Rich Eisen on MLB’s Good (Elly De La Cruz) and MLB’s Very, Very Bad (A’s Ownership) 

The owner of the A's is a joke. It's such a shame.

John Fisher: how to destroy an entire fanbase's interest in major league baseball in one greedy, fell swoop. As a 40-year Oakland A's fan, MLB is dead to me

The A's ownership is arguably the worst in the five major US sports.

Appreciate that you specifically shoutout John Sadak. Dude is so deserving of the love. Just a guy that is so genuinely excited about the team and the game.

The Owner couldnt name one single player on the As

Cool to see Rich cover the A’s. The larger shows have kinda been quiet with it. And he just touched on surface of this.

The A's actually by record are not the worst team in baseball right now. By ownership yes.

The A's organization and MLB made me hate baseball. I'm no longer watching.

The A's had one of the most, supportive loyal, enthusiastic fan bases for years. Their ownership trashed that.

How is fisher getting off the hook with national media (up to now at least). Has anyone seen the movie “Major League” ?

Elly is the best thing to happen to my Reds since Ken Griffey Jr. signed with them in 2000. IMO

I havent been this excited about my reds since Jr came to Cincinnati

Lifelong Athletics fan, who lived in Colorado. Was special day when we would visit Oakland on vacation and I could go see games. I am utterly sad, I understand the hurt when a musician dies now.

I don't want this to happen to the A's or their fans, but I want this for the owner. I want the Vegas deal to fall apart. Forcing A's to stay in the minor League stadium for the foreseeable feature. I don't know if it's possible in MLB, but the owners should do what the NFL owners did to Dan Snyder and force John Fisher to sell the team

John Fisher is such a joke

That very comment Fisher made is indicative in how disconnected he is compared to the actual fan base in this entire situation. Next year in MLB the Show '25 the A's will be the laughing stock as you play them in their tiny minor league ballpark. The Triple A's SMH. When the deal in Vegas falls apart we need Joe Lacob to SAVE BASEBALL IN OAKLAND!

Been an Oakland A's fan for 52 years. Since I played church league baseball and fell in love with the game. But now Fisher, Manfred and every single MLB team owner that was complicit with their vote to approve of this boondoggle move to Vegas has ended my participation with anything MLB. Hey Rich? I don't imagine you have the time to look at this wormhole of comments-but if you do please continue to impart your wisdom on how this situation is a great big stinking steaming bowl of wrong.

i hate how MLB is letting the A's dumb crap to happen. F vegas fr

A’s? Nah. The Nomads. The Nevada Nomads.

Thank you Rich! Keep giving Elly the love! Life long Reds fan. We’ve got a team!

Never thought I’d hear Rich Eisen drop a Redding & Vacaville plus In N Out in a show

i was just at that In-N-Out in Vacaville on my way to SF lol

I've heard people now starting to refer to them The Triple A's. Sell the Team!

Fisher has ruined the A's completely.

Thanks for this Rich. This story will continue to provide material for you

The situation with the A's is so embarrassing that I'm wondering at what point MLB will make John Fisher disappear. The owners of these teams don't like to suggest the idea of a mechanism to remove bad owners because they fear it ever being used against themselves but we know it kind of does exist. The NBA and NFL effectively expelled Donald Sterling and Dan Snyder. They both technically sold their respective teams but they were effectively forced out. MLB themselves effectively got rid of Marge Schott. This guy is trying to take a team that is beloved by their fanbase and move it somewhere that actually doesn't want them and has no plans to accommodate any new stadium for them and with that falling through he's moving them to a minor league stadium. This is ridiculous! MLB needs to sit him down and tell him he's selling and if he doesn't I almost expect him to be the victim of a mysterious accident. But then Rob Manfred is effectively the John Fisher of sports commissioners so probably nothing will happen but I think under previous commissioners this would all have been settled by now.

I Love my A's, will Always Love my A's! But having Fisher as the Owner crushes my Soul and breaks my Heart.

Let's not forget, Manfred is complicit in this, and wants the move to Las Vegas to come to fruition. He's a villain here as well.

fisher exists because mlb ownership allows him to

I-80 in Vacaville intersects with I-505 that goes Northbound to meet up with I-5 heading towards Redding. While I-80 continues towards Sacramento.

