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AP Photos: Editor selections from the past week in Asia

2018-11-16 15:55 Last Updated At：11-17 14:13

Japan's Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko, Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako greeted guests at the autumn garden party at the Akasaka Palace imperial garden. Akihito has said he will abdicate next year.

In other images from the Asia-Pacific region this week, dancers in traditional dress waited for the arrival of Chinese President Xi Jinping in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, for an Asia-Pacific summit. Leaders also met during a Southeast Asian summit in Singapore.

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In this Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, file photo, dancers in traditional dress wait for the arrival of Chinese President Xi Jinping in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Xi arrives in the country for a state visit ahead of their annual APEC meeting. (AP PhotoAaron Favila, File)

Japan's Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko, Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako greeted guests at the autumn garden party at the Akasaka Palace imperial garden. Akihito has said he will abdicate next year.

In this Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives at the airport in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Xi arrives in the country for a state visit ahead of their annual APEC meeting. (AP PhotoAaron Favila, File)

This gallery was curated by Associated Press photo editor Wally Santana in Bangkok.

In this Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang interacts on stage after a group photo during the 13th East Asian Summit Plenary on the sidelines of the 33rd ASEAN summit in Singapore. (AP PhotoYong Teck Lim, File)

In this Nov. 14, 2018, file photo, men in traditional dress ride a shuttle bus ahead of the APEC Economic Leaders' Week Summit in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. (AP PhotoMark Schiefelbein, File)

In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, file photo, farmers tend paddy fields just a few weeks ahead of harvesting in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. (AP PhotoAung Shine Oo, File)

In this Nov. 13, 2018, file photo, Hindu devotees offer prayers standing in the waters of the Arabian Sea at sunset during Chhath Puja festival in Mumbai, India. On Chhath, an ancient Hindu festival, rituals are performed to thank the Sun god for sustaining life on earth. (AP PhotoRafiq Maqbool, File)

In this Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, file photo, Hindu devotees pray to the Sun god as they stand in knee-deep waters in River Yamuna, during the Chhath festival in New Delhi, India. (AP PhotoAltaf Qadri, File)

In this Nov. 11, 2018, file photo, family members and villagers grieve and console each other as the body an Indian Army soldier Varun Katal is brought to his house before the cremation in village Mawa in Samba district, 62 kilometers (51 miles) from Jammu, India. An Indian soldier was killed when Pakistani soldiers fired at Indian positions along the highly militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir on Saturday, Indian military said. (AP PhotoChanni Anand, File)

In this Thursday, Nov. 125, 2018, file photo, smoke from an explosion rises as part of the dismantling of a South Korean guard post in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas in Cheorwon, as a North Korean guard post sits high in the upper left. (Jung Yeon-jePool Photo via AP, File)

In this Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, file photo, a man and a woman take wedding photos near the autumn colored ginkgo tree-lined avenue on a cool day at Showa Memorial Park in Tokyo. (AP PhotoEugene Hoshiko, File)

In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, file photo, children wait to perform on the birth anniversary of the country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru at his ancestral home, Anand Bhawan, in Allahabad, India. Nehru's birth anniversary is celebrated as Children's Day in India. (AP PhotoRajesh Kumar Singh, File)

In this Nov. 13, 2018, file photo, a Nepalese woman takes a holy bath on the banks of the Bagmati River during Chhath Puja festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. During Chhath, an ancient Hindu festival, rituals are performed to thank the Sun God for sustaining life on earth. (AP PhotoNiranjan Shrestha, File)

In this Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, file photo, Indian laborers pull a pontoon buoy as they build a floating pontoon bridge over the river Ganges for the upcoming Kumbh Mela festival, in Allahabad, India. A 45 days festival starting from January 2019, where millions of Hindu devotees are expected to attend with the belief that taking a dip in the waters of the holy river will cleanse them of their sins. (AP PhotoRajesh Kumar Singh, File)

In this Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, file photo, Russia's Elizaveta Tuktamysheva performs during a Ladies short program of the NHK Trophy Figure Skating in Hiroshima, western Japan. (AP PhotoKoji Sasahara, File)

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Japan's Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko, Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako greeted guests at the autumn garden party at the Akasaka Palace imperial garden. Akihito has said he will abdicate next year.

This gallery was curated by Associated Press photo editor Wally Santana in Bangkok.

