The Athletics’ first full MLB season at Sacramento felt like a total disaster from opening day onward. Owner John Fisher’s plan to find a quiet home before moving to Las Vegas has backfired. On the field, the A’s are struggling again. Off the field, things are even worse.

The problems have followed the team from Oakland right up Interstate 80. Players criticized the facilities of minor league ballparks. Tickets are selling for as low as $3 on some days. And the reputation of the A’s owner, John Fisher, is not just hurting his own team. It started to create chaos for another major franchise in the city.

This is where the Sacramento Kings and their owner, Vivek Ranadivé, enter the story. Ranadivé, who also owns the minor-league River Cats, welcomed his “friend” John Fisher to use Sutter He

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