John Sadak is a great broadcaster for the Reds; I honestly don’t know why he wasn’t broadcasting games over Tom Breneman as there’s a drive to deep left field for Castellanos, and that’ll make it a 4-0 game.

"Dear Oakland/A's fans, "OK, I get it now. You have my deepest sympathies. "Sincerely, Rich Eisen"

Bro your sidekick reminds me of Ed McMahon on the Johnny Carson show. 😂

Jesus. And us Pittsburghers thought Bob Nutting was bad.

This whole thing is surreal to me as a life long A's fan with connections to Sacramento, Vegas and even Salt Lake. I'd feel much better about this if the owners wouldn't let them keep the name when they move to Sacramento. Rebranding should be mandatory.

This so infuriates me!!! As a resident of San Antonio, TX, we've been begging for something besides Spurs Basketball. We'd love to have a Baseball Team; we tried to get the Marlins, but were used as leverage awhile back, but we don't care... We'd spend the money to get you a shiny new stadium for the 'San Antonio Athletics', but after seeing this farce, I don't think I want this owner, just like we don't want that Poser Mr. Davis and his 'Las Vegas Raiders' and his using San Antonio as Leverage as well. (Spurs and Raiders, same color scheme, it would have been a perfect fit...)

As bad as A's ownership is, the commissioner (i.e. the guy who represents all owners) is even worse. Baseball is in very bad hands. There will be a movie made in the future about their malfeasance.

The Rivercats used to be the A's AAA affiliate for years. They just switched to the Giants affiliate a few years ago

I didn't think anything could be worse than the Arizona Coyotes' situation (awful team, evicted from stadium, can't move for the life of them) and yet the A's are astronomically worse. Funny how as soon as Billy Beane was no longer an exec they fold in Oakland almost immediately. I feel awful for sports fans in Oakland (not just baseball, either)

It felt bad a couple years ago when my Reds were trading their good players to the Mariners and Twins... but damn if the prospect haul hasn't already paid huge dividends. It's where they got guys like Spencer Steer and Matt McLain.

Don Garber should also force John Fisher to sell the San Jose Earthquakes!

Actually you are right about tge facility. The Las Vegas Aviators facilty is nicer and newer then Sutter Health park.

May Fisher's Vegas deal fall apart and he's forced to move his team to a dirt lot in Goldfield, NV.

Owner of the A's: Come watch the Yankees in Sacramento.

My brother worked in management at the Tropicana for years. His last day was last week. Lad Vegas has way more going for it than Oakland or California. Times change, things change.

7:28 to get to Elly

I was hoping to hear your take on the Angels' announcers going off during Saturday's game. Very good take on the MLB and their continual bad press (almost all self-inflicted).

Fisher got that minor league mindset, what an embarrassment

Rich described my drives when I lived there and right down to the in and out burger

Rich where are those directions to?

Oakland been taking L’s ! First the Warriors go back to Frisco, then the Raiders move to Vegas & now the A’s moving as well smh Town Bidness I guess lol

Cruz is a phenom and he's giving baseball some much needed juice

If Fisher sells the fans will come

He’s the worst owner in all of sports. He’s a nepo billionaire that has ruined our historic franchise. I hate fish boy with all my heart, he’s a horrible human being

Glad to see Rich talking about baseball. That and NBA (maybe some hockey) is all I want to hear about for the next few months. I don’t want to hear the word ‘quarterback’ until September.

You neglected to mention that part of Elly’s night was an error that allowed him to score from first on a sac bunt… Yup. Scored from first on a sac bunt. I don’t care if the throw got by Hoskins. Dude was flying. Nobody else in the league would have scored on that play

All those details, and one key one was missed - this move by the A's was in-partnership with the Sacramento Kings. I'd recommend NBA fans in Sacramento start scouting what hotels are best for access to T-Mobile arena, because I expect the NBA is about to do Sacramento like they did Seattle....

Oh shoot he said Vacaville!!!! I see you Rich!!!! 1:40

Once again mlb shows they have absolutely no regard for the sport, the fans, the players. This is why I just can’t follow baseball anymore.

Shoutout Vacaville

i get what people are saying about the As playing in that smaller park, but i'm looking forward to seeing it. if nothing else, it'll be like nothing else in MLB. it'll be a unique experience

The other owners have the power to remove him yet he stay?!?! He’s the Dan Scheinder of baseball and absolutely needs to go. He’s a joke and so are the A’s. He needs to go!!

