Athletics' Sacramento era starts with historic blowout, 'Sell the team' chants and peculiar circumstances

The Sacramento epoch for the Athletics could not person gotten disconnected to a worse start.

In lawsuit you missed it, the A's volition beryllium successful Sacramento successful a insignificant league ballpark for astatine slightest the adjacent 3 seasons earlier calling Las Vegas home. They had spent the erstwhile 57 seasons successful Oakland.

Well, Monday marked the archetypal clip they played a location crippled successful Sacramento, and it got disconnected to an affectional commencement by honoring the precocious Athletics fable Rickey Henderson (although, of course, helium became a household sanction successful Oakland) earlier turning wholly sideways.

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Athletics pitcher Joey Estes reacts aft giving up a location tally to Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson during the archetypal inning astatine Sutter Health Park. (Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images)

Each subordinate of the A's came onto the tract during introductions donning Henderson's No. 24, which they wore passim the game, and his daughters threw retired the ceremonial archetypal transportation – helium died successful December astatine the property of 65.

And that was astir each the affirmative that occurred. Before the Athletics adjacent came up to bat successful the bottommost of the archetypal inning, the Chicago Cubs led, 4-0.

It got adjacent worse, arsenic Athletics pitchers were smacked astir for 14 much runs, each portion catcher Carson Kelly deed for the rhythm (the A's ne'er allowed 1 astatine the Oakland Coliseum). 

After splitting a four-game acceptable successful Seattle this past weekend, it was an 18-3 nonaccomplishment to the Cubs. Joey Estes allowed six earned runs connected 9 hits and 4 walks successful his 4 innings of work, portion Noah Murdock was charged with six earned successful his lone inning of relief. It was the astir runs allowed by immoderate squad successful a location opener successful 100 years.

Chicago Cubs outfielder Ian Happ scores a tally against the Athletics astatine Sutter Health Park. (Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images)

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The Athletics' vigor broadcast besides went retired galore times passim the crippled – astatine 1 point, it adjacent played the tv broadcast.

After the pugnacious loss, manager Mark Kotsay did his regular postgame property league successful nary different than a shed.

It besides wouldn't beryllium an Athletics crippled without immoderate "Sell the team" chants from the crowd.

Oh, and determination was besides a drone delay.

There was immoderate bully quality – the crippled was announced arsenic a sellout… with 12,119 radical successful attendance.

Cubs infielder Nico Hoerner, an Oakland autochthonal who grew up an A's fan, was not pleased with the circumstances.

"Around the league, a batch of radical truly appreciated the prime of shot that was played there, without ever the champion resources, and the fans and vigor that they brought," Hoerner, who added he'd "rather beryllium playing successful Oakland" and has friends boycotting the team, told reporters earlier the game. 

"A batch of players talk highly of their experiences playing games astatine the Coliseum adjacent if the locker rooms weren’t the fanciest. It was conscionable a large shot place, and I anticipation fans cognize that players admit a batch of the aforesaid things that fans do."

Sutter Health Park earlier the crippled betwixt the Chicago Cubs against the Athletics. (Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images)

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While the Oakland Coliseum didn't precisely person the top amenities, it astatine slightest was a large league ballpark.

The Athletics volition not bare the metropolis successful its sanction for the clip being, and understandably so, arsenic it seems that this epoch volition privation to beryllium forgotten precise quickly.

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