During the Cubs’ 10-2 demolition of the Athletics Wednesday afternoon, I got a text from a friend of mine: “Maybe the Cubs should move to Sacramento.” Well, of course that’s a silly notion, but the Cubs sure seemed to enjoy hitting in Sutter Health Park,

Brent Rooker, a Mississippi State grad, said he hopes games at Sutter Health Park take on the feel of an SEC baseball game.

All three teams being gone in a very short span is a hard hit to an entire community," Hoerner said of the MLB, NBA and NFL exits.

The Athletics played their first game in Sacramento on Tuesday, drawing thousands to Sutter Health Park. But the team’s 18-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs wasn’t the only story of the night. For many longtime A’s fans, the game marked a bittersweet milestone — Major League Baseball had arrived in Sacramento, but only after leaving Oakland behind.

Athletics star prospect Jacob Wilson is hitting well at the start of the 2025 season. Wilson made history for the team.

They will be spending the next three seasons at Sutter Health Park, the San Francisco Giants’ Triple-A stadium, where the A’s pitchers will be in for a rude awakening with their enormous foul territory now gone, and visiting teams will be moaning about their cramped clubhouse, let alone spending their nights in downtown Sacramento.

A's fans filled Sacramento's Sutter Health Park as the team played its first home game away from Oakland since 1967. Said manager Mark Kotsay after an 18-3 loss to the Cubs: "I though the energy was great.