On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Athletics series preview

Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty ImagesAl Yellon created Bleed Cubbie Blue and has been its managing editor since 2005. His latest book about the Cubs is "Chicago Cubs Firsts." Find him on Bluesky at @bleedcubbieblue.bsky.social

As I noted in my AL West preview, I’m going to be using Sacramento to refer to this team, as is being done by the San Francisco Chronicle. The Chronicle recently announced that they would call this team by its city name, even though MLB is officially just calling them “Athletics.” Their reasoning:

For now, Sacramento seems to have a healthy connection with the A’s — unlike the contentious relationship between Santa Clara and the 49ers, who bolted from San Francisco in…