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AppGuy04
November 7th, 2006, 02:45 PM
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2652436

The Oakland Athletics are expected to announce next week they will build a new stadium in suburban Fremont, Calif., the San Francisco Chronicle and San Jose Mercury News reported Tuesday, citing sources close to negotiations for the deal.
Ivytalk
November 7th, 2006, 02:49 PM
Dang! Will the wacko hippie A's fans follow their team to the 'burbs? Those fans made watching Oakland games fun, even though the ballpark is a dump.
AppGuy04
November 7th, 2006, 02:50 PM
Looks like the SEC of Fremont is much higher and affluent
Ivytalk
November 7th, 2006, 02:52 PM
Looks like the SEC of Fremont is much higher and affluent

They'll just turn into NoCal Angels-type fans. More thundersticks and corporate types.: smh :
Go Lehigh TU Owl
November 7th, 2006, 02:52 PM
Not that big of a deal. Oakland is a rathole.
AppGuy04
November 7th, 2006, 02:53 PM
Will they be the Fremont A's

or maybe the Oakland A's of Fremont
UNHWildCats
November 7th, 2006, 02:55 PM
Will they be the Fremont A's

or maybe the Oakland A's of Fremont

or The Barry Bonds A's of Fremont
LacesOut
November 7th, 2006, 03:00 PM
Why doesn't any Pro team move to Delaware?!?! I'm getting tired of rooting for the suck ass Philadelphia teams. (yes the Sixers are 3-0, but........)
Ivytalk
November 7th, 2006, 03:02 PM
Why doesn't any Pro team move to Delaware?!?! I'm getting tired of rooting for the suck ass Philadelphia teams. (yes the Sixers are 3-0, but........)

How about the Wilmington Flyers?:rolleyes:
SunCoastBlueHen
November 7th, 2006, 03:03 PM
Why doesn't any Pro team move to Delaware?!?! I'm getting tired of rooting for the suck ass Philadelphia teams. (yes the Sixers are 3-0, but........)

You always have your Blue Rocks, Laces. :p
LacesOut
November 7th, 2006, 04:02 PM
How about the Wilmington Flyers?:rolleyes:

Ha! I don't like hookey.

SunCoast, a Ha! for you also. Minor league baseball is horrible. I've never been to a Rocks game.

But thanks for the suggestions anyways. lol
Pards Rule
November 7th, 2006, 04:23 PM
No way will MLB establish a team between Baltimore & Philly!
AZGrizFan
November 7th, 2006, 04:24 PM
Why doesn't any Pro team move to Delaware?!?! I'm getting tired of rooting for the suck ass Philadelphia teams. (yes the Sixers are 3-0, but........)

I'll give you the:

Cardinals: 1-7
Coyotes: 4-10
Suns: 1-3
Dbacks: 75-95 (or something like that)

Take your pick.
Pards Rule
November 7th, 2006, 04:26 PM
They may well keep the Oakland name as it is right down the road and it seems that the city is putting nada in the pot and if they did they usually would demand a name change for ego/pride purposes.
ToreroTime
November 7th, 2006, 04:35 PM
Fremont is a big city with a pop over 200,000 peoplpe so its not really in the "burbs." It is in the south bay near San Jose where the majority of the Giants fans live. They better still call them the Oakland A's because Fremont is nothing to brag about.
ucdtim17
November 7th, 2006, 04:57 PM
They had better NOT try to keep the Oakland moniker. It just rubs salt in the wounds of those of us who grew up with the team here. It's a bad move on several levels - teams move downtown now, not to the suburbs. It'll be nowhere near BART and a nightmare to get to from anywhere. I won't be going to any games - they might as well have moved to Portland. It's a shame Oakland couldn't lift a finger to help make a deal happen for a downtown stadium. Now we're stuck with a lame-duck team for 3-5 years.
HiHiYikas
November 7th, 2006, 05:06 PM
Given the history of the franchise, this is a short move for the Philadelphia/Kansas City/Oakland A's.

More work for HOK Sport.
BearsCountry
November 7th, 2006, 05:54 PM
Should have moved to Portland IMO.
dbackjon
November 7th, 2006, 08:02 PM
They had better NOT try to keep the Oakland moniker. It just rubs salt in the wounds of those of us who grew up with the team here. It's a bad move on several levels - teams move downtown now, not to the suburbs. It'll be nowhere near BART and a nightmare to get to from anywhere. I won't be going to any games - they might as well have moved to Portland. It's a shame Oakland couldn't lift a finger to help make a deal happen for a downtown stadium. Now we're stuck with a lame-duck team for 3-5 years.

There working on extending the BART in Fremont anyways - I am sure if they build a stadium, they will extend the BART to it.
Sam Adams
November 7th, 2006, 09:03 PM
Not that big of a deal. Oakland is a rathole.


I disagree. Davis ruined that ballpark when he made them install Mount Davis in order to bring back the crappy raiders. However, having lived in that area, The Col was always a great place to watch games, very accessible via BART, great views of the Oakland Hills (before Mount Davis blocked the view) and Oakland itself has many many nice neighborhoods including Jack London Square and the waterfront and Piedmont etc. There are plenty of good nightclubs and restaurants with great ethnic cuisine and its all much more low key and less expensive then SF. I always liked Oakland and although I knew months ago about the rumors that the A's were moving, its still kind of a shame IMHO.
ucdtim17
November 7th, 2006, 10:11 PM
The area around the coliseum is a rathole. Most of the rest of Oakland is great
ucdtim17
November 7th, 2006, 10:12 PM
Certainly a hell of a lot better than the auto malls, strip malls, freeways, and housing developments of fremont
LacesOut
November 8th, 2006, 08:38 AM
I'll give you the:

Cardinals: 1-7
Coyotes: 4-10
Suns: 1-3
Dbacks: 75-95 (or something like that)

Take your pick.

LOL

Hmmmmm, I'd probably go with the Suns out of those four teams.