Quick housekeeping note: I will not be attending Wednesday’s Good Neighbor session as I will be out of town on business. If any readers are attending and want to drop some observations, contact me. I plan to attend the 5/1 Oakland community meeting. Woe is Dave Newhouse, great defender of all things Oakland: Sometimes, I [...]

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Mark your calendars for: May 1, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Peralta Elementary School City Council President Jane Brunner is hosting a community meeting regarding keeping the A’s in Oakland on May 1st at Peralta Elementary School. Members of the Oakland Community are welcome to attended in what should be a good discussion on what [...]

Just arrived here at Fremont City Hall. Plenty of other business on the agenda tonight. A smattering of A’s fans too. City Manager Fred Diaz’s quote of the night: “The report is expected to be released the coming weeks, but I’m not holding my breath.” $158,000 has been spent so far on studies. No action [...]

Today, for the 16th time in the last 22 seasons, at least one Major League Baseball team had a home opener in a brand new yard. This time it was the Twins turn. In the few shots I saw on TV I saw enough to see that the place is an absolute palace. (Here are [...]

LA Times baseball writer Bill Shaikin chimes in on the lack of progress up here, just as he did last June. This time, he spoke to Lew Wolff, who revealed at least one important new nugget. He says the A’s would not strike it rich in San Jose, not when they would build the ballpark [...]

More news out of Fremont and San Jose. Fremont’s City Council will get a report next Tuesday (7 PM, Session agenda PDF) on potential re-use of the undeveloped northern end (sounds like a contradiction, no?) for an A’s ballpark plus additional development. This is a study session and a completion of the work presented in [...]

Like clockwork, Forbes is out with their new franchise valuations as part of their annual “The Business of Baseball” analysis. The biggest losers? The Toronto Blue Jays and your Oakland Athletics. Both teams saw a drop of 8% from 2009 valuations. While the Jays’ drop can be attributed to immense costcutting, the A’s got a [...]

First off, I have to apologize for being an absentee blogrunner the last couple of days. This is a busy week at work, so busy that I haven’t been able to do rudimentary moderation. All will be back to normal tomorrow (unless something blows up). On a tangential note, I’m exploring new ways to do [...]

Relationships can be complicated. Especially in business. What may seem like a simple, straight line path to getting things accomplished can often end up needlessly difficult and mindbogglingly frustrating thanks to various rules among governmental and non-governmental bodies. So it goes for the Sharks, A’s, and City of San Jose. A report by the Merc’s [...]