In Las Vegas, there’s no shortage of entertainment. Every resort on the strip has recurring performers who are there for a good time, but not a long time, during their residency. These residencies are where an entertainment act calls a venue home for a period with an eventual expiration date. Ironically, the baseball team that hopes to call Las Vegas home someday is in the infancy of a residency of its own in Sacramento.
Spending a Night with the Athletics in Sacramento
We’re a couple of months into the Athletics’ temporary residency in Sacramento, and it’s been met with very mixed to bad reviews. Players have complained about the field, and broadcasters have mocked the situation. Fans from multiple cities are mad. A’s players are just trying to make the best of it.
The Athletic’s Sam Blum recently traded his usual spot in the press box for Angels games while Los Angeles was in Sacramento to take on the A’s for a lawn seat at Sutter Health Park, the 14,000-seat minor-league park hosting the A’s for the immediate future. In his latest column, Blum spoke to fans, took in the experience, and shared what it was like to share an evening with the Athletics in Sacramento.
“The A’s left the Coliseum to reset their franchise and get a fresh start. And in that moment, with each passing “Let’s go Oakland” chant, I came to better understand just how far that goal actually is from becoming reality,” Blum wrote of his late-inning experience in Sacramento.
Full Story: Sam Blum Spends an Evening with the Athletics in Sacramento
Twins Making “Progress” on Sale of Club
The Minnesota Twins and their current owners—the Pohland family—expected the club’s sale to be completed before the start of the 2025 season. It almost was, until Chicago billionaire Justin Ishbia walked away from his bid to buy the club, opting to increase his ownership stake in the Chicago White Sox, one of Minnesota’s American League Central rivals.
Former White Sox beat writer Dan Hayes, who now covers the Twins for The Athletic and also did the heavy lifting on the reporting of the Ishbia pivot this spring, provided an update on Pohland’s pursuit of a $1.7 billion sale of the club on Tuesday.
Even with a potential work stoppage looming when the current CBA expires, the Twins believe they’ll be able to complete this sale sooner rather than later.
“We sort of rebooted the process, and a number of people came in that were sitting on the sidelines,” they said (via The Athletic). “We’re making good progress with multiple interested parties. Everyone we’re talking with now has the capability of transacting without finding a money source. … Anyone who buys a baseball club today is doing it with the full knowledge that there’ll be a (collective bargaining agreement) negotiation in another year, with some uncertainty around what the outcome will be. They’re not buying it for what happens in the next two or three years. …
“You just never know how quickly it can play out. It could be very quick, or it could take two or three months. It just depends on when someone gets through the right place and the right deal.”
More on the Twins’ Pursuit of a Buyer from Hayes and Brittany Ghiroli
Speaking of the Twins, How About Kody Clemens!?
On the field, the Twins have been red hot for weeks, and much of that can be attributed to the arrival of Kody Clemens to their lineup. Clemens, who hasn’t seen much success in three seasons in the majors, was acquired from the Philadelphia Phillies on April 26 for cash considerations after going hitless in seven games with Philly following a sub-par .219/.258/.447 slash line in 43 games last season.
Since arriving in Minnesota, Clemens has hit .356/.442/.822 with five home runs—more than he hit in any individual season—and leads all hitters with at least 50 plate appearances in OPS (1.265). During that span, Minnesota is 17-4, pushing their overall mark to 30-24 after a slow start, which has them just five games behind the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central.
Other MLB News and Notes
- I know this happened over the weekend, but I’m still impressed. On Sunday, Tarik Skubal pitched a complete game shutout against the Cleveland Guardians. His stat line was insane (9 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 13K), and he finished the game with his 26th generated swing and miss on a 102.6 mph fastball, the hardest pitch he’s ever thrown.
- “Have to wake up bats.” – Pedro Cerrano
talk ✍️ to ✍️ your ✍️ bat ✍️
Ketel Marte has an unconventional way to speak hits into existence 😂
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— MLB (@MLB) May 28, 2025
- Shohei Ohtani hit his league-leading 20th home run last night for the Dodgers.
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