On Thursday, the Oakland Athletics announced they would be playing in Sacramento's minor league ballpark starting in 2025. The franchise will remain there until
Norwich The City Council late Monday approved a new lease for the Thomas J. Dodd Stadium with the Norwich Sea Unicorns, which will start their new life as a summer wooden-bat collegiate team with their first home game May 31.
The aldermen expressed hesitancy at the turn of events that cost the city its minor league baseball team with a Major League Baseball affiliation but said approving a two-year lease with a third-year option “by mutual agreement” was the best option for the city. They questioned the financial viability of the summer collegiate team status and said the short-term agreement would allow the city to keep options open, including the possibility of selling the city-owned property in the Norwich business park for development.