At the very end of the 2025 campaign, the A’s extended an olive branch to the people of Sacramento, announcing that in 2026 they would be donning brand new gold jerseys with “Sacramento” across the chest. This came after the club had said that they will be going by just “Athletics” or “A’s” during their stint in the capital city at the beginning of the previous offseason.
Those jerseys will now be worn at every Saturday home game for “Sacramento Saturdays” which will include some pretty cool giveaways all season long.
For the first celebratory event, the A’s were handing out replica gold Sacramento jerseys, and the fans were wearing them proudly in the stands. Yet, there was still something a bit off about the promotion.
A tale of two cities
The biggest issue that the people of Sacramento have had with the A’s is that they have felt like an afterthought for the team’s tenure in their city. Of course, the plan for the A’s is to only play for three seasons at Sutter Health Park before opening up their brand new ballpark in Las Vegas, so there have also been advances made toward the people of Sin City to get them ready for the A’s arrival…