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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>A six-time All-Star and three-time 20-game winner, Blue helped pitch the Swingin’ A’s, as Charley Finley’s colorful, mustachioed team was known, to consecutive World Series titles from 1972–74. Since then, only the 1998–2000 New York Yankees have accomplished the feat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are few players with a more decorated career than Vida Blue,” the A’s said in a statement. “Vida will always be a franchise legend and a friend.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Selected by the then-Kansas City Athletics on the second round of the 1967 amateur draft, Blue made his big league debut with Oakland on July 20, 1969, about a week shy of his 20th birthday. He made four starts and 12 relief appearances, then spent most of 1970 at Triple-A Iowa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Called up when rosters expanded, he pitched a one-hit shutout at Kansas City in his second start. In his fourth start, Blue pitched a no-hitter against Minnesota on Sept. 21 at 21 years, 55 days, which made him the youngest pitcher to throw a no-hitter since the live-ball era started in 1920.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He held out after his MVP season and signed a $50,000 one-year deal. Blue didn’t make his first start until May 24 and went 6–10. From 1973–76, he went 77–48 and 0–3 in the World Series.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11948728\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-72343526.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11948728\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-72343526-800x943.jpg\" alt=\"A vintage black and white photo of a Black man dressed in a baseball uniform getting ready throw a baseball.\" width=\"800\" height=\"943\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-72343526-800x943.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-72343526-160x189.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-72343526.jpg 869w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vida Blue, No. 14 for the Oakland Athletics, pitching during a game at County Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1974. \u003ccite>(Ronald C. Modra/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 1975, he pitched the first five innings of a no-hitter against the California Angels, but was pulled early by manager Alvin Dark to rest him for the playoffs in a game finished by Glenn Abbott, Paul Lindblad and Rollie Fingers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Blue clashed publicly with Finley, the A’s owner traded Blue twice only to be blocked each time by baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finley attempted in June 1976 to trade Blue to the New York Yankees for $1.5 million and Joe Rudi and Rollie Fingers to the Boston Red Sox for $1 million each. Kuhn vetoed the deals under the commissioner’s authority to act in the “best interest of baseball.” In December 1977, Kuhn stopped Finley from trading Blue to Cincinnati for $1.75 million and minor league first baseman Dave Revering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blue was traded to the Giants the following March in a deal that brought Oakland seven players, including outfielder Gary Thomasson and catcher Gary Alexander. Blue was dealt to the Royals in March 1982 and released in August 1983.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His death comes weeks after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11947211/oakland-mayor-says-as-fans-deserve-better-after-team-announces-deal-to-buy-vegas-stadium\">A’s announced plans to move the team to Las Vegas\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a big business, and getting traded is a part of the business,” said Blue in an interview with KQED last year about the team potentially leaving Oakland. “Teams come and teams go, and hopefully they get something resolved and the A’s can stay in Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Brian Watt contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A sports team is nothing without a community that supports it. Many Oakland A’s fans are still processing the news that their beloved team \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11947211/oakland-mayor-says-as-fans-deserve-better-after-team-announces-deal-to-buy-vegas-stadium\">signed a deal\u003c/a> to build a new stadium near the Las Vegas Strip. If all these plans go through, it seems like the A’s could leave their hometown altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Die-hard fans told KQED that they believed A’s leadership when it boasted its #RootedInOakland campaign. Now, many say they feel betrayed. There are fans who grew up going to the ballpark and who introduced their children to the excitement of baseball. Some have even proposed to their partners at the Coliseum. As Oakland stands to lose yet another sports team to Las Vegas, A’s fans share their heartfelt reactions and genuine memories of what the team has meant to The Town for more than five decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2006 during Game 3 of the opening round of the American League playoffs, Sean McKissick remembers, the A’s absolutely dismantled the Minnesota Twins and advanced to the next round of the playoffs. He said it’s one of his top memories next to the birth of his children. But it was one of those electrifying games that was made better by being part of a roaring crowd alongside his wife, his brothers and his parents.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Sean McKissick, longtime Oakland A’s fan\"]‘You’ve got such a fan base here. You’ve got such a history here. It’s the home of Rickey Henderson. How do the A’s leave the town where Rickey Henderson grew up?’[/pullquote]“I remember being in that crowd … we’ve already got the lead, but the bases are loaded for Marco Scutaro. He clears the bases with a double. The entire crowd, 50,000 strong, is chanting Scu-ta-ro, Scu-ta-ro,” McKissick said. “It was a high. I won’t say it’s better than the birth of my kids, but if you put that aside, it’s pretty high up on my most treasured memories.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McKissick grew up in the East Bay and said he spent his infancy in the Coliseum cheering on the A’s. He now lives in Fair Oaks, a suburb of Sacramento. But despite the distance, he was still making the drive to Oakland to attend A’s games with his family. He said being at the ballpark over the last 40 years truly shaped a significant part of his life. Now that the team is leaving, he’s unsure how to feel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It just didn’t make sense to me. You’ve got such a fan base here. You’ve got such a history here. It’s the home of Rickey Henderson. How do the A’s leave the town where Rickey Henderson grew up?” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11947301\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11947301\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Courtesy-Michael-Garcia-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A family of four stand with Oakland A's mascot Stomper.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1928\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Courtesy-Michael-Garcia-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Courtesy-Michael-Garcia-800x602.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Courtesy-Michael-Garcia-1020x768.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Courtesy-Michael-Garcia-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Courtesy-Michael-Garcia-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Courtesy-Michael-Garcia-2048x1542.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/Courtesy-Michael-Garcia-1920x1446.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland A’s fan Michael Garcia (far right) poses with (from left) his father, nephew and niece with A’s mascot Stomper. The family attended a game against the Kansas City Royals on June 17, 2022 — the first-ever MLB game Garcia’s niece and nephew attended. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Michael Garcia)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Michael Garcia, an application developer, said he has been going to the Coliseum for 20 years with his dad and still can’t believe the news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have experienced countless heartbreaks. Whether it was our favorite players getting traded or tolerating where all we could hope for was having at least a .500 season, we’ve been through it all.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Michael Garcia, longtime A’s fan\"]‘Despite the sadness and frustration that I feel, I am still thankful for all the wonderful memories that the A’s have given us over the years. Those are the memories that I will continue to cherish, even when we are no longer the Oakland Athletics.’[/pullquote]“The recent news regarding the A’s moving to Las Vegas was the biggest heartbreak by far. Despite the sadness and frustration that I feel, I am still thankful for all the wonderful memories that the A’s have given us over the years. Those are the memories that I will continue to cherish, even when we are no longer the Oakland Athletics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Medina, a former military member, said there were times during his service when he followed A’s games even when he had little to no reception. He kept up with the team because he cared about the sport and loved the A’s that much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been an A’s fan my entire life, but after this decision, I simply can’t watch or support them anymore,” he said. “It’s as if we’ve been backstabbed by a team that pushed the ‘Rooted in Oakland’ narrative. My family and friends were in utter shock by this decision because they were more than a team to us. They were a part of Oakland and our lives, and like the roots they claimed were there, they simply dug them out and chose to put them somewhere else and didn’t even bother to cover up the hole.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Longtime fan Brice Robinson-Wasley told KQED he cheered on the A’s from his small town in the Sierra Nevada foothills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I was a boy in the ’90s, the Giants were looking to relocate to Tampa. I was in Little League and the Giants were doing zero outreach to the community. The A’s, however, had every intention of staying. They had a Little League day where we got to watch a game, walk on the field, have the experience of a lifetime. I certainly have remembered it all my life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have been an A’s fan ever since. It occurs to me that the roles have been reversed: The Giants are now [the] ones with no intention to move and the A’s are the team looking for a way out (and they’ve gotten it). Even if by some miracle they do stay, who are the A’s building as lifelong fans like they did 25–30 years ago?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11947298\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11947298\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/CourtesyOaklandAs.jpg\" alt=\"Two men wearing green and gold baseball jerseys along with green baseball hats, smile from behind the golden Oakland A's 1972 World Champions trophy.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/CourtesyOaklandAs.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/CourtesyOaklandAs-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/CourtesyOaklandAs-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/CourtesyOaklandAs-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/CourtesyOaklandAs-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Strat (left) and Jacob Vides met at an A’s game and became best buds. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Jacob Vides)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jacob Vides said the Oakland Coliseum is a place where fellow A’s fans bond over their team pride and become lifelong friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Michael and I] became best friends after we met at an A’s game in 2016. And have attended many more games together since. We have Oakland to thank for many great and fun memories,” Vides said. “We are devastated to learn about the potential move and feel let down by the A’s and to a lesser degree the city of Oakland. Our message is owners should veto this move, and MLB Commissioner Manfred should not waive the $2 billion relocation fee.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Vides weighed Oakland’s loss, other fans such as Michael Melland, an Oakland resident since 1988, say good riddance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“See ya. Wouldn’t want to be ya. They’ve destroyed this baseball team. They’ve insulted all of the fans. The owner is a billionaire … it’s like, OK, go ahead. We don’t want you here. … He ruined a whole brand here. I mean, look at these guys. What have they won? Three games and it’s already the last half of April. It’s terrible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why should the poor taxpayers of Oakland who can’t even keep the schools, or the police, or health care going, why should they have to pony up just so he can make even more money? It’s insane.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/pquinton99/status/1649160482866233354\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a dedicated A’s fan for more than 30 years, Connie Voss said she’s hurt just like everyone else, but looks forward to the upcoming soccer season and women’s sports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m hurt that they’re leaving us. The way they’re leaving us. I was devastated … It really, really, really hurt. We kind of thought they were going to leave us, but hoping they weren’t,” she said. “But I’m trying to think positive and deal with the new kinds of sports that are coming: the soccer games and the women’s teams. I’m looking forward to all of that. I don’t want to live in the past. I want to move to the future.”