Comments on: What is up with Buck Shaw?

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:40:49 +0000

...but the movie I saw last night as quite good!

By: Ian Rose

Ian Rose — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:23:37 +0000

4-0, and a yellow for diving apparently for PJP … rough night.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:00:07 +0000

Yeah – I interviewed a friend of mine who’s been following the A’s saga for a while many months ago on this blog. There have been a few sites Wolff picked out – including the Sears building downtown and an area in East Oakland right outside of downtown (filled with toxic waste, just like the FMC site in San Jose), as well as the area you pointed out in the wikipedia post. But at the same time I think that even if the Evendale (sp?) deal doesn’t go through in San Jose, Wolff may have a plan B in place to pay for the Earthquakes SSS. I guess I feel there’s more support from Wolff & Co in regards to the Quakes than the A’s. Perhaps its because they think there’s more money in the South Bay yet the Giants have that territory so they’ll put the baseball team as close to that area as they can (Fremont).

In regards to the Open Cup game, here’s the text I got from my friend (while I was settling in to a fantastic movie at the Parkway – I think called, Under the Same Moon):

The report from Salt Lake is that your own guys are running into and injuring each other and RSL is up 3-0

Good times.

By: CACuzcatlan

CACuzcatlan — Thu, 01 May 2008 05:18:07 +0000

And the Earthquakes got beat bad tonight…

http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20080430&content_id=154239&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp

By: CACuzcatlan

CACuzcatlan — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:26:27 +0000

According to Wikipedia, the A’s tried a few different sites in Oakland, but couldn’t get any support for a new stadium. In one case Jerry Brown sold the land Wolff was considering for a stadium to a real estate developer that he (Brown) had ties to.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco_Field#Previous_options

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:08:59 +0000

Right – what is another move (The Raiders)? The thing that gets me is this: in that 40 years, the A’s have really become a source of pride to residents. So it’s less that one supports the A’s and more that they support the city of Oakland which honestly, doesn’t get much love from the rest of the country. Moving the A’s now is like killing the soul of the team. And I don’t want to draw any parallels here with the Quakes moving to Houston (since you could say they’ve been the San Jose team since the 70’s). Floor is still open…

By: Ian Rose

Ian Rose — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:46:33 +0000

Let’s not forget that the A’s have already moved twice in their history. Philly – Kansas City – Oakland. I know they’ve been in Oakland for 40 years, but they’re not a native Oakland team (at least not to a Philadelphia sports fan taught to hate teams that leave), and what’s another move?