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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_114722\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/11/san-jose-gets-split-ruling-in-suit-over-as-move/oaklandcoliseum/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-114722\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-114722\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/OaklandColiseum.jpg\" alt=\"The Oakland A's at their current home, O.co Coliseum. ((Kwong Yee Cheng/Flickr)\" width=\"640\" height=\"376\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland A's at their current home, O.co Coliseum. 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The city's lawyers say that ruling creates an opening for a resolution of the longstanding dispute over the A's relocation because baseball officials, including Commissioner Bud Selig, will try to avoid testifying about why the A's move has been blocked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The A's and San Jose have been working for more than four years to make the move happen, with the city and team signing a deal that would let the A's buy downtown parcels where the team would build a 32,000-seat stadium. But major league owners have never acted on the request. That's because the San Francisco Giants have refused to give up their exclusive territorial rights to the South Bay. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\"They're going to now have to give depositions as to why they wouldn't allow Oakland to go down there.\"\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Last June, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/06/18/san-jose-city-council-votes-to-sue-mlb-over-as-move/\" target=\"_blank\">the city sued\u003c/a>, saying baseball's failure to act on the request and its system of exclusive territories amounted to monopolistic behavior barred by federal anti-trust laws. The suit also alleged baseball had illegally interfered with San Jose's contract with the A's. That \u003ca href=\"http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/tortious_interference\" target=\"_blank\">tortious interference\u003c/a> had cost the city money, the San Jose suit alleged, and damaged its future economic prospects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/175443473/Ruling-in-San-Jose-v-Major-League-Baseball-et-al\" target=\"_blank\">26-page ruling\u003c/a> (embedded below), Whyte stuck closely to 60 years of federal case law in dismissing San Jose's antitrust claims. He noted that many courts have questioned a 1922 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that exempted baseball from the nation's antitrust statutes. Whyte said he agreed with earlier jurists that the exemption is “unrealistic, inconsistent, or illogical.\" But like them, he concluded it's up to Congress, not the courts, to remove the exemption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the contract-interference claim, Whyte found that the city had presented a substantial enough claim that that part of the case can proceed. Joe Cotchett and Philip Gregory, the lead attorneys for San Jose, say that depositions and document disclosure in the case could prove embarrassing for MLB Commissioner Bud Selig, team owners and the Giants.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\"They're going to now have to give depositions as to why they wouldn't allow Oakland to go down there,\" Cotchett said after the ruling was released. \"Bud Selig now has to come into court and under oath testify.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The issue all along has been Major League Baseball refusing to deal with either the city or the A's on this issue and delaying and delaying and delaying,\" Gregory said. \"Now they have the prospect of having to open their books and allow the citizens of San Jose to see the real reason why the team hasn't been allowed to relocate.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cotchett told KQED he doesn't think things will get that far. He thinks that under pressure to reveal what goes on behind MLB's closed doors, something will give. \"I think the case, at this point, will get resolved.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Major League Baseball released a statement suggesting it believes the case will get resolved, too -- in its favor, in court:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Major League Baseball is pleased that the Court dismissed the heart of San Jose's action and confirmed that MLB has the legal right to make decisions about the relocation of its member Clubs. The Court dismissed all of San Jose's state and federal law claims challenging that right. We are confident that the remaining state law claims, which assert that San Jose's costs associated with the option agreement for the sale of real estate were increased by the timing of MLB's decision-making process, will be decided in MLB's favor, and that San Jose has not suffered any compensable injury.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp> San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed also issued a statement: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"I am pleased that the judge has allowed our case to move forward. Major League Baseball’s unfair and anti-competitive actions are costing San Jose residents millions of dollars in annual tax revenues that could go towards paying for more police officers, firefighters, libraries, road repairs and other critical services. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose filed this lawsuit after waiting patiently for more than four years for a decision from Commissioner Selig. The court’s decision this brings us one step closer to paving the way for San Jose to host a major league ballclub.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>(Gregory and Cotchett also hailed Whyte's ruling in language that will warm the hearts of their South Bay clients and infuriate A's partisans still hurting after last night's season-ending loss to the Detroit Tigers: \"While the A's may have lost a playoff series last night, the city [of San Jose] and the A's won in court today,\" Gregory said.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a takeaway, I'm going to turn to Wendy Thurm, a journalist and former lawyer whose tweets\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/04/oakland-as-san-jose-baseball-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\"> we followed closely\u003c/a> during Judge Whyte's hearing on the MLB dismissal motion last week. She \u003ca href=\"http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/san-jose-mlb-oakland-athletics-antitrust-lawsuit-court-order/\" target=\"_blank\">writes on the Fangraph sports site\u003c/a> this afternoon:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>So, now what?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s no question that the antitrust claims were the main attraction in the lawsuit. MLB wants to keep its exemption in place, and San Jose’s challenge to it presented a threat. That threat is gone, for now, as the city decides whether to immediately appeal the court’s order. Whether San Jose can appeal now — with the one state law claim surviving the motion to dismiss — is a complicated question. Typically, courts do not permit piecemeal appeals. San Jose also lost the ability to ask the court to force MLB to permit the A’s to relocate. That kind of remedy would have been potentially available only under the antitrust law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other hand, the city can proceed on its interference claim. That means MLB will be forced to turn over documents related to its decision-making process and MLB witnesses — including Commissioner Selig, the members of his Blue Ribbon Commission on the relocation, and MLB owners — will have to answer questions under oath.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My guess is that San Jose will try to proceed on two tracks: ask the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to hear an appeal on the antitrust claims immediately and start issuing subpoenas for documents and depositions. MLB will resist both an immediate appeal and San Jose’s effort to dig deep on the league’s decision-making process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To me, Judge Whyte’s order screams “settlement” — in the sense that neither side got what it wanted and there might be just enough to get the two sides talking about a resolution. 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Joe Cotchett and Philip Gregory, the lead attorneys for San Jose, say that depositions and document disclosure in the case could prove embarrassing for MLB Commissioner Bud Selig, team owners and the Giants.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\"They're going to now have to give depositions as to why they wouldn't allow Oakland to go down there,\" Cotchett said after the ruling was released. \"Bud Selig now has to come into court and under oath testify.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The issue all along has been Major League Baseball refusing to deal with either the city or the A's on this issue and delaying and delaying and delaying,\" Gregory said. \"Now they have the prospect of having to open their books and allow the citizens of San Jose to see the real reason why the team hasn't been allowed to relocate.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cotchett told KQED he doesn't think things will get that far. He thinks that under pressure to reveal what goes on behind MLB's closed doors, something will give. \"I think the case, at this point, will get resolved.