[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Mumin Abuzaid, longtime A’s fan\"]‘That whole ‘Rooted in Oakland’ thing is kind of like a slap in the face when you use that as a marketing strategy to promote your brand and, of course, that got you money, but now where’s that whole philosophy?’[/pullquote]Mumin Abuzaid, 23, was born in San Francisco, but lives in Alameda and grew up attending A’s games. He said he’s sad that the team’s president, Dave Kaval, would be willing to take money from a city that has a long list of immediate needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a bit weird for a billion-dollar franchise to be asking that of a city when they already support you more than they really should, as you haven’t been winning as much as other teams. It’s a bit entitled, if you ask me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That whole ‘Rooted in Oakland’ thing is kind of like a slap in the face when you use that as a marketing strategy to promote your brand and, of course, that got you money, but now where’s that whole philosophy? Hearing [that] the Warriors, the Raiders and now the A’s are going to be leaving Oakland, it’s a bit of a slap in the face to a community who always stood behind their teams through rough, rough times. Now they’re gone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11947322\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11947322\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS54998_012_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"An Oakland Athletics baseball fan wears the team's green and gold jersey. The fan poses for a photo with their back toward the camera and is standing next to the team's mascot, Stomper, who is wearing a baseball uniform. Stomper is an elephant.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS54998_012_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS54998_012_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS54998_012_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS54998_012_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS54998_012_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fan poses for a photo with Oakland Athletics mascot Stomper during a fan event in San Francisco on April 6, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chris Parker’s grandparents moved to the Bay four years before the A’s started as an Oakland team back in 1968. His family have been die-hard fans ever since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been something each generation’s been proud of and had in common. We’ve gone to games for years — some of my earliest memories are at the Coliseum hearing Dick Callahan’s voice. My grandpa especially watched nearly every game he could on TV until he passed this December. If he was still around, I know he’d be madder than he usually got watching what he would say [A’s owner John] Fisher thinks passes for a franchise these days and what Manfred enables in the league.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I helped Dave Kaval and others with their live Q&A sessions they held on our subreddit, and whenever he’d speak to the media for the past few years, the A’s leadership would always stress how they were ‘#RootedInOakland’ and committed to the community, fans, and working to get a deal. After today, it seems the only commitment the organization has is to driving the franchise into the ground …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A’s fans are generally a hardy lot, and range from overly forgiving to very fickle, but I think it’s safe to say that almost everyone is going to be unified on feeling betrayed and hurt on this one. Personally, I don’t know if I’m going to be able to watch the game after this … and it won’t necessarily be as simple as ‘pick another team.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/pquinton99\">Phoebe Quinton\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/fjhabvala\">Farida Jhabvala Romero\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/bwatt\">Brian Watt\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/agonzalez\">Alexander Gonzalez\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“The recent news regarding the A’s moving to Las Vegas was the biggest heartbreak by far. Despite the sadness and frustration that I feel, I am still thankful for all the wonderful memories that the A’s have given us over the years. Those are the memories that I will continue to cherish, even when we are no longer the Oakland Athletics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Medina, a former military member, said there were times during his service when he followed A’s games even when he had little to no reception. He kept up with the team because he cared about the sport and loved the A’s that much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been an A’s fan my entire life, but after this decision, I simply can’t watch or support them anymore,” he said. “It’s as if we’ve been backstabbed by a team that pushed the ‘Rooted in Oakland’ narrative. My family and friends were in utter shock by this decision because they were more than a team to us. They were a part of Oakland and our lives, and like the roots they claimed were there, they simply dug them out and chose to put them somewhere else and didn’t even bother to cover up the hole.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Longtime fan Brice Robinson-Wasley told KQED he cheered on the A’s from his small town in the Sierra Nevada foothills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I was a boy in the ’90s, the Giants were looking to relocate to Tampa. I was in Little League and the Giants were doing zero outreach to the community. The A’s, however, had every intention of staying. They had a Little League day where we got to watch a game, walk on the field, have the experience of a lifetime. I certainly have remembered it all my life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have been an A’s fan ever since. It occurs to me that the roles have been reversed: The Giants are now [the] ones with no intention to move and the A’s are the team looking for a way out (and they’ve gotten it). Even if by some miracle they do stay, who are the A’s building as lifelong fans like they did 25–30 years ago?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11947298\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11947298\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/CourtesyOaklandAs.jpg\" alt=\"Two men wearing green and gold baseball jerseys along with green baseball hats, smile from behind the golden Oakland A's 1972 World Champions trophy.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/CourtesyOaklandAs.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/CourtesyOaklandAs-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/CourtesyOaklandAs-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/CourtesyOaklandAs-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/CourtesyOaklandAs-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Strat (left) and Jacob Vides met at an A’s game and became best buds. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Jacob Vides)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jacob Vides said the Oakland Coliseum is a place where fellow A’s fans bond over their team pride and become lifelong friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Michael and I] became best friends after we met at an A’s game in 2016. And have attended many more games together since. We have Oakland to thank for many great and fun memories,” Vides said. “We are devastated to learn about the potential move and feel let down by the A’s and to a lesser degree the city of Oakland. Our message is owners should veto this move, and MLB Commissioner Manfred should not waive the $2 billion relocation fee.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Vides weighed Oakland’s loss, other fans such as Michael Melland, an Oakland resident since 1988, say good riddance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“See ya. Wouldn’t want to be ya. They’ve destroyed this baseball team. They’ve insulted all of the fans. The owner is a billionaire … it’s like, OK, go ahead. We don’t want you here. … He ruined a whole brand here. I mean, look at these guys. What have they won? Three games and it’s already the last half of April. It’s terrible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why should the poor taxpayers of Oakland who can’t even keep the schools, or the police, or health care going, why should they have to pony up just so he can make even more money? It’s insane.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Mumin Abuzaid, 23, was born in San Francisco, but lives in Alameda and grew up attending A’s games. He said he’s sad that the team’s president, Dave Kaval, would be willing to take money from a city that has a long list of immediate needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a bit weird for a billion-dollar franchise to be asking that of a city when they already support you more than they really should, as you haven’t been winning as much as other teams. It’s a bit entitled, if you ask me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That whole ‘Rooted in Oakland’ thing is kind of like a slap in the face when you use that as a marketing strategy to promote your brand and, of course, that got you money, but now where’s that whole philosophy? Hearing [that] the Warriors, the Raiders and now the A’s are going to be leaving Oakland, it’s a bit of a slap in the face to a community who always stood behind their teams through rough, rough times. Now they’re gone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11947322\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11947322\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS54998_012_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"An Oakland Athletics baseball fan wears the team's green and gold jersey. The fan poses for a photo with their back toward the camera and is standing next to the team's mascot, Stomper, who is wearing a baseball uniform. Stomper is an elephant.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS54998_012_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS54998_012_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS54998_012_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS54998_012_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS54998_012_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fan poses for a photo with Oakland Athletics mascot Stomper during a fan event in San Francisco on April 6, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chris Parker’s grandparents moved to the Bay four years before the A’s started as an Oakland team back in 1968. His family have been die-hard fans ever since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been something each generation’s been proud of and had in common. We’ve gone to games for years — some of my earliest memories are at the Coliseum hearing Dick Callahan’s voice. My grandpa especially watched nearly every game he could on TV until he passed this December. If he was still around, I know he’d be madder than he usually got watching what he would say [A’s owner John] Fisher thinks passes for a franchise these days and what Manfred enables in the league.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I helped Dave Kaval and others with their live Q&A sessions they held on our subreddit, and whenever he’d speak to the media for the past few years, the A’s leadership would always stress how they were ‘#RootedInOakland’ and committed to the community, fans, and working to get a deal. After today, it seems the only commitment the organization has is to driving the franchise into the ground …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A’s fans are generally a hardy lot, and range from overly forgiving to very fickle, but I think it’s safe to say that almost everyone is going to be unified on feeling betrayed and hurt on this one. Personally, I don’t know if I’m going to be able to watch the game after this … and it won’t necessarily be as simple as ‘pick another team.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/pquinton99\">Phoebe Quinton\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/fjhabvala\">Farida Jhabvala Romero\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/bwatt\">Brian Watt\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/agonzalez\">Alexander Gonzalez\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The Oakland Athletics have signed a binding agreement to purchase land for a new retractable-roof ballpark in Las Vegas after being unable to build a new venue in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Team President Dave Kaval said Wednesday night the team finalized a deal last week to buy the 49-acre site close to the Las Vegas Strip, where the A’s plan to build the stadium with a seating capacity of 30,000 to 35,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The A’s will work with Nevada and Clark County on a public-private partnership to fund the stadium. Kaval said the A’s hope to break ground by next year and hope to move to their new home by 2027.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s obviously a very big milestone for us,” Kaval said. “We spent almost two years working in Las Vegas to try to determine a location that works for a long-term home. To identify a site and have a purchase agreement is a big step.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The A’s had been looking for a new home for years to replace the outdated and run-down Oakland Coliseum, where the team has played since arriving from Kansas City for the 1968 season. They had sought to build a stadium in Fremont and San José before shifting their attention to the Oakland waterfront.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las Vegas would be the fourth home for a franchise that started as the Philadelphia Athletics in 1901, lasting until 1954.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re turning our full attention to Las Vegas,” Kaval said. “We were on parallel paths before. But we’re focused really on Las Vegas as our path to find a future home for the A’s.