Go Elly!

“The Las Vegas A’s of Sacramento”

John Fisher is the Charles O. Finley of George Steinbrenners.

Hey remember when the Reds swept the A’s in the 1990 World Series

Elly is one of the 5 most exciting players in MLB

I’m pretty sure that the reason he said Judge was that he couldn’t name an A’s player.

If ever there was an opportunity to use the TOILETS!!! drop, this segment was it. Missed opportunity.

Why don’t they have the A’s play at the already excising Vegas minor league team location?

Rich Eisen got a tan ir C Rica....nice. He deserves it and you are my best sports broadcaster

"Outstanding In-n-Out" Cultured

Mlb commissioner should force a franchise sale.

As an A's fan, I really hope this blows up in John Fisher's face, and he's actually forced to sell, but that at the moment that seems like a pipe dream

"Sacramento is a beautiful town" haha c'mon Rich. I get it, you gotta be nice.

Wait Rich lived in Redding? That’s where I am from

He said that because Aaron Judge went to High School very close to Sacramento and will have many local fans coming to see him. (Linden High School) Go Lions!

Would've been nice to have all this attention from the national media 6-12 months ago, before the owners voted. Now it's toothless. I blame Mayor Thao for doing a dogshit job at communicating Oakland's position. Compare her "efforts" with Kevin Johnson in 2011-2013, dude singlehandedly kept the Kings.

As a baseball fan that lives in Sacramento im excited, ive been watching more baseball now than ever. BUT fisher sucks and i feel for Oakland. Smh

Rich they already requested a trademark for Sacramento A's/athletics so they will have city name

Rich said Vacaville 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽 Yoooooooooo 🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽

Not the Oakland, Sacramento, or Las Vegas A’s, they should be called what my mother called them The Know Nothing A’s. 🤣

No owner of any team should be allowed to do this. The teams should follow the Packers model and belong to the fans in the city.

John Fisher displayed on how out of touch he is with owning a baseball team when can’t name one single player from the A’s. What a jerk

As an A’s fan, I approve of this reaction.

Everything's being ruined by rich kids who were born third base and think they're entitled to a home run.

Making lefts LMAO cmon Rich ... greetings from UC Davis

The As will replace the Pirates as the last stop before your career ends. Nobody with options is gonna go play there.

Because of the draconian Covid regulations in Canada, the Jays had to play their home games in the U.S., first at their spring training stadium in Dunedin, FL, and later at their Buffalo AAA affiliate. It's not unprecedented, and I don't have a dog in this fight, but the city of Oakland probably bears as much of the blame as Fisher. They probably could have gotten a stadium deal of some sort, although based on the images I've seen the city of Oakland is a basket case.

I used to work in West Sacramento and the stadium is in Yolo County across the river... how about calling them the Yolo A's...

Unless someone can throw a lot of cash to their owner, you just have to live with it for 3 years. 2500 in Sacramento looks better than 2500 in the Oakland Coliseum. The players still get their salaries and it's better than playing in the Cow Palace.

Tbf they’re not even gonna sell that stadium out 😭 they get less than 10k most times at their own ballpark imagine one in Sacramento like

Fisher squatted on the coliseum with the Raiders just to try and follow them to vegas

Between MLB playing in a AAA stadium and NHL playing in a college arena, the NFL and NBA are eclipsing pro sports leagues in America. Even the MLS is better positioned to move into the number-3 spot in popularity.

It’s Free!!!! That’s why he is going there. He is homeless and cheap and it makes stupid sense? When is MLB going to kick him out!!! SELL now!! There are tons of Bay Area people ready to buy.

Greetings from Denver. We know a thing or two about baseball ownership not serious about winning. But at least the Rockies won't publicly admit it lol

When I first read the title of this video, I thought Eich was actually implying the Reds have good owners 😂

Yeah probably done with MLB, sticking with the NHL and NBA

ESPN 5, The Cinco!

MLB fans do not show up to any A's games, let them play for years in front of an empty stadium. Do not give their owner any of your money even when a popular opposing team is there to play. The rest of the owners are also guilty in allowing this nonsense. They should be paying you to show up not you wasting your money on this.