The AP article titled A’s President Says Team May Build Own Stadium is a little misleading because the title could be easily misinterpreted. Take a look at the quote from A’s President Michael Crowley: “We’re going to look at ourselves, take a look at the options, take a look at what can be done. And [...]

Gwen Knapp writes about Wolff in her Opening Day column in the Chronicle. Several good nuggets were inside, including: Wolff met with Signature Properties’ Jim Ghielmetti on Monday. They may have been discussing Signature’s multiple Oakland developments, especially the Estuary plan. (See one of my previous entries for a mock-up.) Wolff stayed at his daughter’s [...]

I was one of the 44,000-plus announced at the McAfee Coliseum last night. Kirk Sarloos’s inability to get left-handed hitters out allowed me to look around and note some of the changes: The improvements made to the Meyer Sound PA system are noticeable. Not that Roy Steele’s voice could ever sound tinny or weak, but [...]

Wolff was on Mornings on 2 Monday morning, interviewed by Ross McGowan. The archived video can be found here. Here’s a snippet from the interview: McGowan: Considering that Oakland has no money, is this going to be privately financed? Wolff: It (public funding) may not be in the traditional way in terms of issuing a [...]

Undaunted by the collapse of the Del Monte-KB Home deal, the SJ City Council is moving forward on talks to purchase much of the Diridon South site. Diridon South has several advantages over the Del Monte site, including existing parking and transit links and its proximity to downtown San Jose. The biggest issue in acquiring [...]

As they have since 1998, Forbes has just published its yearly franchise values list. Not surprisingly, the Yanks and Red Sox are at the top of the list. An exploratory article accompanies the rankings. The A’s slipped in value $1 million to be worth an estimated $185 million, which is slightly higher than the Wolff/Fisher [...]

In the CoCo Times interview, Hurd inquires about Wolff’s relationship with Selig: CCT (Hurd): You mentioned at Friday’s press conference that Mr. Selig approached you about buying into the A’s. Would you have been as enthusiastic about it were it not for your friendship with him? Wolff: Well, he helped me get involved because he [...]

Small details have emerged. Tidbits from the interview: Q (Newhouse). Are you encouraged that a ballpark can be built in Oakland? A (Wolff). I always feel that way, but the biggest issue is pinning down a site, and we’re working on that right now. Q. You mentioned last week that you would be looking at [...]

Maury Brown of SABR’s Business of Baseball committee and the Oregon Stadium Campaign wrote a brief op-ed in the Merc about the differences between the DC situation and the Santa Clara County situation. I agree with much of what he says in the piece, including the idea that San Jose proponents may have to go [...]

Chip Johnson of the Chronicle writes in his column that building on… the Coliseum parking lot — would be the most expedient, but perhaps not the most desirable, choice of sites. He notes that the Uptown site is due for groundbreaking later this month. The best site would be along the waterfront, anywhere from the [...]