Rob Manfred: surreal comments about A's, Oakland, relocation to Vegas
Less than 24 hours after the Nevada Assembly approved the Athletics' Senate Bill 1 to help fund a new Las Vegas ballpark, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred commented on the situation as it takes major steps toward becoming a reality.
MLB must approve of the team's relocation from Oakland to Las Vegas, which requires a 75 percent approval from owners. Manfred revealed some of the conversations he's had with owners in recent days.
"It has always been baseball’s policy and preference to stay put," he said Thursday (h/t The Athletic's Evan Drellich). "I think that always colors any conversation about relocation. Having said that, I think the owners as a whole understand that there has been a multi-year, pushing-a-decade effort where for the vast majority of the time, the sole focus was Oakland. Look, believe me, and I hear from ‘em, I feel sorry for the fans in Oakland.
"I do not like this outcome, I understand why they feel the way they do. I think that the real question is, what is it that Oakland was prepared to do? There is no Oakland offer, OK? They never got to a point where they had a plan to build a stadium at any site. And it’s not just John Fisher. You don’t build a stadium based on the club activity alone. The community has to provide support and you know, at some point, you come to the realization, it’s just not going to happen."
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