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Bill Shaikin: Wait for the A's to leave? Oakland is bringing in another baseball team next year.

Oakland Athletics fans hold up banners in the right field stands during the A's game against the Detroit Tigers in the seventh inning at the Coliseum in Oakland, California, on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023.

LOS ANGELES — For the past couple of years, as the Oakland Athletics flirted with Las Vegas, the comparison became painfully obvious: On any given night, the major league team in Oakland could be outdrawn by the minor league team in Las Vegas.

For 2024, we present this delicious possibility: On any given night, the major league team in Oakland could be outdrawn by the minor league team in Oakland.

Not even two weeks after Major League Baseball granted the A's permission to move to Las Vegas, Oakland is doing

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