data-mm-id=”_i7d5hv9ju”>It did not take Nostradamus-level foresight to believe the Oakland Athletics' planned move to Las Vegas was an ill-fated venture once it became clear last year that was owner John Fisher's top priority. Forcing the team to spend as little as possible on payroll, then whining that the city wouldn't give the franchise enough money to build a new stadium was utterly pathetic to watch in real time. But there were a bunch of glaring issues obvious to even the uninformed fan that could easily trip this move up. Like, for example, where the Athletics were going to play given Las Vegas does not have a Major League Baseball stadium. Sure, they could just build one, but that comes along with many, many pitfalls on its own. Then you get into the complete la…