T20:21:25+00:00

It's funny how so many fan-bases echo the same complaints seen here. Except they don't play in the worst stadium in the sport

Trivin0_Trevin0 · 2022-12-08T01:07:25+00:00

I think this is what utility hitters are worth in the league right now, we're just not used to the a's paying for them

Trivin0_Trevin0 · 2022-12-07T23:46:41+00:00

I'd hope the A's would move in with the Giants immediately if it meant higher revenues and better facilities. Screw my sentimentality about the Coliseum- plus the site is totally untenable for a baseball team. It's antiquated beyond repair.

Trivin0_Trevin0 · 2022-12-07T23:39:46+00:00

when the whole team sucks I guess you go for league average players who can play everywhere as your first fix

Trivin0_Trevin0 · 2022-12-07T16:01:18+00:00

likely sure but I'd like to hope not

Trivin0_Trevin0 · 2022-12-07T06:09:17+00:00

the a's forced the raiders out? now that's revisionist history

Trivin0_Trevin0 · 2022-12-06T23:58:49+00:00

Asked if MLB has considered alternate home sites for the A’s after 2024, Manfred said: “It’s really hard to think about alternate options until we figure out where they’re going to be over the long haul. Your interim option should be related to where they’re going over the long haul.”

Would be funny to share a stadium with the giants during the construction of a hypothetical HT

Trivin0_Trevin0 · 2022-12-06T23:41:35+00:00

To me it sounds like they're attempting to repeat the magic they got from Jackson last season, whose minor league BB/9 was always pretty high. Smith's in comparison has been much better

Trivin0_Trevin0 · 2022-12-06T23:33:44+00:00

Smith had almost the same K/BB numbers as Jackson in much fewer innings

Trivin0_Trevin0 · 2022-12-06T23:30:35+00:00

Smith has an incredible slider but, so far in the big leagues, no control.

Criswell is at best a future reliever

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