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Commissioner Rob Manfred said in December the A’s would not have to pay a relocation fee if the team moved to Las Vegas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re past any reasonable timeline for the situation in Oakland to be resolved,” Manfred said then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a press conference on Thursday, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao said she realized the A’s were using the city of Oakland as leverage early Wednesday evening when she received a phone call from Kaval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to be very clear, this announcement happened mid-negotiations and it shows that they had no interest in reaching a deal with Oakland at all,” Thao said. “Oakland is not interested in being used as leverage in the A’s negotiations with Las Vegas, and it is disrespectful to our residents and our fans to string the city along this way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement released late Wednesday, Thao said she was disappointed the A’s didn’t negotiate with the city as a “true partner.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao\"]‘I am not interested in continuing to play that game — the fans and our residents deserve better.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The city has gone above and beyond in our attempts to arrive at mutually beneficial terms to keep the A’s in Oakland,” Thao said in the statement. “In the last three months, we’ve made significant strides to close the deal. Yet, it is clear to me that the A’s have no intention of staying in Oakland and have simply been using this process to try to extract a better deal out of Las Vegas. I am not interested in continuing to play that game — the fans and our residents deserve better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am incredibly proud of what we have accomplished as a City, including securing a fully entitled site and over $375 million in new infrastructure investment that will benefit Oakland and its Port for generations to come. In a time of budget deficits, I refuse to compromise the safety and well-being of our residents. Given these realities, we are ceasing negotiations and moving forward on alternatives for the redevelopment of Howard Terminal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11947216\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11947216\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS2890_Oakland-Coliseum_-Getty-Images.jpg\" alt=\"A baseball stadium is seen in the distance from a parking lot. Two, large stadium light poles stick out and a line of baseball fans line up.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS2890_Oakland-Coliseum_-Getty-Images.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS2890_Oakland-Coliseum_-Getty-Images-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS2890_Oakland-Coliseum_-Getty-Images-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS2890_Oakland-Coliseum_-Getty-Images-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS2890_Oakland-Coliseum_-Getty-Images-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view outside the Oakland Coliseum before a game between the Seattle Mariners and the Oakland Athletics in Oakland, on April 6, 2012. \u003ccite>(Thearon W. 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But we have been unable to achieve success or make enough progress.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team is 3–16 this season and has been outscored by 86 runs — the worst mark through 19 games since 1899. The average attendance through 12 home games this season is 11,027 for the lowest mark in the majors and less than half of the league average of about 27,800. The A’s haven’t drawn 2 million fans at home since 2014 — their only year reaching the mark since 2005.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the A’s leave Oakland, the city with a rich sports tradition would have no major pro sports teams, with the NFL’s Raiders having moved to Las Vegas in 2020 and the NBA’s Warriors moving across the bay to San Francisco in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao\"]‘I don’t believe that this city is defined by Major League Baseball. I think that this city is defined by its great people, its great culture …’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know it’s a difficult message for our folks in Oakland,” Kaval said. “Obviously we’re grateful for all the hard work that went into the waterfront. But we have been unable to achieve success or make enough progress.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las Vegas is quickly becoming a sports mecca after years of being considered a pariah because of ties to the gambling industry. With gambling legalized in much of the country, the city now could have a baseball team to join the NHL’s Golden Knights, who began as an expansion team in 2017, and the Raiders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t believe that this city is defined by Major League Baseball. 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The A’s play in Philadelphia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both teams are dealing with major changes this season: The Giants are missing their star catcher Buster Posey, who announced his \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13905846/buster-posey-retirement-sf-giants-baseball-mlb\">retirement\u003c/a> last season, while the A’s have traded away several productive players — Chris Bassitt, Matt Olson and Matt Chapman — and beloved manager Bob Melvin, who left to manage the San Diego Padres.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11910567\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11910567\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS54997_011_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man and Women hold Oakland A's Fan Gear on a sunny day\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS54997_011_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS54997_011_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS54997_011_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS54997_011_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS54997_011_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland A’s fans Tom and Joanne Hall hold their memorabilia during a fan event in San Francisco on April 6, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re all a little bit disconcerted because we’ve gotten attached to the players and Melvin,” said Joanne Hall, a longtime A’s fan, on Wednesday during a Giants-A’s joint event outside San Francisco’s Ferry Building to promote Opening Day. “But the A’s have a long history of building a good team, and I think we’re going to be starting a new one.”[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Vida Blue, former A's pitcher\"]‘Teams come and teams go. Hopefully, they can get something resolved, and the A’s can stay in Oakland.’[/pullquote]Standing near her team’s mascot, Stomper the elephant, she addressed the other elephant in the dugout, so to speak: whether yet another Oakland sports team will relocate. 