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Major League Baseball released a statement suggesting it believes the case will get resolved, too -- in its favor, in court:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Major League Baseball is pleased that the Court dismissed the heart of San Jose's action and confirmed that MLB has the legal right to make decisions about the relocation of its member Clubs. The Court dismissed all of San Jose's state and federal law claims challenging that right. We are confident that the remaining state law claims, which assert that San Jose's costs associated with the option agreement for the sale of real estate were increased by the timing of MLB's decision-making process, will be decided in MLB's favor, and that San Jose has not suffered any compensable injury.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp> San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed also issued a statement: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"I am pleased that the judge has allowed our case to move forward. Major League Baseball’s unfair and anti-competitive actions are costing San Jose residents millions of dollars in annual tax revenues that could go towards paying for more police officers, firefighters, libraries, road repairs and other critical services. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose filed this lawsuit after waiting patiently for more than four years for a decision from Commissioner Selig. The court’s decision this brings us one step closer to paving the way for San Jose to host a major league ballclub.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>(Gregory and Cotchett also hailed Whyte's ruling in language that will warm the hearts of their South Bay clients and infuriate A's partisans still hurting after last night's season-ending loss to the Detroit Tigers: \"While the A's may have lost a playoff series last night, the city [of San Jose] and the A's won in court today,\" Gregory said.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a takeaway, I'm going to turn to Wendy Thurm, a journalist and former lawyer whose tweets\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/04/oakland-as-san-jose-baseball-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\"> we followed closely\u003c/a> during Judge Whyte's hearing on the MLB dismissal motion last week. She \u003ca href=\"http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/san-jose-mlb-oakland-athletics-antitrust-lawsuit-court-order/\" target=\"_blank\">writes on the Fangraph sports site\u003c/a> this afternoon:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>So, now what?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s no question that the antitrust claims were the main attraction in the lawsuit. MLB wants to keep its exemption in place, and San Jose’s challenge to it presented a threat. That threat is gone, for now, as the city decides whether to immediately appeal the court’s order. Whether San Jose can appeal now — with the one state law claim surviving the motion to dismiss — is a complicated question. Typically, courts do not permit piecemeal appeals. San Jose also lost the ability to ask the court to force MLB to permit the A’s to relocate. That kind of remedy would have been potentially available only under the antitrust law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other hand, the city can proceed on its interference claim. That means MLB will be forced to turn over documents related to its decision-making process and MLB witnesses — including Commissioner Selig, the members of his Blue Ribbon Commission on the relocation, and MLB owners — will have to answer questions under oath.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My guess is that San Jose will try to proceed on two tracks: ask the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to hear an appeal on the antitrust claims immediately and start issuing subpoenas for documents and depositions. MLB will resist both an immediate appeal and San Jose’s effort to dig deep on the league’s decision-making process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To me, Judge Whyte’s order screams “settlement” — in the sense that neither side got what it wanted and there might be just enough to get the two sides talking about a resolution. If that’s the court’s intent — and I could be wrong on that — we’ll see him give San Jose wide latitude on documents it can subpoena and witnesses it can question under oath, all with the idea that MLB would rather resolve the matter than have to reveal its inner workings in discovery.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 12px auto 6px auto;font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;font-size: 14px;line-height: normal\">\u003ca style=\"text-decoration: underline\" title=\"View Ruling in San Jose v. Major League Baseball et al. on Scribd\" href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/175443473/Ruling-in-San-Jose-v-Major-League-Baseball-et-al\">Ruling in San Jose v. Major League Baseball et al.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_114257\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/08/oakland-as-playoff-update/attachment/183659309/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-114257\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-114257\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/183659309-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A's shortstop Jed Lowrie follows the flight of the ball as he homers in the fifth inning of Tuesday's game. (Leon Halip/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A's shortstop Jed Lowrie follows the flight of the ball as he homers in the fifth inning of Tuesday's game. (Leon Halip/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Aftermath: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/08/oakland-athletics-detroit-tigers-game-4-home-run-interference\" target=\"_blank\">Tigers' Disputed Game 4 Home Run: Did the A's Get Robbed?\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> The final — Tigers 8, A's 6. Game 5 is Thursday night at the Coliseum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> The A's go into Game 4 up two games to one. And if they win this afternoon — well, I'm too superstitious to say directly what that will mean. My inclination is not to get ahead of things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyway, here's our not-exactly-play-by-play account of key moments in the game: \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Coco Crisp led off the game for the A's with a triple and scored on Jed Lowrie's first hit of the series.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In the second, Seth Smith led off with a single and got to third base with one out but was stranded.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Josh Donaldson led off the third with an infield single but was wiped out when Lowrie grounded into a 3-6-1 double play (nice work by the Tigers' first baseman Prince Fielder and pitcher Doug Fister on that play).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The only base runner A's starter \u003ca href=\"http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=573185#gameType=%27R%27\" target=\"_blank\">Dan Straily\u003c/a> has allowed through the first four innings is Prince Fielder, hit by a pitch in the second. Tigers' DH Victor Martinez, the co-star of yesterday's \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/08/oakland-as-grant-balfour-rage-\" target=\"_blank\">Grant Balfour tiff\u003c/a>, followed by grounding into a double play.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The A's stretched their lead to 3-0 in the top of the fifth when Jed Lowrie homered to drive in Coco Crisp, who had singled.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Prince Fielder got the Tigers' first hit of the game leading off the bottom of the fifth, a popup that fell along the left-field line for a single. DH Victor Martinez followed with a single, and outfielder Jhonny Peralta hit a three-run homer — all with no one out.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tigers Manager Jim Leyland brings in starter Max Scherzer, who mostly shut down the A's in Game 1, to start the seventh. Catcher Stephen Vogt singled and was sacrificed to second by second baseman Eric Sogard. Crisp then delivered, driving in Vogt with a single to give the A's the lead.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Reliever Sean Doolittle took over in the bottom of the seventh, and immediately gave up a home run to DH Victor Martinez into the first row of the right-field stands. Controversy ensued: Did a fan prevent right-fielder Josh Reddick from catching the ball? The umpires looked at the replay and let the play stand as originally called. The Tigers scored again when left-fielder Austin Jackson singled in Andy Dirks, pinch-running for Jhonny Peralta, who had doubled.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The A's loaded the bases against Scherzer in the eighth, but right-fielder Josh Reddick and catcher Stephen Vogt struck out, and pinch-hitter Alberto Callaspo lined to center to end the threat.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In the bottom of the eighth, the Tigers scored three runs off A's reliever Ryan Cook and Brett Anderson. The big hit was a double by Omar Infante, scoring two runs after Anderson had wild-pitched a run in.