What\u2019s happening to the A\u2019s this year is disgraceful, and it looks like the franchise\u2019s new press accommodations have only made matters worse.<\/p>\n
The Athletics, formerly of Oakland, California having relocated to Sacramento for this season before making a permanent move to Las Vegas, are continuing an embarrassing run of blunders. This time, the ball club\u2019s pathetic press conference setup has garnered attention across social media.<\/p>\n
The Vegas-bound franchise has its \u201chome\u201d opener today against the Chicago Cubs in Sutter Health Park, home to the San Francisco Giants\u2019 Triple-A affiliate, the Sacramento River Cats. As such, the press got its first look at what covering the team would look like this season. Spoiler alert: it\u2019s not pretty.<\/p>\n
Ben Ross, a sports reporter for local San Francisco affiliate KRON, took to social media on Monday to highlight the poor accommodations.<\/p>\n
The A\u2019s press conference setup at Sutter Health Park pic.twitter.com\/WPrkSf0ijQ<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Ben Ross (@BenRossTweets) March 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s pretty windy today in Sacramento pic.twitter.com\/fWhz8Gzqtx<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Ben Ross (@BenRossTweets) March 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n If you think, \u201cHey, that looks familiar!\u201d You might be onto something. Similar arrangements<\/a> can be found at Home Depot for around $6,000.<\/p>\n And to rub salt in the wound, the A\u2019s aren\u2019t being too subtle about their future move. The team\u2019s press conference backdrop has Las Vegas prominently featured alongside the A\u2019s logo.<\/p>\n The folks (or at least the media) in Sacramento want to embrace the A\u2019s so bad, only to be greeted with this logo in very prominent places.<\/p>\n Subtle. pic.twitter.com\/GskHhvOSqK<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Dieter Kurtenbach (@dieter) March 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s an unfortunate reality for those covering the team this season, though there won\u2019t be many of those people anyway<\/a>.<\/p>\n \t