They actually had plans to build a nice ballpark on Lake Merritt, but in typical Cali fashion, the bureaucrats got in the way. Not sure if they have a plan B
Well Lidge did go to Philly and save 41/41 and come 4th in the Cy Young in 2008.
I don’t know if it’s so much a mental thing or the fact that relievers usually only have 1 elite pitch and if they lose it, they have nothing else to fall back on.
Let’s see how we look at the end of the month before the rebuild talk starts. Losing 3 out of 4 to the best team in baseball isn’t season defining. I actually thought the starting pitchers and the bullpen did okay, but we looked shitty on defense and hitting. Hitting will come around, but I’m afraid we’re stuck with the defense we have. Maz needs to move to 1B soon.
I think Ohtani will have similar stats to Darvish’s first few years. Fuck ton of K’s, low walks, but fairly homer prone. Not bad for a guy making the ML minimum