Results 1 to 11 of 11

Thread: A's given permission to move to San Jose

  1. #1
    Administrator HollywoodLeo's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States
    Posts
    33,336
    MLB ERA
    3.97

    A's A's given permission to move to San Jose

    Report: MLB to grant A's move to San Jose - CBSSports.com

    It's about time an official stance is taken on this.
    LeagueTeamyearsRecordWild CardDivisionPennantsTitles
    MSLSan Diego Padres2034-20592,217-1,9951631
    TBLArizona Diamondbacks2005-20181,216-1,0531963
    TSSLSan Diego Padres2015-2021, 2024-20281,017-9280732
    TSSLTexas Rangers2029-2033396-4140000

  2. #2
    Hall of Famer cjkalt's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2008
    Location
    Boston (Go to ND currently)
    Posts
    5,297
    MLB ERA
    4.40

    Re: A's given permission to move to San Jose

    WTF, how did the giants let this happen... are they going to sue MLB?
    LeagueTeamDivision TitlesWild CardWS WinsYears as GM
    MSLSeattle0001

    Seattle GM since July 2065
    Royals GM since January 2005

    Oakland GM in MSL History
    3 Division Titles (4 Wild Card Berths) 1 World Series

    RIP TBSL Los Angeles Angels 2012 WS Champs

  3. #3

    Re: A's given permission to move to San Jose

    Wow what did the giants get?

  4. #4
    Hall of Famer Slyder's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Belle, WV
    Posts
    12,929
    MLB ERA
    9.67

    Re: A's given permission to move to San Jose

    I hope the Giants grew up.
    HollywoodLeo: You and Kingdom always annoy me
    "Oh, don't mind me, I'm rebuilding now" then you win at least 80 games

    RIP S3SL Minnesota Twins.

    RIP HSL Anaheim Angels

    Rebuilding the Dodger Blues
    Renewed Start back in the land of 10,000 lakes

  5. #5
    Furcals Designated Driver realmofotalk's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Posts
    16,526
    MLB ERA
    2.63
    Blog Entries
    5

    Re: A's given permission to move to San Jose

    Quote Originally Posted by Cards4life View Post
    Wow what did the giants get?
    the Castro District

  6. #6
    RIP Cyan 2000 - 2017 Providence A's's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    PVD for now.
    Posts
    26,602
    MLB ERA
    3.08

    Re: A's given permission to move to San Jose

    Considering the A's gave the rights to SF in the first place, they're lucky (greedy) to get anything.

  7. #7
    Furcals Designated Driver realmofotalk's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Posts
    16,526
    MLB ERA
    2.63
    Blog Entries
    5

    Re: A's given permission to move to San Jose

    Well shit, nobody held a gun to the A's to move from Philadelphia to Kansas City back when both L.A. and San Francisco were available as MLB cities and then move to Oakland to be the #2 team in the Bay Area.

  8. #8
    Administrator HollywoodLeo's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States
    Posts
    33,336
    MLB ERA
    3.97

    Re: A's given permission to move to San Jose

    What's with all this "rights" stuff anyway?

    The Yankees didn't have any inherent "rights" to disallow the Mets from playing in Queens, and Queens is much closer to the Bronx than San Jose is to San Francisco.

    Hell, Oakland is closer to SF than San Jose.
    LeagueTeamyearsRecordWild CardDivisionPennantsTitles
    MSLSan Diego Padres2034-20592,217-1,9951631
    TBLArizona Diamondbacks2005-20181,216-1,0531963
    TSSLSan Diego Padres2015-2021, 2024-20281,017-9280732
    TSSLTexas Rangers2029-2033396-4140000

  9. #9
    Furcals Designated Driver realmofotalk's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Posts
    16,526
    MLB ERA
    2.63
    Blog Entries
    5

    Re: A's given permission to move to San Jose

    San Jose and the rest of Santa Clara County used to be shared turf between the A's and the Giants until the late A's owner signed away exclusive rights to Santa Clara so that the Giants could seek a stadium vote there. The belief that the A's owner gave the rights away out of generosity may have been exaggerated, though. With Oakland being closer to SF than San Jose, it made business sense to the A's that baseball fans in SF would be inclined to make the shorter drive to games in Oakland than to Giants games in San Jose.

  10. #10
    Hall of Famer GiantsFanatic's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Location
    Sparks, Nevada, United States
    Posts
    2,716
    MLB ERA
    4.81

    Re: A's given permission to move to San Jose

    Gota love geography.

    Atleast this is just baseball, thank god its not college football, half of those idiots don't know shit about common sense geography!


  11. #11
    RIP Cyan 2000 - 2017 Providence A's's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    PVD for now.
    Posts
    26,602
    MLB ERA
    3.08

    Re: A's given permission to move to San Jose

    No sources sited, but this guy claims they won't be given permission. I wish they would just make a decision.

    MLB likely to uphold San Francisco Giants' territorial rights in San Jose, leaving the A's stuck in Oakland - NY Daily News

    To strip the Giants of their territorial rights to San Jose would require a three-quarters vote of the clubs, and as one baseball lawyer observed: “Clubs would realize what a terrible ‘there but for the grace of God go us’ precedent that would create in which all of their territorial rights would then be in jeopardy.” As an example of that, one can’t imagine the Yankees, Mets or Phillies voting to take the Giants’ territorial rights to San Jose away when it could conceivably open the doors for a team seeking to re-locate to New Jersey.
    He fails to mention that the Expos were allowed to move to Washington despite the closeness to Baltimore. Yes, compensation was paid...this situation is different though since the A's gave away their rights as we've already discussed.

    He then brings up the "C" word again; contraction. He suggests, like others have, the A's and Rays should be contracted. I'm sure MLB doesn't care about me, but I will give up on MLB altogether if they ever contract the A's.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •