When the Oakland Athletics make trades, there are two things fans generally look at: how this affects the team right now and how this will affect the team in the future. What fans don’t think about is how trades affect the other teams involved. No, I don’t mean the other major league teams that the A’s traded with. I mean teams like the High-A Stockton Ports, who now have an influx of talent – making them fun to watch, and also giving them a chance to make a run at the playoffs.
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A’s fans, or even baseball fans in general, who live in the East Bay area and San Joaquin County have more of a reason to make the trip to Banner Island Ballpark because of the latest trades.