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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-11 09:03 AM
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The San Jose A's?


The future home of the Oakland A's will be decided this baseball offseason. It's Oakland or San Jose, and we already know the preference of A's ownership.

Lew Wolff is urging his Wisconsin fraternity buddy, Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, to move the A's to San Jose, regardless of territorial rights restrictions.

Selig, for purposes of public posture, has deferred this decision to a blue-ribbon committee. But don't be fooled. Selig and Wolff are in cahoots, both of them siding against Oakland. Did someone say "collusion?"

The San Francisco Giants feel they have a stranglehold on San Jose, where they have a minor league team that they've invested in heavily, including the upgrading of its home facility, Municipal Stadium. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.mercurynews.com/columns/ci_19026441



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