There’s also a Chronicle article about Lewis Wolff’s background and real estate experience. The vote yesterday was unanimous, in favor of the Wolff/Fisher group.

Good article in the Chronicle about John Fisher, the new majority owner. An excerpt: The deal went through, and the Fishers became part of a large group of businessmen who owned the Giants. Harmon Burns, a mutual fund executive, later bought out most of the Fisher family’s stake. John Fisher kept a small stake in [...]

The seemingly endless negotiations between MLB and O’s owner Peter Angelos have finally been completed. From the looks of things, here’s the deal: The two teams will form a “joint venture” or rather a regional cable sports network that will broadcast both teams’ games. This network will be owned and operated by the O’s, with [...]

Lewis Wolff will be formally introduced as the new managing partner of the A’s on Friday. Ballpark plan unveiling then? Maybe, maybe not. I won’t be there due to my day job, but I hope the media brings up some good questions, not just the same-old, same-old stuff (moving, territorial rights, Billy Beane’s extension). Some [...]

In what could be a harbinger of things to come for Oakland, new Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio is exploring opportunities to develop land around Miller Park. He even has thought about the issue of preserving the large parking lot there for tailgaters: Attanasio said he already has been taught about the tradition of tailgating [...]

From ESPN and MLB.com.

They’ll need at least 3/4 of the owners to vote yes. All indications are that there will be little-to-no resistance. There’s another angle I hadn’t considered until now for John Fisher. Fisher does not have any official ties to the Gap, but he did have a share of the Giants while SBC Park was being [...]

It looks like there will be a press conference with the new ownership group tomorrow. The MLB owners’ conference call will probably happen early tomorrow morning. The vote itself is little more than a formality at this point. Jim Young returned to Oakland early to set it up. “The stadium issue is going to be [...]

David Pollak’s article compares and contrasts the San Jose and DC situations. It does not explore the legal option, which based on the rhetoric I’ve heard from Magowan and San Jose supporters, may very well be the most likely scenario – but it would have to be undertaken by San Jose/Santa Clara County, not the [...]

There’s a good column about the A’s and their claims of being a small-market team by virtue of their stadium situation. I agree the assessment that the A’s have been holding the pursestrings too tightly, and that the small market claims are as much a sell job as they are fact. However, the writer didn’t [...]