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>With two out and two on, left-fielder Yoenis Cespedes drove in Coco Crisp to make the score 8-6. Seth Smith struck out to end the game.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>B5: Fielder 1B; Martinez 1B; Peralta HR 3RBI; Avila K; Infante F9; Iglesias P3. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Athletics&src=hash\">#Athletics\u003c/a> 3 \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Tigers&src=hash\">#Tigers\u003c/a> 3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Oakland A's Live (@OakGameLive) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/OakGameLive/statuses/387708791644381185\">October 8, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Here's our Storify tracking the game:\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"storify\">\u003ciframe src=\"//storify.com/kqednews/alds-game-4-oakland-a-s-vs-detroit-tigers/embed\" frameborder=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"750\">\u003c/iframe>[\u003ca href=\"//storify.com/kqednews/alds-game-4-oakland-a-s-vs-detroit-tigers\" target=\"_blank\">View the story \"ALDS Game 4: Oakland A's vs. Detroit Tigers \" on Storify\u003c/a>]\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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Crisp then delivered, driving in Vogt with a single to give the A's the lead.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Reliever Sean Doolittle took over in the bottom of the seventh, and immediately gave up a home run to DH Victor Martinez into the first row of the right-field stands. Controversy ensued: Did a fan prevent right-fielder Josh Reddick from catching the ball? The umpires looked at the replay and let the play stand as originally called. The Tigers scored again when left-fielder Austin Jackson singled in Andy Dirks, pinch-running for Jhonny Peralta, who had doubled.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The A's loaded the bases against Scherzer in the eighth, but right-fielder Josh Reddick and catcher Stephen Vogt struck out, and pinch-hitter Alberto Callaspo lined to center to end the threat.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In the bottom of the eighth, the Tigers scored three runs off A's reliever Ryan Cook and Brett Anderson. 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Fleming is a promising up-and-comer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The special perspective that Kuiper and Krukow give is that of well-traveled major leaguers (\u003ca href=\"http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kuipedu01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kuiper played\u003c/a> in the ’70s and ’80s for the Cleveland Indians and the Giants, mostly at second base; \u003ca href=\"http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/krukomi01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Krukow was a starting pitcher\u003c/a> in the same era for the Chicago Cubs and Giants). “Kruk and Kuip” – yeah, they’re a unit – have a way of communicating how a player thinks about a game but do it like they’ve spent years sitting in the bleachers with the rest of the fans.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nKuiper’s also known for a trademark home-run call — “Outta here!” (representative sample below). Ironically he’s also the owner of \u003ca href=\"http://statsontapp.com/2013/03/13/duane-kuipers-1-hr-record-safe-for-a-few-more-years/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a sort of record\u003c/a> for lack of power at the plate: He made 3,754 plate appearances in his career with only one (1) home run. There’s no one else who’s even close in the pantheon of light-hitting big leaguers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, on to Bill King, and the more subjective portion of this post.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>King was a unique talent, one of the best broadcasters in three different major league sports (he broadcast Golden State Warriors and Oakland Raiders games before taking the A’s job at the dawn of the “Billy Ball” era in 1981). I think it’s fair to say that most Oakland fans were heartbroken when the 78-year-old King died during hip replacement surgery immediately after the 2005 season. (On opening day the following year, the A’s held a pregame ceremony that featured King’s broadcast chair on the Oakland Coliseum pitcher’s mound.) His radio presence was a central part of the A’s experience and there’s been an organized effort the past several seasons to get the Baseball Hall of Fame to consider him for the Frick Award.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond his virtues as a broadcaster – he was capable of creating amazing on-the-fly descriptions of the fastest-moving, most-unexpected developments in a game, no matter what the sport – he was also a fascinating, creative and generous human being with endless curiosity and appetite for life. Those qualities shine through in the recently published “Holy Toledo: Lessons from Bill King, Renaissance Man of the Mic,” by Ken Korach (Wellstone Books).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Korach, King’s last broadcast partner with the A’s, describes King’s career and his many loves – including Russian literature, high and low cuisine, and painting – and concludes with an argument for King’s inclusion in the Hall of Fame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I know how great Bill King was and I don’t require even an institution as august as the Hall of Fame to confirm it for me – he’s the greatest ever, period, end of story. … But I also know how much the Frick Award would mean to Bill’s family and so many of his friends. And more than anything, I know how much the award would mean to the fans, Bill’s listeners, who still hear the great calls ringing out in their memories and who cherish all he gave them. Bill deserves the honor, and so do they.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Korach acknowledges that in a way, the deck is stacked against King. He isn’t associated with just one team or one sport, the way Ernie Harwell was with the Detroit Tigers or Jack Brickhouse was with the Cubs. The Hall of Fame asks the 20-member panel of voters to weigh the broadcaster’s presence on high-profile national events like the World Series and All-Star Game. King never got that kind of exposure, so that’s another strike against him. Finally, longevity counts, too, and even at 25 years with the A’s, King isn’t among the longest-serving broadcasters on this year’s list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other hand, here’s King’s most famous Oakland A’s call: The crazy end to the 2002 game in which the Athletics beat the Kansas City Royals for the American League-record 20th consecutive win. I was sitting in the right-field bleachers for that game, and listening to King describe it, I can only say “Wow!” — for about the 1,000th time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more on Bill King, reporter Mina Kim spoke with KQED’s Dan Brekke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://soundcloud.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SoundCloud\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_113887\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/98153629@N00/9659994199/in/photolist-fHBZJ8-f9dhKY-fHUy5A-fHUxPm-fHBYqg-fHUwVU-fHBYQ4-fHBU7D-fHUyW9-fHUuy5-fHBWz2-fHUv6A-fHBW1p-fHBV9c-fHBYAX-fHUu6q-fHUukd-fHBXVr-84Nbzn-7C9LAW-fHBUAM-5aUypU-4Gcz6X-bXYZfE-5aUxv1-ejBkMW-ejvmJP-ejvBBx-ejyuUg-ejB5af-fHUwnE-f9djPo-fHUzcd-fHBX2c-5aUzf1-a4o4xs-cA6TWu-cA6Uuo-cA6V9G-cA6ThQ-cA6VMU-cA6Wrb-a4kcPe-4GgKrj-bB6o9j-6fJ598-p5QHX-4VVvY8-8rsfb1-8rsfkY-8rp8KX\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-113887\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/9659994199_8d30712ced_z.jpg\" alt=\"The Oakland A's still played in Oakland in Sept. 2013. Photo: Kwong Yee Cheng/Flickr\" width=\"640\" height=\"376\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland A's still played in Oakland in Sept. 2013. (Kwong Yee Cheng/\u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/98153629@N00/9659994199/in/photolist-fHBZJ8-f9dhKY-fHUy5A-fHUxPm-fHBYqg-fHUwVU-fHBYQ4-fHBU7D-fHUyW9-fHUuy5-fHBWz2-fHUv6A-fHBW1p-fHBV9c-fHBYAX-fHUu6q-fHUukd-fHBXVr-84Nbzn-7C9LAW-fHBUAM-5aUypU-4Gcz6X-bXYZfE-5aUxv1-ejBkMW-ejvmJP-ejvBBx-ejyuUg-ejB5af-fHUwnE-f9djPo-fHUzcd-fHBX2c-5aUzf1-a4o4xs-cA6TWu-cA6Uuo-cA6V9G-cA6ThQ-cA6VMU-cA6Wrb-a4kcPe-4GgKrj-bB6o9j-6fJ598-p5QHX-4VVvY8-8rsfb1-8rsfkY-8rp8KX\" target=\"_blank\">Flickr\u003c/a>)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:15 a.m. Friday: \u003c/strong>The hearing is over. Joe Cotchett, the lawyer representing San Jose, says he expects a decision in 20 to 30 days. Reporters covering the hearing conveyed the impression that Judge Ronald Whyte seemed to buy Major League Baseball's argument that its antitrust exemption bars the lawsuit and that San Jose doesn't have any standing to bring an antitrust suit in any case because its alleged injuries — economic damage and interference with its contract with the A's — are speculative. Cotchett said that no matter how Whyte rules, the case will wind up in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this week, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/02/bill-king-duane-kuiper-ford-frick-award\" target=\"_blank\">the late Bill King\u003c/a>, the voice of the Oakland Athletics from 1981 through 2005, was announced as a finalist for the fourth year in a row for the \u003ca href=\"http://baseballhall.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Baseball Hall of Fame\u003c/a>'s Ford C. Frick Award.