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Font Resize A's owners go on the offensive over territorial rightsBy Carl Stewardcsteward@bayareanewsgroup.commercurynews.comPosted:?03/07/2012 09:58:11 AM PSTMarch 7, 2012 6:31 PM GMTUpdated:?03/07/2012 10:31:36 AM PST
Related StoriesMar 7:Document: Oakland A's statement on Bay Area territorial rights A's ownership went on offensive Wednesday against media reports that Major League Baseball was preparing to uphold the Giants' territorial rights and deny their wish to move to San Jose, releasing a written statement claiming that they've been reassured MLB has not yet made a decision.
The A's have been specifically distressed by a report in the New York Daily News by columnist Bill Madden over the weekend that suggested MLB was on the verge of denying the A's bid to move to the South Bay from Oakland.
"Recent articles claiming that Major League Baseball has decided that the A's cannot share the two-team Bay Area market were denied by baseball Commissioner Bud Selig last weekend," said the statement released Wednesday morning.
The report went on to clarify and reiterate their position in the remainder of the statement:
"Currently the Giants and A's share the two-team Bay Area market in terms of television, radio, sponsors and fans. Last year, the Giants opened a specialty store in the middle of the A's market (Walnut Creek). At the time, Lew Wolff commented that he was 'fine with the Giants store and wished there was an A's store in San Francisco.'
"Of the four two-team markets in MLB, only the Giants and A's do not share the exact same geographic boundaries. MLB-recorded minutes clearly indicate that the Giants were granted Santa Clara, subject to relocating to the city of Santa Clara. The granting of Santa Clara to the Giants Advertisement was by agreement with the A's late owner Walter Haas, who approved the request without compensation. The Giants we unable to obtain a vote to move and the return of Santa Clara to its original status was not formally accomplished.
"We are not seeking a move that seeks to alter or in any manner disturb MLB territorial rights. We simply seek an approval to create a new venue that our organization and MLB fully recognizes is needed to eliminate our dependence on revenue sharing, to offer our fans and players a modern ballpark, to move over 35 miles further away from the Giants' great venue and to establish an exciting competition between the Giants and A's.
"We are hopeful that the Commissioner, the committee appointed by the Commissioner, and a vote of the MLB ownership, will enable us to join the fine array of modern and fun baseball parks that are now commonplace in Major League Baseball."
It is not known how close MLB is to rendering a decision on the A's situation based on a blue-ribbon panel's three-year study of the team's territorial rights situation, although Selig said in late December that the A's dilemma was on the "front burner."
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