Good morning. It’s always a good morning after a big Cubs win the night before. Hey, it qualifies as big this year.
- We will start in Oakland. Or Las Vegas. Or Carson City. Wherever. Dan Szymborski looks at the Athletics’ chances of surpassing the 1962 Mets for the most futile team of the modern era.
- The A’s say they have reached a “tentative” agreement for the construction of a new stadium in Las Vegas. The state of Nevada will chip in only $180 million and bonds and tax deals in Clark County will get the total government outlay up to $325 million, much less than the $500 million that the team had been asking for.