(04-03-2017 03:04 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(04-03-2017 11:20 AM)Wedge Wrote:  Oh, it's only game 1 of a 162 game season. It could be worse. You could be an A's fan.

Yeah totally, plenty of games left.

Yeah man being an A's fan would be torture. But it sounds like with the Raiders moving they might be on the path towards getting a new stadium

I'm sticking with my prediction that after the squatters (Raiders) finally leave, the A's will give the Coliseum a baseball-only makeover that includes tearing down Mt. Davis, similar to what Disney did in Anaheim when they owned the Angels. I would be surprised to see a new-from-the-ground-up ballpark, but you never know.

At any rate I think this year will see an Astros-style tanking. If the plan really is to have a renovated Coliseum or new ballpark ready in about 2020, then they'll plan to use draft picks and trades to stock up on players that they hope will be MLB-ready in 2020.

But it was fun being an A's fan 30 years ago!