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Sunday, January 01, 2012
San Jose: Oakland v San Francisco
I am not following the various issues over the past few years. Chass summarizes it as:
The Giants’ position on San Jose is untenable. Although they have refused to acknowledge it, San Jose is part of their constitutionally (baseball) protected area because Walter Haas Jr., the A’s owner, agreed to cede it to them in 1990 before which both teams shared the territory.
Haas made his magnanimous gesture because the Giants were struggling in San Francisco, as the A’s are now in Oakland, and wanted to move to Santa Clara. Now the Giants selfishly hold tightly to the territory, refusing even to concede that they have no legitimate right to it.
Whether Chass represents the situation accurately or not, it seems to me that all the A’s are asking (or could be asking) for is a “land swap”. Let them move to San Jose, and they can cede control of Oakland to San Francisco. Basically, there’s a deal to be done here where you have a fair swap. So, exactly what is the hold up?
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