Players Are Already REFUSING To Play For The A's

You ever think about what hell feels like? Like, you ever just sit back and think about the burning depths of hell and what it looks like? The people that reside there, the yelling, the screams, the misery- Oh yeah, we do. It's called the Oakland A's Organization. Or, sorry, the Sacramento A's. Or my bad, the Sacramento Vegas A's. Or soon-to-be Vegas A's after they play in Sacramento for a couple years, but that's too long of a name. So how about the A's formerly of Oakland, now Sacramento, in the meantime, until Vegas. And then it'll be the A's formerly of Oakland, now Vegas, after playing in Sacramento for a few years- Okay, that's even longer of a name. Crap. How about the formerly Oakland A's of- Wait, they originally played in Kansas City before Oakland, so should I include that? Like, the Kansas City, Oakland, Sacramento- Even though the- You know what? Fuck you, John Fisher. You see what you're putting us all through? And don't think I still don't notice you, Rob Manfred, in the corner. Where were we again? Oh right, the depths of hell, the A's Organization. The fact that they'll be playing at the Giants AAA ballpark in Sacramento for the time being. And shocking, nobody seems to be excited for this, especially the players. The only person who seems excited about this is John Fisher, who just cannot wait to watch Aaron Judge smash homers off A's pitching. Manfred and the league was pushing to replace the grass they currently have at Sutterfield Park, the Giants AAA park, with artificial turf that players push back on as turf isn't very preferred by them. It can cause second and third degree burns on the bottom of their feet and the turf plan didn't end up going through anyway. Turf or not though, it's a complete joke. I mean, I guess it's better than playing in an empty, depressed coliseum for 81 games a year with more opossum and opossum shit than fans. But to call a minor league ballpark home just doesn't seem right. And not that the A's act like they have any money anyway. But if you for whatever reason thought they would be spending money, if there was any chance at that, like even if they wanted to, that wouldn't even work. Because it's been about 10 minutes into the offseason and we already have a player telling the A's to go screw themselves simply because he doesn't want to play for them. The man who threw the final pitch of the 2024 season to finish the job for the Dodgers, Walker Buehler, is a free agent. He's also in a weird spot in his career because he hasn't had a full year since 2021. He got Tommy John surgery in 2022 and this past season was basically just a getting back into the swing of things type situation. He wasn't very good, but of course is expected to be moving forward. And any team would love to have him, and he won't cost a lot considering he's not the same pitcher he was before Tommy John. You don't know that he's going to be that great again. And according to A's manager Mark Cotze, he publicly said that the team had reached out to Buehler and Buehler's response was that he had no interest in playing in Sacramento. That's why he said no. Dodger reliever Ryan Brazier also said this. And I know nobody shows up, but I'd rather play in the stadium with nobody than Sacramento where the clubhouse is. You have to walk from the first base dugout through the left field fence to get to the visiting clubhouse. Do you? I've never been there. Now, unless they, you know, renovate it all and do some new stuff, but I think that is just complete BS. I mean, the visiting players are already dreading their trip to Sacramento and it's AAA park. Imagine the A's players. I'm willing to bet there isn't a single player who would be open to playing with the A's for at least a couple of years. There's just no way any of them are going to be looking to get out. Playing for a minor league ballpark is not anything for any big leaguer to be excited about. And Walker Buehler is just one and the first of many. Let me know your thoughts and thank you for watching.