Athletics drop ‘Oakland’ from their identify forward of West Sacramento transfer

The Oakland Athletics are formally no extra.

The staff despatched out new model tips Monday, specifying how they need the membership to be referred to going ahead.

“When referring to the staff identify, use solely ‘Athletics.’ Chances are you’ll use ‘A’s’ on second reference,” the e-mail reads.

The staff has a brand new designation, ATH, and can play at Sutter Well being Park in West Sacramento (not Sacramento). The brand new brand would be the acquainted “A’s,” however in inexperienced.

After 57 years in Oakland, the A’s performed their last sport on the Coliseum on Sept. 26, profitable 3-2 towards the Texas Rangers in entrance of 46,886 followers.

The staff’s plan, introduced in April, is to play in West Sacramento for 3 or probably 4 years earlier than shifting to Las Vegas. The A’s can be sharing Sutter Well being Park, which has a capability of 14,000, with the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats.

That is the newest transfer within the historical past of the Athletics franchise, which began in Philadelphia in 1901 earlier than shifting to Kansas Metropolis in 1955, after which to Oakland in 1968.

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