The Oakland Athletics' planned relocation to Las Vegas, which cleared a major hurdle Wednesday, has been widely panned by players and fans around Major League Baseball.
Even a pair of Vegas-born teammates, Bryce Harper and Bryson Stott, say their hometown would be better served with a MLB expansion franchise, with the A's remaining in Oakland.
"I feel sorry for the fans in Oakland," Harper told USA Today Sports in a report published Thursday. "It's just not right. They have so much history in Oakland. You're taking a team out of a city.