Connie Mack, left, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics and Miller Huggins, manager of the New York Yankees in 1926. (Photo Reproduction by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images)
For the first time since 1967 and the third time in franchise history, the Oakland Athletics — which were formed in 1901 as the Philadelphia Athletics, before becoming the Kansas City Athletics in 1955 and the Oakland Athletics in 1968 — could be on the move.
The franchise said on Tuesday that they have Major League Baseball’s blessing to begin exploring the possibility to relocate, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan.