September 29, 2004
San Jose: We got next
The pending Expos-to-D.C. announcement has raised hopes of baseball boosters in San Jose that perhaps MLB will now look more kindly on a move of the Oakland A's to the South Bay. "You had an owner in Peter Angelos in Baltimore who has clearly stated he did not want the Expos to move into his area," Mike Fox Jr. of Baseball San Jose told the San Jose Mercury News. "From our standpoint, that's a hopeful sign that there might be an ability to get a major league baseball team in San Jose."
Yeah, except of course that Angelos' Orioles don't actually have territorial rights to D.C., while the San Francisco Giants have been granted rights to all of Santa Clara County. And that neither San Jose elected officials nor the local populace have shown themselves eager to throw $300 million or so at a new stadium, as D.C. is doing and the A's want. San Jose Mayor Ron Gonzales did say that he plans to introduce a city council resolution asking MLB to remove Santa Clara from the Giants' territory; you can probably guess what MLB's likely response will be.
