Viva Las Vegas: MLB owners unanimously approve A's move from Oakland
ARLINGTON, Texas — In 1901, when the American League was founded, the Philadelphia Athletics were one of the eight charter franchises. The A's moved to Kansas City in 1955 and to Oakland in 1968, and they are on the move again.
No major league team has called four cities home, but the A's are about to write a new and bittersweet page in baseball's history book. Major league owners voted unanimously Thursday morning to approve the A's move to Las Vegas, meaning a city that celebrated four World Series championships and nurtured Hall of Famers Reggie Jackson, Rickey Henderson, Catfish Hunter, Rollie Fingers and Dennis Eckersley soon will find itself without a baseball team to call its own.
"Today is an incredibly difficult day for Oakland A's fans," A's owner John Fisher said. "It's a great day for Las
