East Bay Express writers Robert Gammon and Chris Thompson have this week’s cover story, a thorough chronology of events over the past several years that led up to the Pacific Commons plan. Even though the full article is available online, I suggest you get a (free) copy wherever you can. I can’t comment on all [...]

You could see it on his face. He really didn’t want to be there. As commissioner, Bud Selig’s appearance at the A’s-Cisco announcement was perfunctory. His presence was needed to give the event that extra bit of gravitas, though he certainly didn’t lend a ton of charm to the proceedings. Soon, Bud Selig won’t have [...]

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Today I’ll pose a “hypothetical,” y’all can debate it. The A’s are buying up land in Fremont. Some of it will be meant for housing, some for parking, some for retail/commercial, some towards the ballpark, the rest for infrastructure. Here’s how the ownership situation would look: Ballpark: 50% A’s, 50% Fremont Ballpark land: Fremont (A’s [...]

Three articles showed up in today’s rags that you should read: Chris De Benedetti of The Argus covers the possibility of a ballot measure for Cisco Field and the ballpark village. The Merc’s Barry Witt writes about Rule 52, also known as the “15 mile rule.” Rule 52 prevents a major league team from relocating [...]

Radio industry behemoth Clear Channel agreed to a buyout by a group of private equity firms, including Thomas H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital Partners. The total value of the buyout is said to be $18.7 billion.The deal won’t directly free up the radio market for the A’s to pursue an interest in their own [...]

There’s a very good reason why we haven’t heard how much the whole development is going to cost: We don’t know how big it will be.The orange area represents the Cisco land that will be purchased by the A’s. The red area contains land that Wolff has recently acquired (they haven’t acquired all of it [...]

Housekeeping note: I’m now moderating comments using the moderation feature. The signal-to-noise ratio has been generally poor, let’s see if this helps. If you’ve come here to bash Fremont, Oakland, or Timbuktu, it’s not showing up. The Trib’s Monte Poole, who I saw leaving Cisco HQ as I walked in (after the press conference, no [...]

I’ll start with the nitpicks just to get them out of the way. There’s no batter’s eye in centerfield. The ability to see through from the park into the playing field is nice, but it’s not going to work during games. I could see them putting in a curtain or screen that retracts during off [...]

I’ll have a first impressions review of the design soon, but for now I’ll let this cute little souvenir speak for itself:Sorry folks, this one’s not for sale or trade. Share this: