Look, the Oakland Athletics can't get half the number of fans to create one-quarter the amount of buzz that the San Francisco Giants get in the Bay Area.
If the A's could move to San Jose, to a new stadium, the thousands upon thousands of Giants fans in that city wouldn't just flock to the American League team. Fans aren't that fickle. I mean, look at the 7,000 loyal A's fans in Oakland! They never give up on their team.
The Sacramento area is a growing—sort of like the East Bay communities surrounding the McAfee Coliseum are decaying. It's a nice clean shot to Sacramento from Stockton, portions of Nevada, growing towns like Vacaville and Davis—and an exploding bit of suburbia filled with young families and money in the southern Placer County area (Rocklin, Roseville, etc.).
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San Francisco Giants Own the Bay Area So…How About the Sacramento Athletics?
Posted: 14th April 2010 by Ted Sillanpaa in MLBComments Off on San Francisco Giants Own the Bay Area So…How About the Sacramento Athletics?