In Part II of the AN/Wolff interview, out popped the most curious exchange (emphasis mine): Blez: I’m going to get to the tarp and the Coliseum a little later, but how do you sell a team that is in rebuilding mode to a market that at times can be ambivalent? The Coliseum wasn’t even selling [...]

Let’s get started. First, on the television situation. The possible move to Comcast SportsNet West is definitely positive, but not without its downsides. The main issues here are the number of games and on which tier CSNW will be carried in the Bay Area. To illustrate the first issue, I’ve dragged out the table from [...]

Part III is the meaty part of the interview, with a lot more insight into the process than had been previously available anywhere. Read it. One of the items covered is a question about the credit crunch and whether or not it affects financing of the ballpark: Blez: I’ve read where people have said that [...]

Wolff addressed the generally underreported fact that in building AT&T Park, the Giants moved closer to the A’s and into a more accessible location. Blez: I’m going to get to the tarp and the Coliseum a little later, but how do you sell a team that is in rebuilding mode to a market that at [...]

Blez posted the first part of a lengthy interview with Lew Wolff on AN today. Check it out. Nothing on the baseball village itself. Wolff said the team is working on an improved TV deal that could be done in the next six months. p.s. Thanks for the rep, Blez! p.p.s. Thanks to Zonis for [...]

I am not an Oakland resident. I also don’t claim to have any real inside knowledge of Oakland politics, so I’ll leave criticism of the Dellums mayoral tenure to other corners of the interwebs. That said, Dellums’ comments regarding his hope to keep the A’s in Oakland read like typical rhetoric from someone who has [...]

From the 11th hour department: The owner of the now-defunct Miami Arena, Glenn Straub, has proposed a land swap in which he would exchange his downtown Arena site for the Orange Bowl site in Little Havana. The Marlins would then build a ballpark on the Arena site and Straub could start planning for other development. [...]

The Merc’s Lisa Fernandez got some clarity from Lew Wolff today. Wolff is troubled about the length of time it’s taking to satisfy major property owners near the proposed 32,000-seat Cisco Field and to complete an environmental review. “I still think it’s going to happen,” Wolff, a major South Bay developer, said today from his [...]