WEST SACRAMENTO – Before the Athletics' three-year relocation to Sutter Health Park, West Sacramento small businesses were pitching big ideas to cash in on the Major League momentum from the first day the move was announced.

Now, two months into the season, some call it a success. Some call it a strikeout, still waiting on the business boom they were hoping for.

How helpful the team has been for the business depends on who you ask.

Drake's: The Barn, basically next-door neighbors with the A's, is hitting it out of the park.

"This is very much our A's pre-game pop," said Bia Hoskins, general manager of Drake's, as she gestured to a packed house on Friday night, an hour before first pitch.

Things have been busy at Drake's, where big league ball has brought big league business.

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