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Someone may want to tell Bud Selig that the glory days of billion dollar new baseball parks are likely gone, what with the economic apocalypse we’re currently dealing with here in the heartland. Nonetheless, MLB is absolutely determined that the Athletics are going to get a new stadium, one way or the other!

“Lew Wolff and the Oakland ownership group and management have worked very hard to obtain a facility that will allow them to compete into the 21st century,” Selig said. “To date they, like the two ownership groups in Oakland before them, have been unsuccessful in those efforts, despite having the significant support of their corporate partner Cisco. The time has come for a thorough analysis of why a stadium deal has not been reached. The A’s cannot and will not continue indefinitely in their current situation.”

If I may make a recommendation to the committee, please read any business news website or the business section of your local paper, assuming it hasn’t been shut down.

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Rick Vaughn athletics, bug selig, seattle times