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> U.S. District Court Judge Ronald Whyte is holding a hearing this morning on the city of San Jose's suit accusing Major League Baseball of violating federal antitrust law by blocking the owners of the Oakland A's from moving the team to the South Bay. The hearing features two Bay Area legal heavyweights — Joe Cotchett for San Jose and John Keker for the major leagues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose sued after waiting for more than four years for baseball — meaning Commissioner Bud Selig and the 30 team owners — to take action on the A's relocation request. The move has been blocked by the San Francisco Giants, who hold territorial rights to the South Bay and argue the area is crucial to their franchise's success. Major League Baseball has responded that the city has no standing to file the suit and that it's protected by more than 90 years of court decisions and lawmaking that uphold its exemption from antitrust laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Best live coverage of this morning's hearing: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hangingsliders\" target=\"_blank\">Live tweeting\u003c/a> from freelance baseball writer Wendy Thurm. Here's a sample (also tweeting: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SVBizLauren\" target=\"_blank\">Lauren Hepler\u003c/a> of the Silicon Valley Business Journal):\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>Judge Whyte to Keker: wouldn't you agree that there's no rationale why baseball has AT exemption but other sports don't? Keker: No\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Wendy Thurm (@hangingsliders) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hangingsliders/statuses/386167941537869825\">October 4, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>Keker: baseball has grown and developed around the exemption since 1922. You may not agree with reasoning but structure built on it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Wendy Thurm (@hangingsliders) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hangingsliders/statuses/386168541457567744\">October 4, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->Here's how the San Jose Mercury News \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/athletics/ci_23485245/san-jose-sues-mlb-over-stalled-oakland-move\" target=\"_blank\">described the city's lawsuit\u003c/a> when it was filed in June:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>After four-plus years of waiting to hear whether the Oakland A's will be allowed to move to San Jose, the city filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Major League Baseball in a bid to shake up a game seemingly stuck in extra innings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit accused MLB of a \"blatant conspiracy\" to deprive San Jose of a major league baseball team by granting the San Francisco Giants exclusive territorial rights to San Jose, which the defending World Series champions refuse to relinquish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"For years, MLB has unlawfully conspired to control the location and relocation of major league men's professional baseball clubs under the guise of an 'antitrust exemption' applied to the business of baseball,\" said the 44-page complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And here's how the Merc \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_23816459/oakland-san-jose-mlb-strikes-back-against-citys\" target=\"_blank\">characterized Major League Baseball's response\u003c/a>, which came in August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Lawyers for Major League Baseball on Wednesday moved to toss the lawsuit out of court, arguing in legal papers that a federal judge should dismiss the case because its claims are barred by baseball's antitrust exemption and the fact it would lead to \"absurd results\" for the sport and cities around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, the league argues that San Jose cannot show it has been injured by baseball's indecision over whether to allow the A's to move to the city because of the San Francisco Giants' claim of territorial rights to the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The alleged harms are too remote and speculative to support an antitrust claim,\" wrote San Francisco attorney John Keker, who is leading the league's defense. \"If (San Jose's claims were supported), it would lead to absurd results: every time a franchise contemplated relocation, MLB would be subjected to suits from any city that desires a team and from any city that does not want to lose a team.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Here's our Storify summary of key moments live-tweeted from this morning's hearing:\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"storify\">\u003ciframe src=\"//storify.com/kqednews/san-jose-vs-major-league-baseball/embed\" frameborder=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"750\">\u003c/iframe>[\u003ca href=\"//storify.com/kqednews/san-jose-vs-major-league-baseball\" target=\"_blank\">View the story \"San Jose vs. Major League Baseball\" on Storify\u003c/a>]\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_113887\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/98153629@N00/9659994199/in/photolist-fHBZJ8-f9dhKY-fHUy5A-fHUxPm-fHBYqg-fHUwVU-fHBYQ4-fHBU7D-fHUyW9-fHUuy5-fHBWz2-fHUv6A-fHBW1p-fHBV9c-fHBYAX-fHUu6q-fHUukd-fHBXVr-84Nbzn-7C9LAW-fHBUAM-5aUypU-4Gcz6X-bXYZfE-5aUxv1-ejBkMW-ejvmJP-ejvBBx-ejyuUg-ejB5af-fHUwnE-f9djPo-fHUzcd-fHBX2c-5aUzf1-a4o4xs-cA6TWu-cA6Uuo-cA6V9G-cA6ThQ-cA6VMU-cA6Wrb-a4kcPe-4GgKrj-bB6o9j-6fJ598-p5QHX-4VVvY8-8rsfb1-8rsfkY-8rp8KX\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-113887\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/9659994199_8d30712ced_z.jpg\" alt=\"The Oakland A's still played in Oakland in Sept. 2013. Photo: Kwong Yee Cheng/Flickr\" width=\"640\" height=\"376\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland A's still played in Oakland in Sept. 2013. (Kwong Yee Cheng/\u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/98153629@N00/9659994199/in/photolist-fHBZJ8-f9dhKY-fHUy5A-fHUxPm-fHBYqg-fHUwVU-fHBYQ4-fHBU7D-fHUyW9-fHUuy5-fHBWz2-fHUv6A-fHBW1p-fHBV9c-fHBYAX-fHUu6q-fHUukd-fHBXVr-84Nbzn-7C9LAW-fHBUAM-5aUypU-4Gcz6X-bXYZfE-5aUxv1-ejBkMW-ejvmJP-ejvBBx-ejyuUg-ejB5af-fHUwnE-f9djPo-fHUzcd-fHBX2c-5aUzf1-a4o4xs-cA6TWu-cA6Uuo-cA6V9G-cA6ThQ-cA6VMU-cA6Wrb-a4kcPe-4GgKrj-bB6o9j-6fJ598-p5QHX-4VVvY8-8rsfb1-8rsfkY-8rp8KX\" target=\"_blank\">Flickr\u003c/a>)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:15 a.m. Friday: \u003c/strong>The hearing is over. Joe Cotchett, the lawyer representing San Jose, says he expects a decision in 20 to 30 days. Reporters covering the hearing conveyed the impression that Judge Ronald Whyte seemed to buy Major League Baseball's argument that its antitrust exemption bars the lawsuit and that San Jose doesn't have any standing to bring an antitrust suit in any case because its alleged injuries — economic damage and interference with its contract with the A's — are speculative. Cotchett said that no matter how Whyte rules, the case will wind up in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this week, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/02/bill-king-duane-kuiper-ford-frick-award\" target=\"_blank\">the late Bill King\u003c/a>, the voice of the Oakland Athletics from 1981 through 2005, was announced as a finalist for the fourth year in a row for the \u003ca href=\"http://baseballhall.org/\" target=\"_blank\">National Baseball Hall of Fame\u003c/a>'s Ford C. Frick Award.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> U.S. District Court Judge Ronald Whyte is holding a hearing this morning on the city of San Jose's suit accusing Major League Baseball of violating federal antitrust law by blocking the owners of the Oakland A's from moving the team to the South Bay. The hearing features two Bay Area legal heavyweights — Joe Cotchett for San Jose and John Keker for the major leagues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose sued after waiting for more than four years for baseball — meaning Commissioner Bud Selig and the 30 team owners — to take action on the A's relocation request. The move has been blocked by the San Francisco Giants, who hold territorial rights to the South Bay and argue the area is crucial to their franchise's success. Major League Baseball has responded that the city has no standing to file the suit and that it's protected by more than 90 years of court decisions and lawmaking that uphold its exemption from antitrust laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Best live coverage of this morning's hearing: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hangingsliders\" target=\"_blank\">Live tweeting\u003c/a> from freelance baseball writer Wendy Thurm. Here's a sample (also tweeting: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SVBizLauren\" target=\"_blank\">Lauren Hepler\u003c/a> of the Silicon Valley Business Journal):\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>Judge Whyte to Keker: wouldn't you agree that there's no rationale why baseball has AT exemption but other sports don't? Keker: No\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Wendy Thurm (@hangingsliders) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hangingsliders/statuses/386167941537869825\">October 4, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>Keker: baseball has grown and developed around the exemption since 1922. You may not agree with reasoning but structure built