Phillies teammates Bryce Harper and Bryson Stott, who both were born in Las Vegas, said that the Athletics should remain in Oakland and that their hometown would be better served by an MLB expansion franchise.
, say their hometown would be better served by an MLB expansion franchise, with the A's remaining in Oakland.. "It's just not right. They have so much history in Oakland. You're taking a team out of a city. I'm pretty sad because of all of the history and all of the greatness they've seen there.Harper first gained national stardom at Las Vegas High School and still resides in nearby Henderson.
"Look at the Knights -- they won the Cup, but they were an expansion franchise," Harper told USA Today. "They were Vegas-born, as people would say. It's the first team that came to Vegas. I don't think you can really match that. "It's just going to be tough for those guys. It was tough for the Raiders last year. People thought the Raiders would be successful. Maybe they will be, but you have to build a fan base. Those 5- and 6-year-olds are going to grow up as Raiders fans or A's fans, so by the time they are 16, 17 years old, they're going to have fans."
Stott, 25, was a high school star in Enterprise, Nevada, and played collegiately at UNLV. Thesecond-year Phillies infielder agreed with Harper that Las Vegas "would rather see an expansion team than a relocated team" and noted that the last-place A's could struggle to build a fan base.
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