In this Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang interacts on stage after a group photo during the 13th East Asian Summit Plenary on the sidelines of the 33rd ASEAN summit in Singapore. (AP PhotoYong Teck Lim, File)

In this Nov. 14, 2018, file photo, men in traditional dress ride a shuttle bus ahead of the APEC Economic Leaders' Week Summit in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. (AP PhotoMark Schiefelbein, File)

In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, file photo, farmers tend paddy fields just a few weeks ahead of harvesting in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. (AP PhotoAung Shine Oo, File)

In this Nov. 13, 2018, file photo, Hindu devotees offer prayers standing in the waters of the Arabian Sea at sunset during Chhath Puja festival in Mumbai, India. On Chhath, an ancient Hindu festival, rituals are performed to thank the Sun god for sustaining life on earth. (AP PhotoRafiq Maqbool, File)

In this Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, file photo, Hindu devotees pray to the Sun god as they stand in knee-deep waters in River Yamuna, during the Chhath festival in New Delhi, India. (AP PhotoAltaf Qadri, File)

In this Nov. 11, 2018, file photo, family members and villagers grieve and console each other as the body an Indian Army soldier Varun Katal is brought to his house before the cremation in village Mawa in Samba district, 62 kilometers (51 miles) from Jammu, India. An Indian soldier was killed when Pakistani soldiers fired at Indian positions along the highly militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir on Saturday, Indian military said. (AP PhotoChanni Anand, File)

In this Thursday, Nov. 125, 2018, file photo, smoke from an explosion rises as part of the dismantling of a South Korean guard post in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas in Cheorwon, as a North Korean guard post sits high in the upper left. (Jung Yeon-jePool Photo via AP, File)

In this Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, file photo, a man and a woman take wedding photos near the autumn colored ginkgo tree-lined avenue on a cool day at Showa Memorial Park in Tokyo. (AP PhotoEugene Hoshiko, File)

In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, file photo, children wait to perform on the birth anniversary of the country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru at his ancestral home, Anand Bhawan, in Allahabad, India. Nehru's birth anniversary is celebrated as Children's Day in India. (AP PhotoRajesh Kumar Singh, File)

In this Nov. 13, 2018, file photo, a Nepalese woman takes a holy bath on the banks of the Bagmati River during Chhath Puja festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. During Chhath, an ancient Hindu festival, rituals are performed to thank the Sun God for sustaining life on earth. (AP PhotoNiranjan Shrestha, File)

In this Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, file photo, Indian laborers pull a pontoon buoy as they build a floating pontoon bridge over the river Ganges for the upcoming Kumbh Mela festival, in Allahabad, India. A 45 days festival starting from January 2019, where millions of Hindu devotees are expected to attend with the belief that taking a dip in the waters of the holy river will cleanse them of their sins. (AP PhotoRajesh Kumar Singh, File)

In this Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, file photo, Russia's Elizaveta Tuktamysheva performs during a Ladies short program of the NHK Trophy Figure Skating in Hiroshima, western Japan. (AP PhotoKoji Sasahara, File)

Farmers tended paddy fields just a few weeks ahead of harvesting in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, and couples took wedding photos near autumn-colored trees at a park in Tokyo.

This gallery was curated by Associated Press photo editor Wally Santana in Bangkok.

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Athletics express sadness, some relief at moving out of Oakland at the end of the season

2024-04-06 01:24 Last Updated At：01:30

DETROIT (AP) — The Oakland Athletics no longer have to wonder where they'll play the next few seasons. That won't make the long goodbye any easier.

The A's reacted to the announcement that this will be their last year in Oakland with a mixture of sadness and relief.

“At least as a player, you know where you’re headed,” outfielder Seth Brown said Friday before a game against the Tigers in Detroit. “There’s obviously a lot of moving parts, a lot of stuff we’re not privy to, so it’s just been kind of a waiting game on our end. Where are we going to go? Where are we going to be? So I think just having that knowledge -- at least we know where we’re going to be playing next year.”

Vivek Ranadivé, who owns the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats, and Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher announced Thursday that the A’s will temporarily relocate to West Sacramento's Sutter Health Park for at least three seasons. The A's are moving to Las Vegas after a new ballpark is constructed.

The River Cats, who are affiliated with the San Francisco Giants, will continue to play at the same facility.

Fisher was unable to reach an agreement with Oakland city officials on extending the lease at Oakland Coliseum, which expires at the end of this season. The A's have played in the city since 1968.

“There's direction now, which we've talked a lot about,” Oakland A's manager Mark Kotsay said. “We've got time to kind of reflect on what this really means from an organizational standpoint, the history that we've had in Oakland, with this being now the final season. There's a lot of emotion that goes behind this.”

It will not only cause some upheaval for the players and staff but also members of the organization that work behind the scenes.