on it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Wendy Thurm (@hangingsliders) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hangingsliders/statuses/386168541457567744\">October 4, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->Here's how the San Jose Mercury News \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/athletics/ci_23485245/san-jose-sues-mlb-over-stalled-oakland-move\" target=\"_blank\">described the city's lawsuit\u003c/a> when it was filed in June:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>After four-plus years of waiting to hear whether the Oakland A's will be allowed to move to San Jose, the city filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Major League Baseball in a bid to shake up a game seemingly stuck in extra innings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit accused MLB of a \"blatant conspiracy\" to deprive San Jose of a major league baseball team by granting the San Francisco Giants exclusive territorial rights to San Jose, which the defending World Series champions refuse to relinquish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"For years, MLB has unlawfully conspired to control the location and relocation of major league men's professional baseball clubs under the guise of an 'antitrust exemption' applied to the business of baseball,\" said the 44-page complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And here's how the Merc \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_23816459/oakland-san-jose-mlb-strikes-back-against-citys\" target=\"_blank\">characterized Major League Baseball's response\u003c/a>, which came in August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Lawyers for Major League Baseball on Wednesday moved to toss the lawsuit out of court, arguing in legal papers that a federal judge should dismiss the case because its claims are barred by baseball's antitrust exemption and the fact it would lead to \"absurd results\" for the sport and cities around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, the league argues that San Jose cannot show it has been injured by baseball's indecision over whether to allow the A's to move to the city because of the San Francisco Giants' claim of territorial rights to the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The alleged harms are too remote and speculative to support an antitrust claim,\" wrote San Francisco attorney John Keker, who is leading the league's defense. \"If (San Jose's claims were supported), it would lead to absurd results: every time a franchise contemplated relocation, MLB would be subjected to suits from any city that desires a team and from any city that does not want to lose a team.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Here's our Storify summary of key moments live-tweeted from this morning's hearing:\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"storify\">\u003ciframe src=\"//storify.com/kqednews/san-jose-vs-major-league-baseball/embed\" frameborder=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"750\">\u003c/iframe>[\u003ca href=\"//storify.com/kqednews/san-jose-vs-major-league-baseball\" target=\"_blank\">View the story \"San Jose vs. Major League Baseball\" on Storify\u003c/a>]\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"disqusTitle": "An A's Analysis: Selig, Wolff Aren't the Problem--Oakland Coliseum Is",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_113102\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/27/news-pix-fabulous/minnesota-twins-v-oakland-athletics/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-113102\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-113102 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/6758_transform-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"Minnesota Twins v Oakland Athletics\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A's teammates greet Coco Crisp after he hit a three-run homer against Minnesota and helped Oakland clinch its second straight American League West title. (Jason O. Watson/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Two days ago, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig called the A's ballpark a \"pit,\" then a day later announced he'll be retiring next year. No relationship between the events, unless you're an A's fan immersed in \u003cem>newstadiumology\u003c/em>, practiced in dissecting all human events through the prism of where the team will end up playing, Oakland or San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's what Selig said about O.co, as it's affectionately known by no one, on \"\u003ca href=\"http://feinstein.radio.cbssports.com/2013/09/25/bud-selig-oakland-coliseum-is-a-pit-rays-attendance-disgraceful/\" target=\"_blank\">The John Feinstein Show\u003c/a>\" on radio:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“It’s a pit,” Selig said. “It reminds me of old County Stadium and Shea Stadium. We need to deal with that. I’ve had a committee working on it for two or three years, and there’s no question we’re going to have to solve that problem.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Talking about the A's long-desired and long-stalled move to Silicon Valley, Selig continued:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"Look, you have one team that wants to move and the other team doesn’t want them to move, and it’s a very complicated situation. Before I leave, I’m satisfied we’ll work out something.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Really\u003c/em>? That \"other team\" he's talking about is the Giants, to whom the A's handed over South Bay territorial rights in the 1990s. The Giants have shown as much willingness to cede them back as Republicans have to embrace Obamacare. Here's what Giants president \u003ca href=\"http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=bryant_howard&id=6665421\" target=\"_blank\">Larry Baer said about the issue in 2011\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The South Bay was a core piece of our business model when we bought this team. We based much of our entire business strategy on Santa Clara County being a piece of our territory, and I don't think it is overstating it to say that allowing another franchise into our territory would set a dangerous precedent and have a traumatic effect on this franchise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If we were to go down to 2.5 million (in attendance), we'd be in the (expletive),\" Baer said. \"This franchise would be completely destabilized. So, for me, the question is this: Is baseball willing to have two teams receiving money from the revenue-sharing pool or one that is so financially healthy that it paid $30 million into it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You see, it's a priceless thing.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>After Selig's retirement announcement, A's co-owner and noted Oakland pariah Lew Wolff, who last week \u003ca href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/09/17/dwindling-crowds-puzzling-for-contending-athletics-indians-rays/2829543/\" target=\"_blank\">publicly scolded the team's absent fans\u003c/a>, didn't sound so sanguine about a resolution:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>A's owner \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/09/26/mlb-commissioner-selig-to-retire.html\" target=\"_blank\">Lew Wolff on today's Selig news\u003c/a>: \"This is absolute conformation of what I was hoping might not happen.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Eric Fisher (@EricFisherSBJ) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/EricFisherSBJ/statuses/383303556494659584\">September 26, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Maybe Wolff was just being polite. But on Thursday I asked Maury Brown, president of the Business of Sports Network and a writer for Baseball Prospectus, if he might actually mean it. Because hasn't Selig been wholly ineffectual in bringing this issue to a close?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown said that whatever progress, if any, has been made on the issue might now be lost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's going to be cast into all kinds of turmoil,\" he said. \"In the midst of trying to get a new commissioner, this issue with the A’s will probably shift into the background. In speaking to some of my sources, it sounds like (the process for picking Selig's replacement) is an internal move, and I asked if there were plans for a search committee. The reply was coy: 'We’ll have to see down the road.' Which led me to believe that Selig is going to try to handpick somebody and sell that individual, and then try to get the owners to approve it. So it's cast an uncertainty as to what’s going on.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lame-duck Selig is even less likely to put the issue on the front burner, Brown said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I would think that Bud Selig has not been able to find a suitable solution that would address any of the particulars to make anything happen. If they’ve gone on for more than 10 years on this issue, I would think that between now and January 2015, this issue will probably continue to languish. Like most any difficult political issue, if you can pass that on to your successor and let them deal with that problem, that's what will wind up happening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think that Selig’s decision does not bode well for resolving this issue.