{"id":274513,"date":"2026-04-18T18:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T18:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/274513\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T18:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T18:32:15","slug":"as-weekend-giveaways-at-west-sacramentos-sutter-health-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/274513\/","title":{"rendered":"A\u2019s weekend giveaways at West Sacramento\u2019s Sutter Health Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baseball season\u2019s heating up, and so is Sacramento.<\/p>\n

Near-perfect ballgame weather in the forecast this weekend will coincide with some of the Athletics\u2019 most highly anticipated giveaways at West Sacramento\u2019s Sutter Health Park.<\/p>\n

The A\u2019s, who entered Friday with a 10-9 record, tied for first place in the American League West, will give away a bobblehead of star first baseman Nick Kurtz to fans who arrive early for Friday\u2019s 6:40 p.m. game against the Chicago White Sox, while supplies last.<\/p>\n

Kurtz last year won the American League Rookie of the Year award<\/a> by unanimous vote and hit 36 home runs. He also hit four home runs in a single game, becoming the 20th Major League Baseball player and the first rookie to do so.<\/p>\n

Kurtz, who turned 23 in March ahead of his second season, was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. As a result, he has embraced the nickname \u201cBig Amish,\u201d a reference to that region\u2019s Amish population.<\/p>\n

The bobblehead features a cartoon likeness of Kurtz churning butter. Kurtz mimes the motion to celebrate home runs.<\/p>\n

\"Athletics Athletics first base Nick Kurtz reacts with his \u201cbutter churn\u201d celebration after rounding the bases on a home run game against the Detroit Tigers at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on Monday, Aug. 25. HANNAH RUHOFF hruhoff@sacbee.com <\/p>\n

A potential storm system set to arrive early next week may bring thunderstorms to Northern California<\/a>. Before then, Sacramento is forecast to reach afternoon highs in the 70s, according to the National Weather Service. The region is expected to see mostly sunny skies and light wind.<\/p>\n

That should create ideal spring baseball conditions as the A\u2019s follow Friday night\u2019s game with two day games at 1:05 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Both days will include fan giveaways, as will all three games of the A\u2019s next home weekend series, May 1-3, against the Cleveland Guardians. Start times mirror this weekend: 6:40 p.m. May 1 and 1:05 p.m. May 2 and May 3.<\/p>\n

Last season, the A\u2019s did not officially brand themselves as Sacramento or West Sacramento for 2025 \u2014 their first of three seasons playing at Sutter Health Park between their 57-year stay in Oakland and a planned move to Las Vegas in 2028.<\/p>\n

The team this season introduced \u201cSacramento Saturdays,\u201d featuring city-themed giveaways at each Saturday home game.<\/p>\n

For their second home game of the season, the A\u2019s gave out gold jerseys with \u201cSacramento\u201d on the front<\/a>, which the team also is wearing as alternate home uniforms on Saturdays. This Saturday\u2019s giveaway is a \u201cSacramento\u201d script baseball cap.<\/p>\n

\"Rocco Rocco Sansieir, visiting from New Jersey, tries to get a player\u2019s autograph before the Athletics played the Houston Astros on Saturday, April 4, at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento. JOS\u00c9 LUIS VILLEGAS jvillegas@sacbee.com A\u2019s home game giveaways<\/p>\n

Here are the planned giveaway promotions for the Athletics\u2019 next six Friday, Saturday and Sunday home games. The team advises supplies are limited, and fans should plan to arrive early.<\/p>\n

Friday: Nick Kurtz bobblehead<\/p>\n

Saturday: \u201cSacramento\u201d script hat<\/p>\n

Sunday: Stomper plush hat (for children 14 and under)<\/p>\n

May 1: Hello Kitty A\u2019s bobblehead<\/p>\n

May 2: Sacramento basketball jersey<\/p>\n

May 3: A\u2019s sliding glove (for children 14 and under)<\/p>\n

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Michael McGough<\/a><\/p>\n

The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n

Michael McGough is a sports and local editor for The Sacramento Bee. He previously covered breaking news and COVID-19 for The Bee, which he joined in 2016. He is a Sacramento native and graduate of Sacramento State.\u00a0\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baseball season\u2019s heating up, and so is Sacramento. Near-perfect ballgame weather in the forecast this weekend will coincide…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-274513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}