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When I saw that a neutral site World Series was being talked about, my first thought was, are we really doing this again? Scott Boras floated this idea last year and was rightfully crushed for it. For it to be back in the spotlight was, at the very least, confusing.
Then I looked at the source and what do you know? It was the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the propaganda piece of choice for the Oakland A’s. It was then unsurprising to read that the entire thing was literally nothing.
Yet it was framed in a way that would lead you to believe this was, in fact, something. It starts off with all this talk about how Las Vegas is well positioned to host MLB playoff games should baseball switch to neutral site series like the Super Bowl.
Then, in graph four, Dave Kaval appears to say he has no idea what they are talking about, but it sounds like a great idea. Graph 4! And then you don’t even get an honest answer. It is one sentence and a bunch of gushing about how great it would be.
By the way, the A’s desire to potentially play a bunch of games away from Las Vegas wasn’t broached until Graph 7 in a throw transition above the newsletter signup. Interesting you want to gloss over that fact after spending a bunch of time hypothesizing about something that no one wants to see.
Seriously, go look at the response to Scott Boras's suggestion of a neutral site for the World Series. We can’t agree on much as a society, but everyone from Boston to Arizona and Seattle to Atlanta can agree that this would be terrible.
At this point, the postseason atmosphere is one of the few positives Major League Baseball has going for it. Ditching that would be a cherry on top of the asinine sundae for the sport. So, you’re saying there is a chance?
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