yardbarker
RealGM Baseball

Sacramento Hopes To Lure MLB Team

Jul 09, 2012 4:00 PM EST

Kevin Johnson, the mayor of Sacramento, has given up trying to keep an NBA team and is instead aiming to lure a Major League Baseball franchise to his city.

Johnson and his Think Big Sacramento task force announced a plan Monday to market California's capital city as a possible landing spot for a major league team.

There are already two teams in Northern California, and Oakland's Triple-A affiliate plays in Sacramento. The Athletics have their sights set on San Jose, but the San Francisco Giants hold the territorial rights to that area.

Via Associated Press