Mark Purdy of the Mercury News has a good, detailed story that cuts through a lot of the fog about the future of the Athletics in Oakland. Which, he notes, is inextricably tied up with the Raiders’ future in Oakland. Put simply, the city can have one team, but not the other for a lot of complicated but, ultimately, compelling reasons.
The A’s, it seems, are going to build a new stadium on the site of the Coliseum or they’re going to play in a different city. There seems no escaping that fact. Major League Baseball, therefore, needs to be sure that there is a city that it and every other owner can get behind if the Raiders get what they want before the A’s get what they want.
