CARSON CITY, Nev.—A bill introduced late Friday in the Nevada Legislature would give the Oakland Athletics up to $380 million for a potential 30,000 seat, $1.5 billion retractable roof stadium on the Las Vegas Strip. The bulk of the public funding would come from $180 million in transferable tax credits from the state and $120…

CARSON CITY, Nev.—Republican Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo announced Wednesday, May 24, a tentative agreement with the Oakland Athletics and legislative leaders for a stadium funding plan after weeks of negotiations over how much the state will contribute to a $1.5 billion Las Vegas ballpark. The tentative agreement outlined in a joint statement indicates a funding…

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Shohei Ohtani earned another win on the mound despite giving up five runs in a nightmare fourth inning, and he also tripled, doubled and singled in the Los Angeles Angels’ 8–7 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday, April 27. Ohtani (4–0) had his rockiest start in recent memory, yielding at least five runs…

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Brandon Drury homered, doubled and drove in three runs, and Shohei Ohtani hit a late two-run homer in the Los Angeles Angels’ 11–3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night, April 26. Hunter Renfroe also homered and Ohtani drove in three runs for Los Angeles, which has won four of six. Oakland became…

The white-hot Tampa Bay Rays continued their onslaught on the unfortunate teams on their schedule and the MLB record books, crushing the visiting Oakland Athletics 11–0 on Easter Sunday in St. Petersburg, Fla., for their ninth straight win to open the season. The Rays’ 9-0 start matched that of the 2003 Kansas City Royals for…

OAKLAND, Calif.—Not until Angels rookie Logan O’Hoppe had completed his first big league home-run trot and returned to the dugout did he catch his breath and fully realize what had just happened. He put on a straw hat with the Golden State Warriors logo and got swarmed with love, handshakes and hugs from his teammates….

It’s a safe bet that the Athletics will leave Oakland for Las Vegas, according to MLB commissioner Rob Manfred. Manfred said in an interview Friday with Sirius XM that he is no longer optimistic that the A’s will stay in Oakland. “It just doesn’t look like it’s going to happen,” Manfred said. The Athletics’ lease…

OAKLAND, Calif.—Stephen Vogt homered in his final game before retirement and scored the first run on a sacrifice fly after Shohei Ohtani pitched no-hit ball into the fifth, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels 3–2 on Wednesday, Oct.5. Ohtani (15–9) finished with a 2.33 ERA and 219 strikeouts in 166 innings, and…

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Mike Trout hit his 38th home run, Michael Lorenzen went five strong innings and the Los Angeles Angels continued their success against the Oakland Athletics with a 4–1 victory on Wednesday night, Sept. 28. Taylor Ward also homered, while Lorenzen (8–6) gave up an unearned run to lower his ERA to 0.45 against the…

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Jo Adell drove in Matt Duffy with a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning, and the Los Angeles Angels opened their final homestand of the season with a 4–3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night. A.J. Puk (3–3) hit Duffy with an 0-2 slider before pinch-hitter Michael Stefanic bunted Duffy to…