Ex-Athletics manager Bob Melvin breaks silence on Sacramento move

The Oakland Athletics have been the talk of the town in the MLB, as the franchise is eventually going to move to Las Vegas. But before that happens, the club will be playing Sacramento for two or three seasons. Now, former manager, Bob Melvin, breaks his silence on what’s going on in Oakland.

Melvin, who is now the manager of the San Francisco Giants, expressed his opinion on the Athletics playing in Sacramento rather than finishing its tenure in Oakland. From the sounds of it, he doesn’t like it one bit, according to Susan Slusser of The San Francisco Chronicle.

“Bob Melvin on A’s move to Sac: ‘It’s sad. It’s too bad. You’d like them to finish up at the Coliseum.'”

Melvin goes on to claim he loved the Coliseum, per Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports. Although that may be the case, it’s a bit of a tricky situation in Oakland right now.

“Bob Melvin said he was sad to see yesterday’s A’s news: ‘I really enjoyed the Coliseum. You’d like to see them finish being in the Coliseum.'”

The baseball world isn’t happy with the Athletics owner, John Fisher, for the most part. The Coliseum is in rough shape as it’s essentially been ignored for years. On top of that, attendance has been dreadful for years. Mainly due to the fact the A’s can’t seem to put together a competitive team.

Fans aren’t attending games because the team stinks and they’re mad with the team owner. Meanwhile, the team owner has to find a way to generate ticket sales. Moving to Sacramento for a few years should improve the attendance rate for the club before moving to Las Vegas full time.

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