OAKLAND — I feel sorry for A’s fans, really I do. Ownership has torn down the roster so that it’s barely recognizable and former Cub Tony Kemp batted fifth Monday night. Think about that for a minute. Tony Kemp has a .358 career slugging percentage. That would be roughly comparable to the Cubs batting Nick Madrigal (.356 career SLG) fifth.
Then they’ve jacked up ticket and parking prices so hardly anyone goes to the games and so they can use that as an excuse to say, “See? We need to move to Las Vegas!” Which they might.