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Attendance woes\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked Brown why he thought the A's were still having so much trouble drawing in the midst of a couple of terrific seasons on the field. (They drew 1.8 million this year, \u003ca href=\"http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendance\" target=\"_blank\">23rd in the league\u003c/a> despite being tied, currently, for the second-best record in baseball.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You get into almost a psychological discussion,\" he said. \"During the '80s and the Finley era, there was a feeling that the A’s were a powerhouse. Now (with) the whole 'Moneyball' thing, fans think we’re going to just nickel and dime it on smarts. And any kind of star power we see, any players we want to hold onto and root for, will go the way of free agency when the time arrives.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The boom-and-bust cycle created by the A's brainy but moneyless approach can hinder long-term fan loyalty, Brown said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It takes time in periods of losing to actually get your fans to move toward this belief that, 'Wow, it’s for real.' Conversely if you’re a winning organization for a number of years, very rarely does your attendance die very rapidly. The Phillies are an example; They’ve stunk for a couple of years now, but their attendance is in the middle. It takes time for fans to go, 'Oh, they really are in a rebuilding phase.' It’ll be interesting to see what happens to the Giants, after having won two World Series in three years, and this year they just fell off the rails.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The stadium issue\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown thinks Wolff's San Jose-or-bust mentality hasn't helped attendance, either. \"He has not endeared himself to Oakland by saying there’s no solution here, so (some fans) have grown apathetic.\" Like many, though, Brown thinks the real solution to the attendance problem is a new stadium. Of the current O.co Coliseum, he said, \"It’s the last facility in all of baseball that has both NFL and MLB games going on. The cookie-cutter design stadium that was so prevalent (in the 70s) does not lend itself to the ballpark experience anymore.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeffrey August, who has written for the blogs \u003ca href=\"http://www.athleticsnation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Athletics Nation\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://newballpark.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Newballpark.org\u003c/a>, agrees. \"I think the Bay Area can support two teams, but they both need to be in situations that are similar to what the Giants have now, which is a world-class stadium that people want to come to regardless of how well the team plays.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>August, who lives in Pleasanton, has been an A's superfan since he can remember. He goes to between 20-40 games a year, occasionally checks them out on the road, and even made a Cooperstown pilgrimage to see Rickey Henderson inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He’s way into the current team. “I happened to meet Josh Reddick's dad at one point,\" he said excitedly, \"and he and I have been texting each other every day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interestingly, August doesn’t much care if the A’s move to San Jose. While he thinks Lew Wolff should probably quit yapping to the press about his troubles, he's also of the opinion that the owner has gotten something of a bad rap, and that the vitriol of the team's fans isn't merited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If he thinks that a (new stadium in Oakland) isn't viable from a business perspective, then he knows a lot better than somebody who's in the right-field bleachers. To hear people say he hates Oakland because he doesn't see a workable business plan, it’s histrionic and not really based on fact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’m an Alameda County taxpayer. I'd actually be happy if Lew Wolff built a stadium in Alameda County on his own dime. But if I have to pay more taxes for him to build his stadium, I don’t want to sign off on something like that. Look at the Raiders situation; the city of Oakland and Alameda County bent over backwards, and now they’re paying money from their general funds that should be going to services, to pay for Al Davis' mortgage. If Lew Wolff avoids that, I’m his biggest fan.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another big A's fan, Mike Headley, agrees. \"They are not having problems selling tickets because of Lew Wolff,\" he said in an email. \"They're having problems selling tickets because the stadium doesn't attract the casual fan like the gem across the bay. The true hardcore fans cannot support a team alone, regardless of how awesome they are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I want a team that has long competitive windows and shorter lean years,\" Headley continued, echoing Maury Brown's analysis. \"If Billy Beane had $10 or 20 million to work with every year, he could continue to use his genius to create the base team and plug the holes with free agent stars who aren't just trying to rebuild their careers. I don't see this as being possible in Oakland, and I'm frustrated that Bud Selig still hasn't forced a solution to the territorial rights to allow the team to go to San Jose.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many A's fans do not agree, of course. See \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/188987147799365/\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/as-fan-ejected-for-heckling-lew-wolff/Content?oid=1712050\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>. And when I attended the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/09/20/at-the-moneyball-premiere/\" target=\"_blank\">\"Moneyball\" Oakland premiere\u003c/a> in 2011, more than a few audience members booed at the mention of A's ownership. Someone booed \u003cem>really\u003c/em> loudly when Billy Beane/Brad Pitt remarked on screen that the A's stadium was a \"dump.\" City of Oakland boosters think Wolff hasn't given Oakland's \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/01/31/the-tribs-angela-woodall-tells-us-everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-the-as-ballpark-situation/\" target=\"_blank\">new stadium proposals\u003c/a> enough consideration. The city's had a rough few years, and many do not want to see the team move under any circumstances. Here's an \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/the-as-belong-in-oakland/Content?oid=3547265\" target=\"_blank\">editorial in the East Bay Express\u003c/a> that argues, in essence, that the A's are Oakland and Oakland is the A's:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The A's franchise ... benefits greatly from the people, character, and history of Oakland, not to mention their intelligent, loyal, and outrageously passionate fans. The distinct Athletics brand would not be as resonant throughout baseball had the team not been nested for nearly fifty years in a city defined by values like tenacity, initiative, ingenuity, spirit, resilience, and originality.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>This, however, does not seem like an argument that is going to sway a baseball team owner. As KQED's Nina Thorsen reported in her 2012 series on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/kqednews/RN201204190633/a\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland vs. San Jose issue\u003c/a>, these days, a corporate clientele is more relevant to a team's revenue stream than the people cheering in the bleachers. Which makes San Jose, in the heart of Silicon Valley, a much more attractive location.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>John Vrooman is a sports economist on the faculty of Vanderbilt University in Nashville. He says corporate clients are the most important ticket buyers. \"It's true for the Sharks, it's true for the Warriors, it's true for the Raiders, and it's going be true for the Athletics,\" Vrooman said. Corporate clients are valuable in sports because they commit to -- and pay for -- their season tickets and luxury suites months, or even years, in advance. And those sales don't depend on how well the team is playing, who the opponents are, or the weather at game time.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>I know. Not something your average A's fanatic, bidding on that collectible \u003ca href=\"http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm1.staticflickr.com/5/4831307_ad219fd0c8_z.jpg%3Fzz%3D1&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/gahjr2000/4831307/&h=480&w=640&sz=46&tbnid=aa50yIo6qpw8wM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=120&zoom=1&usg=__cZub6RfWgYDHe71HBDnez8uwlv0=&docid=dyTDR7jQUhpfqM&itg=1&sa=X&ei=7VRGUsCOHcWBrQHY0YHIAQ&ved=0CDcQ9QEwAQ\" target=\"_blank\">Vida Blue bobblehead doll\u003c/a> on eBay, wants to hear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>More revenue on the way?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maury Brown, of the Business of Sports, said whether the A's current on-field success will translate into more working capital will depend on how far the team advances into the postseason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown said if the team goes out in the first round, as has been the case for many A's playoff appearances, then they'll only see a \"slight uptick\" in revenue. But \"if they go very deep, then I would suspect something pretty substantial.