November 07, 2006

A's announcement set for next Tuesday

More details on the Oakland A's planned move to Fremont, from today's San Francisco Chronicle column by Phil Matier and Andrew Ross:

• The stadium would actually seat just 36,000 fans, not the 40,000 reported yesterday. This would make it the smallest capacity ballpark in major league baseball.
• A's owner Lew Wolff, MLB commissioner (and Wolff's former frat brother) Bud Selig, and executives from Cisco Systems, which holds the lease on the proposed stadium land, are expected to announce the deal in a press conference next Tuesday. Not included on the bill: Fremont city officials, who Matier and Ross report will be "briefed" on the plan by Wolff in private meetings tomorrow.
• Asked if the team would be renamed the Fremont A's, Selig replied: "Let's not get into controversies."