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Editorial:: "A group of San Jose Giants fans is organizing to oppose a possible A's baseball stadium downtown, worried their team will move out if the A's move in."
(Via Mercury News: Opinion.)
Gee, you folks are keeping me out of the loop. Though, I am pretty sure that I have made my thoughts clear here.
We all know that if the A's come to San Jose, the minor league experience that is the San Jose Giants will disappear.
Minor League Baseball is neighborhood baseball. It thrives in San Jose because we are the largest collection of neighborhoods masquerading as a big city in the US.
Everyone who sees San Jose as the tenth largest city in the US, thinks we need a Major League baseball team. Those of us who live, breath, eat and sleep in our neighborhoods realize that the San Jose Giants are just right.
The San Jose Giants bring us baseball and brings our neighborhoods together. I think that is worth more than the "incalculable cachet" a major league team would bring.
Posted by Tom Clifton on 12/16/09; 11:01:26 PM
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