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I think a lot of fans feel that way,” she said, holding a copy of “50 Years of Oakland A’s Baseball.” She hoped legendary A’s pitcher Vida Blue would sign it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11910565\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11910565\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS54995_007_KQED_BaseballFanEvent_04062022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Former A's Pitcher Vida Blue smiles while sitting on a bench\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Oakland Athletics pitcher Vida Blue during a fan event in San Francisco on April 6, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Blue, who also played for the Giants, appeared at Wednesday’s event. He weighed in on the future of the A’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a big business. 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Serious question… Who’s the genius in the FO that thought this was a good idea? \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/I90OiA5Yjx\">https://t.co/I90OiA5Yjx\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— CoachⓋShawn (@shawcochrane) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/shawcochrane/status/1511355413723332614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2022\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Hall said she doesn’t mind seeing Stomper far from the Coliseum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We let him go over the bridge once in a while,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Giants fan Robin Shaw pointed out, “Baseball brings out this kind of joy.” He’s excited for the return of baseball — especially after the recent strike and the intense couple of years brought on by COVID, which put a halt on professional sports for a while.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11910705\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11910705\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55047_20220318_GiantsOpeningDay-21-1-qut-800x550.jpg\" alt=\"3 people pose for a selfie outside giants stadium\" width=\"800\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55047_20220318_GiantsOpeningDay-21-1-qut-800x550.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55047_20220318_GiantsOpeningDay-21-1-qut-1020x701.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55047_20220318_GiantsOpeningDay-21-1-qut-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55047_20220318_GiantsOpeningDay-21-1-qut-1536x1055.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS55047_20220318_GiantsOpeningDay-21-1-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ketnia Palacios, Angela Valle, and DJ Lando take a selfie together before heading into Oracle Park for the Giants’ Opening Day of the season on Apr. 8, 2022. \u003ccite>(Amaya Edwards, KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Seeing your friends get sick and your elderly friends or relatives die, it affects people,” he said. “Baseball did its darndest to entertain us, and offered us a distraction and gave us hope.”[aside postID=arts_13910698 label=\"More On Oakland A's\"]As for the future of the Giants, which had a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/giants/giants-clinch-2021-nl-west-title-franchise-record-107th-win\">franchise-record number of wins\u003c/a> last season, Shaw said the team could still sneak in as a wild card with Posey gone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s a tall order,” he added. “It’s going to be another one of those seasons where we have our own unique sets of trials and tribulations that we’ll have to overcome and that will hopefully steel our resolve.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Following hours of pleas from the public to keep the A's in Oakland, the Oakland City Council on Tuesday approved a non-binding financial plan for a new $12 billion waterfront stadium and village at Howard Terminal near Jack London Square.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the A's were quick to criticize the amended plan, leaving it unclear how much longer the team is willing to negotiate with the city before packing up and moving elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Dan Kalb, Oakland City Councilmember\"]'If I vote for this today, I’m going to be holding my nose and probably going to the bathroom, throwing up afterwards. I'm not very happy.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The current term sheet as it's constructed and its current language is not a business partnership that works for us,” Oakland Athletics President Dave Kaval said during the virtual meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the A's will take a close look at the city's term sheet, but was disappointed it differed so much from the term sheet the team submitted in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a departure from the A’s proposal, the new plan would require 35% of the project’s housing units be affordable, establish additional environmental protections and tenant anti-displacement safeguards, and include a community benefits fund to support neighborhoods in Chinatown and West Oakland impacted by the development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would also create a single large tax district — rather than the two proposed by the team — to generate additional revenue for infrastructure costs, and require the team to stay in the city for at least 25 years after playing its first game at the new stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To vote on something we have not been privy to and not had time to digest is a difficult thing for us,\" Kaval said. \"It’s hard to understand how that is a path forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even some of the six councilmembers who approved the deal expressed serious misgivings about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I will say this, if I vote for this today, I’m going to be holding my nose and probably going to the bathroom, throwing up afterwards. I'm not very happy,\" said Councilmember Dan Kalb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the plan included too many concessions to the team, including not requiring them to contribute to the estimated $352 million in off-site infrastructure and transportation costs, or help pay for the development of most planned affordable housing units. But approving it, he added, would at least \"move the negotiations forward\" and increase the odds of the team remaining in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And I want to be open to that, even though I have reservations about this site and some skepticism about whether it's actually going to happen or not,\" Kalb said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"oakland-as\"]The approved term sheet allows both parties to continue negotiating, with no set deadline, although pressure to make a deal is mounting quickly after years of often tense negotiations between the team and the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The A's recently \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11873231/mlb-tells-oakland-athletics-to-explore-relocation-if-no-new-ballpark\">received permission from Major League Baseball to start looking at other markets\u003c/a> if a deal with Oakland can't be reached, and have already met with officials in Las