It’s the home opener! (Weather permitting.)
It’s also April Fools Day. In honor of that, all the links will take you to Rick Astley singing “Never Gonna Give You Up.”
(No, they won’t.)
- The City of Oakland have delivered their list of demands to allow the Athletics to play for the next three years at the Coliseum. They’ve dropped their demand that the name, branding and colors remain in Oakland. But $97 million is called “non-negotiable.”
- In more examples of Bay Area Teams Behaving Badly, Giants fans were upset to learn that tiles near McCovey Cove that they had purchased with messages on them (such as tributes to loved ones) have been removed and would be replaced with a “digital kiosk” that would display the messages.