Someone Loves Jeff Francoeur

[Guest themetfairy]

It turns out that it's Oakland A's fans

[Frayed Knot]

Have you seen attendance at A's games recently?
Frenchy could afford to buy pizzas for everyone in the stadium just on whatever he carries with him.

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: Have you seen attendance at A's games recently? Frenchy could afford to buy pizzas for everyone in the stadium just on whatever he carries with him.

It's the Nets syndrome (not that they drew well to begin with) since everyone knows they're leaving.

[ashie62]

The A's are leaving? Thought that fell through?

[Ceetar]

Ashie62 wrote: The A's are leaving? Thought that fell through?

Did it? I guess I don't pay that much attention , Ithought they were already building something?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Still up in the air. But it's been there for the better part of three years now, since Selig's blue-ribbon committee to look into resolving the territorial rights thing was formed.

[Edgy MD]

they probably gave him back a report that said, "Territorial rights don't exist. Stop being silly." They've been repressing it ever since.

[G-Fafif]

Francouer rocks! (As long as he's nowhere near our lineup.)

Times story notes the Giant territorial claim couldn't be clearer, even if it is fairly stupid at this stage of the respective franchises' existences.

In the Bay Area, the market had always been more clearly demarcated: the Giants had the rights to San Francisco and San Mateo Counties, and the A�s controlled Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. Neither team had Santa Clara County, where San Jose is. Then in 1990, Bob Lurie, the owner of the Giants at the time, wanted to move to San Jose; Walter Haas, the A�s owner, gave his consent. When Lurie�s deal collapsed, the Giants kept the rights to Santa Clara County. Wolff argues that Haas agreed to give the Giants the rights to Santa Clara County only if the team moved there. Yet when Lurie sold the team in 1993, the buyers � which included the Fisher family � did so in part because Santa Clara County would remain Giants territory. When Fisher sold his stake in the Giants so he could buy the A�s, he did so knowing the Giants had control of Santa Clara County.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Ashie62 wrote: The A's are leaving? Thought that fell through?

There's always Tokyo.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

So the Athletics are looking to be the move-iest team ever. At least they're aiming to stay in state this time.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Mets � Willets Point wrote: So the Athletics are looking to be the move-iest team ever. At least they're aiming to stay in state this time.

I'm skeptical they'll change their name, although San Jose Athletics has a much better sound to than Fremont Athletics.