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Would high-speed rail crowd out an A's stadium in downtown San Jose? - San Jose Mercury News border=

Would high-speed rail crowd out an A's stadium in downtown San Jose? - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 
Although both projects face major hurdles — high-speed rail will cost billions of dollars, while the A's have yet to win Major League Baseball's permission for a move to San Jose — how the two projects might coexist has been a hot topic among neighbors …

Oakland A's Owner Wolff's Anti-Oakland Words Called "Sob Story" By ... - San Francisco Chronicle border=

Oakland A's Owner Wolff's Anti-Oakland Words Called "Sob Story" By … - San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco Chronicle,  USA
That, and other actions including my intelligence that the current meetings with the Major League Baseball Committee regarding assessing Oakland's ability to be a host for a baseball team aren't going well, and you have Russo's tirade of a letter. …
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Pizarro: A's boosters show their colors before San Jose City ... - San Jose Mercury News border=

Pizarro: A's boosters show their colors before San Jose City … - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
Cunneen, the former chamber of commerce chief who's now working for California Strategies, offered me an A's cap, but I declined, not wanting to get into Sam Liccardo-like trouble by taking something from a lobbyist. Plus, I already have one at home. …

San Jose City Council votes to move forward with A's pursuit - San Jose Mercury News border=

San Jose City Council votes to move forward with A's pursuit - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
And in a vote that followed speeches by dozens of impassioned residents — both for and against — the council unanimously decided to push forward with its still-uncertain pursuit. "Play ball!" Mayor Chuck Reed, normally more staid on the council dais, …
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A's in San Jose?: Why Silicon Valley is still SF Giants' territory - San Jose Mercury News border=

A's in San Jose?: Why Silicon Valley is still SF Giants' territory - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
Mark Tuohey, a former leader of Washington's DC Sports & Entertainment Commission, remembers similar rhetoric from the Baltimore Orioles earlier this decade when Washington officials were negotiating to bring in the Montreal Expos. …
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Santa Clara County supervisors want MLB to help Oakland A's move ... - San Jose Mercury News border=

Santa Clara County supervisors want MLB to help Oakland A's move … - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors are calling on Major League Baseball to allow the Oakland Athletics to move to Santa Clara County. In a proposed recommendation set for Tuesday's board meeting, supervisors are requesting that Major League …
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Editorial: The quest to bring the A's to San Jose gets serious - San Jose Mercury News border=

Editorial: The quest to bring the A's to San Jose gets serious - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
This week a big door swung open, with Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig's decision to appoint a committee to study the team's stadium options. By any logical measure, that should place San Jose at the top of the list. …
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A's owner suggests San Jose is front-runner to land team - San Jose Mercury News border=

A's owner suggests San Jose is front-runner to land team - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News,  USA
And changing that, Wolff said, is up to Major League Baseball. A decision from the league could come "by the end of the season, maybe sooner. I hope sooner." in a wide-ranging chat with reporters in the penthouse suite atop San Francisco's Fairmont …
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A's owner prefers to relocate team to San Jose - San Francisco Chronicle border=

A's owner prefers to relocate team to San Jose - San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco Chronicle,  USA
Wolff said he blamed himself for the failure of the Fremont stadium plan, which would have been surrounded by housing and retail development. He said he should have anticipated the potential opposition. To avoid such an outcome in San Jose, he said, …

A's ownership giving Oakland the cold shoulder - San Francisco Chronicle border=

A's ownership giving Oakland the cold shoulder - San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco Chronicle,  USA
Unable to complete his mega-deal in Fremont to build a stadium village complete with retail and new housing, A's owner Lew Wolff issued a statement Friday ruling out Oakland as a future location. In essence, Wolff said previous city efforts - including …