\" A pennant or World Series, he said, would goose season ticket sales for next year. The amount of extra money coming the A's way also depends on how long each series goes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The first games, almost all of the proceeds go to the players,\" Brown said. \"If they go past that, games 5, 6, 7 in best-of-seven series, that all goes to the owners and that’s where the real gravy comes in. There are potentially $10, 20, 30, 40 million dollars to be had per team. It depends on how many games are played and who they’re matched up with. If it’s an A’s-Dodgers series, and the Dodgers charge a premium, they would be beneficiaries of that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, A's fans, maybe you want to root for your team to win, but not to sweep.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_113102\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/27/news-pix-fabulous/minnesota-twins-v-oakland-athletics/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-113102\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-113102 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/6758_transform-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"Minnesota Twins v Oakland Athletics\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A's teammates greet Coco Crisp after he hit a three-run homer against Minnesota and helped Oakland clinch its second straight American League West title. (Jason O. Watson/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Two days ago, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig called the A's ballpark a \"pit,\" then a day later announced he'll be retiring next year. No relationship between the events, unless you're an A's fan immersed in \u003cem>newstadiumology\u003c/em>, practiced in dissecting all human events through the prism of where the team will end up playing, Oakland or San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's what Selig said about O.co, as it's affectionately known by no one, on \"\u003ca href=\"http://feinstein.radio.cbssports.com/2013/09/25/bud-selig-oakland-coliseum-is-a-pit-rays-attendance-disgraceful/\" target=\"_blank\">The John Feinstein Show\u003c/a>\" on radio:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“It’s a pit,” Selig said. “It reminds me of old County Stadium and Shea Stadium. We need to deal with that. I’ve had a committee working on it for two or three years, and there’s no question we’re going to have to solve that problem.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Talking about the A's long-desired and long-stalled move to Silicon Valley, Selig continued:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"Look, you have one team that wants to move and the other team doesn’t want them to move, and it’s a very complicated situation. Before I leave, I’m satisfied we’ll work out something.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Really\u003c/em>? That \"other team\" he's talking about is the Giants, to whom the A's handed over South Bay territorial rights in the 1990s. The Giants have shown as much willingness to cede them back as Republicans have to embrace Obamacare. Here's what Giants president \u003ca href=\"http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=bryant_howard&id=6665421\" target=\"_blank\">Larry Baer said about the issue in 2011\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The South Bay was a core piece of our business model when we bought this team. We based much of our entire business strategy on Santa Clara County being a piece of our territory, and I don't think it is overstating it to say that allowing another franchise into our territory would set a dangerous precedent and have a traumatic effect on this franchise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If we were to go down to 2.5 million (in attendance), we'd be in the (expletive),\" Baer said. \"This franchise would be completely destabilized. So, for me, the question is this: Is baseball willing to have two teams receiving money from the revenue-sharing pool or one that is so financially healthy that it paid $30 million into it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You see, it's a priceless thing.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>After Selig's retirement announcement, A's co-owner and noted Oakland pariah Lew Wolff, who last week \u003ca href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/09/17/dwindling-crowds-puzzling-for-contending-athletics-indians-rays/2829543/\" target=\"_blank\">publicly scolded the team's absent fans\u003c/a>, didn't sound so sanguine about a resolution:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>A's owner \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/09/26/mlb-commissioner-selig-to-retire.html\" target=\"_blank\">Lew Wolff on today's Selig news\u003c/a>: \"This is absolute conformation of what I was hoping might not happen.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Eric Fisher (@EricFisherSBJ) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/EricFisherSBJ/statuses/383303556494659584\">September 26, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Maybe Wolff was just being polite. But on Thursday I asked Maury Brown, president of the Business of Sports Network and a writer for Baseball Prospectus, if he might actually mean it. Because hasn't Selig been wholly ineffectual in bringing this issue to a close?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown said that whatever progress, if any, has been made on the issue might now be lost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's going to be cast into all kinds of turmoil,\" he said. \"In the midst of trying to get a new commissioner, this issue with the A’s will probably shift into the background. In speaking to some of my sources, it sounds like (the process for picking Selig's replacement) is an internal move, and I asked if there were plans for a search committee. The reply was coy: 'We’ll have to see down the road.' Which led me to believe that Selig is going to try to handpick somebody and sell that individual, and then try to get the owners to approve it. So it's cast an uncertainty as to what’s going on.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lame-duck Selig is even less likely to put the issue on the front burner, Brown said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I would think that Bud Selig has not been able to find a suitable solution that would address any of the particulars to make anything happen. If they’ve gone on for more than 10 years on this issue, I would think that between now and January 2015, this issue will probably continue to languish. Like most any difficult political issue, if you can pass that on to your successor and let them deal with that problem, that's what will wind up happening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think that Selig’s decision does not bode well for resolving this issue.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Attendance woes\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked Brown why he thought the A's were still having so much trouble drawing in the midst of a couple of terrific seasons on the field. (They drew 1.8 million this year, \u003ca href=\"http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendance\" target=\"_blank\">23rd in the league\u003c/a> despite being tied, currently, for the second-best record in baseball.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You get into almost a psychological discussion,\" he said. \"During the '80s and the Finley era, there was a feeling that the A’s were a powerhouse. Now (with) the whole 'Moneyball' thing, fans think we’re going to just nickel and dime it on smarts. And any kind of star power we see, any players we want to hold onto and root for, will go the way of free agency when the time arrives.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The boom-and-bust cycle created by the A's brainy but moneyless approach can hinder long-term fan loyalty, Brown said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It takes time in periods of losing to actually get your fans to move toward this belief that, 'Wow, it’s for real.' Conversely if you’re a winning organization for a number of years, very rarely does your attendance die very rapidly. The Phillies are an example; They’ve stunk for a couple of years now, but their attendance is in the middle. It takes time for fans to go, 'Oh, they really are in a rebuilding phase.' It’ll be interesting to see what happens to the Giants, after having won two World Series in three years, and this year they just fell off the rails.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The stadium issue\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown thinks Wolff's San Jose-or-bust mentality hasn't helped attendance, either. \"He has not endeared himself to Oakland by saying there’s no solution here, so (some fans) have grown apathetic.\" Like many, though, Brown thinks the real solution to the attendance problem is a new stadium. Of the current O.co Coliseum, he said, \"It’s the last facility in all of baseball that has both NFL and MLB games going on. The cookie-cutter design stadium that was so prevalent (in the 70s) does not lend itself to the ballpark experience anymore.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeffrey August, who has written for the blogs \u003ca href=\"http://www.athleticsnation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Athletics Nation\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://newballpark.