City is deluding itself if it expects the Giants to give up the territorial rights to Santa Clara County without a fight.
In 1990, Oakland A’s owner Walter Haas gave permission for the San Francisco Giants to obtain territorial rights to Santa Clara County for the express purpose of building a South Bay stadium to house the Giants.
Now, as Oakland seems destined to lose the A’s to Las Vegas and San Jose seeks an expansion team, the latter city is deluding itself if it expects the current Giants owner, billionaire Charles Johnson, to give up those territorial rights to Santa Clara County without a fight. Baseball’s 29 other owners will almost certainly side with Johnson, wanting to protect their own territorial rights in the process.
Keeping a second MLB team in the Bay Area makes sense. The South Bay, a lucrative television market, is the home to Google, Apple and Adobe. Other major metropolitan areas — New York, Chicago and Los Angeles — successfully support two teams. And Oakland’s fan base filled the Coliseum for years until the current cheapskate owner, John Fisher, decimated the team’s roster by trading its best players.
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