It’s been said that chicks dig the long ball. Well, the chicks would have absolutely loved the six-game stretch the Athletics just played at Las Vegas Ballpark in Summerlin South, Nev., as an appetizer of sorts to the main course that will be their grand opening of a new stadium in Las Vegas in 2028.
Las Vegas Ballpark, home to the Pacific Coast League’s Triple A Las Vegas Aviators, was less a ballpark and more a giant baseball trampoline that the Athletics, as well as the visiting Brewers and Rockies, used to send pitches into orbit at a ridiculous pace.