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Newballpark.org\u003c/a>, agrees. \"I think the Bay Area can support two teams, but they both need to be in situations that are similar to what the Giants have now, which is a world-class stadium that people want to come to regardless of how well the team plays.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>August, who lives in Pleasanton, has been an A's superfan since he can remember. He goes to between 20-40 games a year, occasionally checks them out on the road, and even made a Cooperstown pilgrimage to see Rickey Henderson inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He’s way into the current team. “I happened to meet Josh Reddick's dad at one point,\" he said excitedly, \"and he and I have been texting each other every day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interestingly, August doesn’t much care if the A’s move to San Jose. While he thinks Lew Wolff should probably quit yapping to the press about his troubles, he's also of the opinion that the owner has gotten something of a bad rap, and that the vitriol of the team's fans isn't merited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If he thinks that a (new stadium in Oakland) isn't viable from a business perspective, then he knows a lot better than somebody who's in the right-field bleachers. To hear people say he hates Oakland because he doesn't see a workable business plan, it’s histrionic and not really based on fact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’m an Alameda County taxpayer. I'd actually be happy if Lew Wolff built a stadium in Alameda County on his own dime. But if I have to pay more taxes for him to build his stadium, I don’t want to sign off on something like that. Look at the Raiders situation; the city of Oakland and Alameda County bent over backwards, and now they’re paying money from their general funds that should be going to services, to pay for Al Davis' mortgage. If Lew Wolff avoids that, I’m his biggest fan.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another big A's fan, Mike Headley, agrees. \"They are not having problems selling tickets because of Lew Wolff,\" he said in an email. \"They're having problems selling tickets because the stadium doesn't attract the casual fan like the gem across the bay. The true hardcore fans cannot support a team alone, regardless of how awesome they are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I want a team that has long competitive windows and shorter lean years,\" Headley continued, echoing Maury Brown's analysis. \"If Billy Beane had $10 or 20 million to work with every year, he could continue to use his genius to create the base team and plug the holes with free agent stars who aren't just trying to rebuild their careers. I don't see this as being possible in Oakland, and I'm frustrated that Bud Selig still hasn't forced a solution to the territorial rights to allow the team to go to San Jose.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many A's fans do not agree, of course. See \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/188987147799365/\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/as-fan-ejected-for-heckling-lew-wolff/Content?oid=1712050\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>. And when I attended the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/09/20/at-the-moneyball-premiere/\" target=\"_blank\">\"Moneyball\" Oakland premiere\u003c/a> in 2011, more than a few audience members booed at the mention of A's ownership. Someone booed \u003cem>really\u003c/em> loudly when Billy Beane/Brad Pitt remarked on screen that the A's stadium was a \"dump.\" City of Oakland boosters think Wolff hasn't given Oakland's \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/01/31/the-tribs-angela-woodall-tells-us-everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-the-as-ballpark-situation/\" target=\"_blank\">new stadium proposals\u003c/a> enough consideration. The city's had a rough few years, and many do not want to see the team move under any circumstances. Here's an \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/the-as-belong-in-oakland/Content?oid=3547265\" target=\"_blank\">editorial in the East Bay Express\u003c/a> that argues, in essence, that the A's are Oakland and Oakland is the A's:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The A's franchise ... benefits greatly from the people, character, and history of Oakland, not to mention their intelligent, loyal, and outrageously passionate fans. The distinct Athletics brand would not be as resonant throughout baseball had the team not been nested for nearly fifty years in a city defined by values like tenacity, initiative, ingenuity, spirit, resilience, and originality.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>This, however, does not seem like an argument that is going to sway a baseball team owner. As KQED's Nina Thorsen reported in her 2012 series on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/kqednews/RN201204190633/a\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland vs. San Jose issue\u003c/a>, these days, a corporate clientele is more relevant to a team's revenue stream than the people cheering in the bleachers. Which makes San Jose, in the heart of Silicon Valley, a much more attractive location.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>John Vrooman is a sports economist on the faculty of Vanderbilt University in Nashville. He says corporate clients are the most important ticket buyers. \"It's true for the Sharks, it's true for the Warriors, it's true for the Raiders, and it's going be true for the Athletics,\" Vrooman said. Corporate clients are valuable in sports because they commit to -- and pay for -- their season tickets and luxury suites months, or even years, in advance. And those sales don't depend on how well the team is playing, who the opponents are, or the weather at game time.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>I know. Not something your average A's fanatic, bidding on that collectible \u003ca href=\"http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm1.staticflickr.com/5/4831307_ad219fd0c8_z.jpg%3Fzz%3D1&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/gahjr2000/4831307/&h=480&w=640&sz=46&tbnid=aa50yIo6qpw8wM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=120&zoom=1&usg=__cZub6RfWgYDHe71HBDnez8uwlv0=&docid=dyTDR7jQUhpfqM&itg=1&sa=X&ei=7VRGUsCOHcWBrQHY0YHIAQ&ved=0CDcQ9QEwAQ\" target=\"_blank\">Vida Blue bobblehead doll\u003c/a> on eBay, wants to hear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>More revenue on the way?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maury Brown, of the Business of Sports, said whether the A's current on-field success will translate into more working capital will depend on how far the team advances into the postseason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown said if the team goes out in the first round, as has been the case for many A's playoff appearances, then they'll only see a \"slight uptick\" in revenue. 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Manager Bob Melvin stood in the hallway and stayed dry for a while, just smiling and soaking up the scene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His T-shirt said it all: \"We Own The West.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coco Crisp hit a three-run homer, Daric Barton and Jed Lowrie each had a solo shot, and the A's wrapped up their second straight AL West title while overpowering the Minnesota Twins 11-7 Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The only bad part about this is our clubhouse is going to stink for about two weeks,\" Reddick said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oswaldo Arcia homered and drove in six runs for Minnesota. But the Twins were just the latest team the A's turned into a footnote during another scintillating September run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The A's clinched their 16th division crown and 25th postseason appearance when Texas lost 4-0 at Kansas City during the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonny Gray (4-3) gave up four runs and seven hits in five innings for Oakland, calling it \"one of the most nerve-racking starts I've ever had.\" The A's scored six runs in the second inning and one in each of the next five to set the stage for their own celebration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evan Scribner struck out Josmil Pinto swinging for the final out. 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Even after guiding Oakland to consecutive division crowns in his first two full seasons, he deflected the attention to his players and let general manager Billy Beane bask in his \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moneyball_(film)\">\"Moneyball\"\u003c/a> fame again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's been a relatively smooth year,\" Beane said. \"We haven't had a lot of crises, which means you don't have to see me a lot, which is perfect.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After tearing down the plastic sheets and putting away the bubbly in the clubhouse when the Rangers won Saturday night, the A's left nothing to chance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the second, Cole De Vries (0-1) walked three straight batters with two outs before Oakland's outburst. 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