Vegas. Failing an agreement with the city, they would be the third professional sports team to leave Oakland since 2019 — following the departure of the Warriors and the Raiders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the meeting, Councilmember Carroll Fife, who represents the district where the proposed development would be, voiced her frustration with the A's, following Kaval's initial rejection of the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm not exactly sure why we're even here today,\" said Fife, who ultimately abstained from voting. \"If the A's are not happy with what was produced today and are still talking about leaving — after the city has bent over backwards and provided some of their best work in the interest of Oakland residents and come up with all of these concessions, even about how these wealthy owners don't have to pay for off-site infrastructure — I don't know where we go from here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed project includes a privately financed $1 billion 35,000-seat ballpark at Howard Terminal, along with a village surrounding the stadium that the city says will be paid for through regional, state and federal funds. The development would include 3,000 housing units, over 1 million square feet of commercial and retail space, hotel rooms, an indoor performance venue and 18 acres of open space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Standing at the windy waterfront site of the proposed mega-development, Mayor Libby Schaaf on Wednesday morning championed the new plan, calling it a win-win for the city and team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/LibbySchaaf/status/1417928479555735555\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What the City Council approved yesterday is not just one of the most iconic ballparks that the world will ever see, but an entire, beautiful community-serving ballpark district,\" Schaaf said. \"A new neighborhood, with amazing union jobs, public parks, affordable housing and safety improvements.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also promised the plan would create significant tax revenue, ensuring the project's financial viability, unlike past sports deals gone bad; Oakland is still paying off the bonds that financed the remodeling of the Coliseum for the Raiders' return in 1995.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are doing everything within our power to move this process along in a way that is not just great for the A’s and our A’s fans and the community, but also responsible to the taxpayers,\" she said. \"We are never going to do a Raiders deal again.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team’s lease at the aging Oakland Coliseum in East Oakland runs through 2024. The league has said rebuilding at the current location is not a viable option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several Coliseum employees were among the throngs of residents who called in during the public comment period at Tuesday's meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Those jobs are very important to us. We got a lot of seniors that work here like myself. And we need that job to make ends meet,\" a man named Tony, who works at the current stadium, told councilmembers. \"You're talking about over 600 jobs that are lost. People are getting displaced again. So we are really asking the council to please vote yes on this issue so we can keep our jobs and continue to live in Oakland.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other callers, though, like Emily Wheeler, a member of the Oakland Tenants Union, said the team was all \"about greed,\" and urged the city not to capitulate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The A’s are like an abusive boyfriend and you need to stand up to them,\" Wheeler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 5/16: \u003c/strong>Oakland City Council leaders have reached out to Major League Baseball to move forward with plans for a new Howard Terminal Ballpark at Oakland’s waterfront.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This comes days after MLB instructed the Oakland A’s to begin to search for a new home elsewhere. Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan is pushing to schedule a vote in July on the A’s term sheet outlining financial plans for a new ballpark in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We invited them to join us, in proceeding in a way that would build a win-win strategy, that would allow the A’s to have a successful future in Oakland, in a way that would also benefit the local community,” Kaplan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland City Council seemingly wants to set the record straight — from their perspective — after taking heat from the MLB, who claimed they did not know the council’s position on the waterfront ballpark proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A letter to the MLB from Oakland City Council leadership reads, “From MLB’s statement, there appears to be incorrect information being conveyed. We want to make clear that it is entirely false that the City Council is delaying or refusing to consider the A’s project proposal.“\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The MLB did not respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The original story follows.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Major League Baseball has instructed the Athletics to explore relocation options as the team tries to secure a new waterfront ballpark in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MLB released a statement Tuesday expressing its longtime determination that the current Coliseum site is “not a viable option for the future vision of baseball.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“MLB is concerned with the rate of progress on the A’s new ballpark effort with local officials and other stakeholders in Oakland,” MLB said. “The A’s have worked very hard to advance a new ballpark in downtown Oakland for the last four years, investing significant resources while facing multiple roadblocks. We know they remain deeply committed to succeeding in Oakland, and with two other sports franchises recently leaving the community, their commitment to Oakland is now more important than ever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Mayor Libby Schaaf's office\"]‘Today’s statement makes clear that the only viable path to keeping the A’s rooted in Oakland is a ballpark on the waterfront.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November 2018, the A’s announced they had found a waterfront location for their new ballpark that would cost more than $1 billion, with picturesque views toward San Francisco, the Bay Bridge and the Port of Oakland. The goal had been to open in 2023, but now, even if approved by Oakland’s City Council this summer, it would not be ready until 2027.