Jerry Brown and Athletics abandon Oakland
In the same week that Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown was elected attorney general, his city's baseball team, the Oakland Athletics, announced it was heading south to Fremont to relocate in a new stadium. I wonder how Oakland residents feel about their mayor now. . . The homicide rate is skyrocketing and now the baseball team is leaving town. Can the Raiders be far behind?
Seems like the mayor has some explaining to do before he splits for Sacramento.
This is how the Associated Press explained the Fremont stadium deal: "The Oakland Athletics have reached a deal with Cisco Systems Inc. to build a ballpark in southern Fremont, according to city officials who met with the team's owner. The agreement would create a 32,000- to 35,000-seat ballpark to be named Cisco Field on a 143-acre parcel held by the company. If the plan is approved by the city, the A's could begin playing there as soon as 2011."