The please-don’t-call-us-by-our-home-city A’s remembered that they do, in fact, have a home city for 2025 — and Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadive was all too happy to use his basketball team’s winning streak to start the hype train for the A’s.
Four A’s players and manager Mark Kotsay were in California’s capital city on Monday and went to the Kings game, sitting courtside at Golden 1 Center and getting a dedicated introduction to the fans.
A's manager Mark Kotsay and players Brent Rooker, Lawrence Butler, JJ Bleday & JP Sears get a nice ovation from Sacramento fans inside the Golden 1 Center before throwing Kings mini balls out into the crowd.