MLB commissioner Manfred talks A’s owner Fisher, scorching Sacramento heat, and Oakland

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday expressed confidence in both Oakland A’s owner John Fisher’s ability to finance a proposed $1.5 billion ballpark adjacent to the Las Vegas Strip and in MLB’s ability to keep big leaguers cool in Sacramento’s searing summertime heat.

The A’s are set to explain their construction and financing plan for the 33,000-seat stadium in Clark County during Thursday’s Las Vegas Stadium Authority meeting, which has the draft development agreement for the ballpark on its agenda.