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At a Surreal A’s Opener in Sacramento, Fans Are Ready to Have Hearts Broken Again

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After leaving Oakland, the Athletics kicked off a planned three-season stay at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, drawing mixed emotions from fans.

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kqed.org

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At a Surreal A’s Opener in Sacramento, Fans Are Ready to Have Hearts Broken Again

After leaving Oakland, the Athletics kicked off a planned three-season stay at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, drawing mixed emotions from fans.

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The A’s settled into their new home in Sacramento. The result was familiar

The team that brought us Moneyball is in the middle of a move from Oakland to Las Vegas. Fans turned up to their home opener but this is still a club in fluxIt could have been worse for the Athletics. Before they headed west to Oakland in 1968, their characterful former owner, Charlie Finley, threatened to move them from Kansas City to a cow pasture in the tiny town of Peculiar, Missouri.Now they are in a place you might call Limbo, California –…

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ESPN

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Oddities, chants mark A's debut in Sacramento

A's fans filled Sacramento's Sutter Health Park as the team played its first home game away from Oakland since 1967. Said manager Mark Kotsay after an 18-3 loss to the Cubs: "I though the energy was great. ... We just played bad."

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cbsnews.com

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A's have officially arrived. What will it take to permanently bring MLB to Sacramento?

With the A's arrival in West Sacramento, the region is already buzzing with speculation: Can we prove our worth and convince the MLB to bring a permanent team to town?

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Yahoo

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A's open season at Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, give up 18 runs in blowout loss to Cubs

Carson Kelly became the first player in the league, and the first Cubs player since 1993, to hit for the cycle at the A's home opener in Sacramento on Monday night.

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