“At the end of the day, we know where we're going to be for the next three seasons after the finish this year and that in itself gives a little bit of stability,” Kotsay said. “At the same time, in the present, it's challenging in certain ways to think about the finality of this organization in Oakland.”

Sacramento will be a much smaller environment to house a major league team. Ranadivé said the River Cats venue currently seats 16,000 when counting the stands, the lawn behind center field and standing room only.

First baseman Ryan Noda is concerned with the facilities. He's hopeful that significant upgrades will be made, much like the Toronto Blue Jays did at Buffalo's Triple-A facility. The Blue Jays played at Buffalo's Sahlen Field in 2020 in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“New walls, new dugouts, new locker rooms — everything they needed to become a big league stadium,” said Noda, who played some games in Sacramento as a minor leaguer. “As long as we can do something like that, then it'll be all right. But it's definitely going to be different than playing in stadiums that hold 40,000 people.”

Kotsay is confident the upgrades will occur.

“I know it will be of major league baseball quality,” he said. “It's has to be of major league baseball quality. I know the Players Association will make sure that takes place, as they did in Buffalo.”

For the rest of this season, the A's will have to deal with small home crowds and disappointed fans.

“We’re sad for the fans, the diehard fans, who always come to our games, always support us, always support the boys wearing the jersey,” Noda said.

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AP Photos: Editor selections from the past week in Asia

AP Photos: Editor selections from the past week in Asia

Japan's Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko, Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako greeted guests at the autumn garden party at the Akasaka Palace imperial garden. Akihito has said he will abdicate next year.

This gallery was curated by Associated Press photo editor Wally Santana in Bangkok.

In this Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang interacts on stage after a group photo during the 13th East Asian Summit Plenary on the sidelines of the 33rd ASEAN summit in Singapore. (AP PhotoYong Teck Lim, File)

In this Nov. 14, 2018, file photo, men in traditional dress ride a shuttle bus ahead of the APEC Economic Leaders' Week Summit in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. (AP PhotoMark Schiefelbein, File)

In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, file photo, farmers tend paddy fields just a few weeks ahead of harvesting in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. (AP PhotoAung Shine Oo, File)

In this Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, file photo, Hindu devotees pray to the Sun god as they stand in knee-deep waters in River Yamuna, during the Chhath festival in New Delhi, India. (AP PhotoAltaf Qadri, File)

In this Thursday, Nov. 125, 2018, file photo, smoke from an explosion rises as part of the dismantling of a South Korean guard post in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas in Cheorwon, as a North Korean guard post sits high in the upper left. (Jung Yeon-jePool Photo via AP, File)

In this Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, file photo, a man and a woman take wedding photos near the autumn colored ginkgo tree-lined avenue on a cool day at Showa Memorial Park in Tokyo. (AP PhotoEugene Hoshiko, File)

In this Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, file photo, Russia's Elizaveta Tuktamysheva performs during a Ladies short program of the NHK Trophy Figure Skating in Hiroshima, western Japan. (AP PhotoKoji Sasahara, File)

Japan's Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko, Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako greeted guests at the autumn garden party at the Akasaka Palace imperial garden. Akihito has said he will abdicate next year.

This gallery was curated by Associated Press photo editor Wally Santana in Bangkok.

In this Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang interacts on stage after a group photo during the 13th East Asian Summit Plenary on the sidelines of the 33rd ASEAN summit in Singapore. (AP PhotoYong Teck Lim, File)

In this Nov. 14, 2018, file photo, men in traditional dress ride a shuttle bus ahead of the APEC Economic Leaders' Week Summit in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. (AP PhotoMark Schiefelbein, File)

In this Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, file photo, farmers tend paddy fields just a few weeks ahead of harvesting in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. (AP PhotoAung Shine Oo, File)

In this Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, file photo, Hindu devotees pray to the Sun god as they stand in knee-deep waters in River Yamuna, during the Chhath festival in New Delhi, India. (AP PhotoAltaf Qadri, File)

In this Thursday, Nov. 125, 2018, file photo, smoke from an explosion rises as part of the dismantling of a South Korean guard post in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas in Cheorwon, as a North Korean guard post sits high in the upper left. (Jung Yeon-jePool Photo via AP, File)

In this Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, file photo, a man and a woman take wedding photos near the autumn colored ginkgo tree-lined avenue on a cool day at Showa Memorial Park in Tokyo. (AP PhotoEugene Hoshiko, File)

In this Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, file photo, Russia's Elizaveta Tuktamysheva performs during a Ladies short program of the NHK Trophy Figure Skating in Hiroshima, western Japan. (AP PhotoKoji Sasahara, File)

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