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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 …
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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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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. …
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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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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 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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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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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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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, …
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 …