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked if the announcement was meant to put political pressure on the Oakland City Council to consider the waterfront site sooner, rather than later, A’s President Dave Kaval said he was just hoping for their consideration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We just want to get a sense from the City Council if they share our vision for a new waterfront in Oakland or not,” Kaval told KQED. “That’s why we’re hopeful they take a vote by this summer on our project. Four to five years has been the timeline we’ve invested in this effort. We really just need an indication, especially since we’re running out of time at the Coliseum, our existing location, if it could work at the waterfront in Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas said they are “committed to keeping the A’s in Oakland,” and that she had just met with Kaval on April 30 to tell him they are ready to meet with A’s ownership to discuss the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, she said, “They have not responded and I reached out today to reiterate our offer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The East Oakland Stadium Alliance, a group that wishes to “preserve the Port of Oakland” and keep the A’s in East Oakland, lambasted the team’s ownership for playing hardball with the Oakland City Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The City of Oakland and its residents should not be pressured by threats from the Oakland A’s and Major League Baseball into a bad deal that involves handing out hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to fund a massive real-estate development,” the group wrote in a statement. “The Coliseum location is the ideal place to build a new stadium, as it already has freeway access, public transit, and more than enough space to create a ‘ballpark village’ that could revitalize East Oakland. Despite 50 years of history and four World Series victories, John Fisher and the A’s are now telling East Oaklanders without any explanation that East Oakland is no longer good enough.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/AllianceOakland/status/1392217637120135169\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The East Oakland Stadium Alliance thinks the Oakland A’s have other reasons for wanting to build on the Oakland waterfront, besides baseball.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early this year, Kaval asked the City Council to vote before it breaks for the summer on a $12 billion privately funded ballpark project and major community development plan featuring $450 million in community benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaval said he’s waiting for word that the Oakland City Council is ready to play ball, but was not available to comment on Bas’ assertions that the council had already reached out to talk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team’s lease at the Coliseum is up in 2024, but the aging venue where the A’s have played since 1968 is already having lighting and flooding issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11802698\" label=\"More A's Coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A’s owner John Fisher said in a statement Tuesday he will honor MLB’s instructions but remains committed to continuing to pursue the waterfront ballpark proposed for construction in the city’s Howard Terminal location, close to the popular Jack London Square neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The future success of the A’s depends on a new ballpark,” Fisher said. “Oakland is a great baseball town, and we will continue to pursue our waterfront ballpark project. We will also follow MLB’s direction to explore other markets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The A’s, who previously proposed and withdrew plans for ballparks in Fremont and San Jose, are hopeful MLB’s pressure might help push that process with the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Libby Schaaf’s office voiced support for the waterfront location in a statement on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We share MLB’s sense of urgency and their continued preference for Oakland. Today’s statement makes clear that the only viable path to keeping the A’s rooted in Oakland is a ballpark on the waterfront,” wrote Justin Berton, Schaaf’s spokesperson, in a statement. “We call on our entire community – regional and local partners included — to rally together and support a new, financially viable, fiscally responsible, world-class waterfront neighborhood that enhances our city and region, and keeps the A’s in Oakland where they belong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11867172\" label=\"The A's Return Amid The Pandemic\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed ballpark site is about 6 miles from the Coliseum and there is no mass transit. The A’s and city have said they plan to build a gondola that would go from the waterfront area of ballpark over Interstate 880 to downtown. Kaval said the gondola is approved and undergoing environmental review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has mentioned as possible expansion candidates: Charlotte, North Carolina; Las Vegas; Montreal; Nashville, Tennessee; Portland, Oregon; and Vancouver, British Columbia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We continue to play in Oakland until something changes,” A’s manager Bob Melvin said before a game in Boston.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Athletics have moved twice since the franchise was founded in Philadelphia, arriving in Kansas City for the 1955 season and in Oakland for the 1968 season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked if the A’s were considering a jump to Las Vegas or Portland, two locations previously mentioned publicly, Kaval said exactly where they go is a decision up to the MLB.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t exactly have a read on that yet. That’s gonna be something the MLB will determine. They have the best sense of the markets that’d make the most sense for the A’s,” Kaval said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just two MLB teams have moved in the past half-century: The expansion Washington Senators became the Texas Rangers for the 1972 season and the Montreal Expos transformed into the Washington Nationals for the 2005 season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"arts_13839115\" label=\"Putting the A's in Oakland\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Braves also moved twice, switching from Boston to Milwaukee for the 1953 season and to Atlanta for 1966.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was a flurry of switches in the 1950s and ’60s: the St. Louis Browns became the Baltimore Orioles (1954), the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to Los Angeles for 1958, the New York Giants moved to San Francisco for 1958, the original Washington Senators became the Minnesota Twins (1961) and the Seattle Pilots became the Milwaukee Brewers (1970).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Manfred says MLB will not consider expansion until the A’s and Tampa Bay Rays get new ballparks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rays owner Stu Sternberg had been working to build a ballpark in Tampa’s Ybor City area but abandoned that plan in December 2018. 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