Oakland A’s announcers Jenny Cavnar (left) and Dallas Braden (right) during a broadcast on NBC Sports California in March 2024 during a Cleveland Guardians and Oakland A’s game. Cavnar is the target for a petition drive to get her fired. (photo by Michael Zagaris Oakland A’s photographer)
On That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast:
#1 Amaury, there is a petition going around that already has over 600 signatures demanding that the Oakland A’s fire the first woman full time lead play by play announcer in MLB history Jenny Cavnar. Reasons given by the fans petition, “extremely poor job announcing”, also Cavnar said while working another announcing job that former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaff was responsible for not building a ballpark in Oakland, and Cavnar is “not a baseball voice..” Sources say the Oakland A’s stand behind her and that she’s not going anywhere anytime soon.
#2 Los Angeles sports investment banker Sal Galatioto has been retained by the Oakland A’s owner John Fisher to invest in the A’s Las Vegas ballpark at the Tropicana Hotel and Resort location. Fisher’s share of the construction costs is $500 million and has been trying to drum up investment support in the Las Vegas casino community or business community. Since Galatioto has stepped forward this might have answered the question where Fisher was going to the money for his share of the Vegas ballpark construction costs.
#3 In spite of he Oakland A’s defeating the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday over the weekend the Orioles have hit seven home runs.
#4 The Orioles are if not one of the best teams in the American League they have 41 home runs in 27 games considering that kind of offense it was impressive the A’s even came away with two wins out of three to take the three game series?
#5 Another impressive run fact the A’s are playing .500 ball over the last few weeks. On the road they won in Detroit and Texas on their first road trip of the season and this last road trip they split with the Yankees and won the series against the Orioles after starting the season at 1-7.
#6 A large part of the A’s wins has been lent to closer Mason Miller whose 103 MPH fast ball has been impossible to hit. He’s throwing shades of relief pitchers like the Minnesota Twins Jhoan Duran who clocks in from 100-104 MPH or the Cleveland Guardians Eammanuel Chase who can throw at 99 MPH.
#7 Pittsburgh Pirates and A’s get after it tonight at the Oakland Coliseum in game 2 of the three game series. The Pirates will start RHP Mitch Keller (2-2 ERA 5.14) he’ll be opposed by A’s starter Alex Wood (1-2 ERA 6.59). Amaury if Wood could get his ERA down and cut his runs against total he can pick up some wins?
Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the lead play by play voice on the Oakland A’s Spanish radio network at 1010 KIQI San Francisco and 990 KATD Pittsburg and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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