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bizofbaseball.com - 11/20/2008

A’s Inch Closer on Environmental Impact Report for Ballpark Development

— bizofbaseball.com — Over a year and a half in the making, the A's have finally seen some movement on... the long-awaited Environmental Impact Report process for the proposed 32,000 seat facility located on 226-acres of land in the Pacific Commons area in Fremont. (see details and computer renderings of Cisco Field) (more) A’s Inch Closer on Environmental Impact Report for ...

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Lewis Wolff

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athleticsnation.com - 11/25/2008

Rickey

— athleticsnation.com — "If you could split him in two, you’d have two Hall-of-Famers." - Bill James, on Rickey Henderson... I ask you, how does one turn down a request like this ?  Short answer: one doesn’t. Long answer: keep reading. Rickey ... (more) Rickey

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Rickey Henderson

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seamheads.com - 11/30/2008

2008 Season Review: AL West

— seamheads.com — For the second season in a row, the AL West became a one-team division. Though the first... half of the season was close between the Angels and the Athletics, it was the Rangers that made a surprising run to inch closer to competitiveness. All the while, the Seattle Mariners had promise with their ... (more) 2008 Season Review: AL West

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Francisco Rodriguez

Al Reyes

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Rafael Furcal’s Offers
Mets Today — Various media outlets are reporting that the Oakland Athletics have offered Rafael Furcal a 4-year, $48M contract — and, that the Mets have also made him a “tempting” offer. However, Susan Slusser at the San Francisco Chronicle had this to say: Los Angeles papers have picked up on a report in El Caribe that the A’s have offered free-agent shortstop Rafael Furcal a four-year, $48 million deal that could be as much as $50 million with incentives. A well-placed A’s source tells me this is ...

And the false rumors fly
River Avenue Blues — ... picked up a story about a Dominican paper which claimed to have talked to Furcal. The shortstop claimed he had a four-year $48 million offer on the table from the A’s, as well as an offer to play second base for the Mets. Not long after noon, the A’s rumor was debunked. The ...