XM MLB Chat: San Francisco DA threatens Oakland A's, MLB over move to San Jose

Senator Boxer's son has interest in deal to move A's to another Oakland location:

Rich Lieberman Report, 12/17: "SF DA Dennis Herrera's letter to Major League Baseball threatening litigation if the A's go ahead with their feeble plans to move to San Jose, is more window-dressing, but the mere act itself demonstrates the hoard of hurdles facing A's front man Lew Wolff as he pursues the South Bay.

A few factors: **Herrera is running for Mayor of SF and giving the Giants owners some legal love and maneuvering is a great way to raise some cash for his campaign.

**...Oakland's announcement of four possible downtown/Jack London Square sites for a new A's home, semi-pushes Wolff into a corner. It also helps that the leader of the campaign is developer Doug Boxer,

son of Senator Barbara Boxer, who lives in Jack London Square.

Senator Boxer and powerful Oakland Congresswoman, Barbara Lee, (head of the Congressional Black caucus)

have subtly threatened MLB's coveted anti-trust exemption, should the A's be allowed to leave Oakland,
in spite of the cities pitch to Wolff.

All of these latest developments can only further muddle and delay any remote chance that San Jose could get the A's in the next five years. Litigation, local SJ voter/residential stadium opposition, combined with financing and infrastructure issues are only a smidgen of the hurdles....