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Small Market Ball: How MLB Has (Nearly) Ruined Gameday Audio
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Saturday, June 27, 2015. How MLB Has (Nearly) Ruined Gameday Audio. If you pay any, even passing attention to SMB tweets, you may have been understandably puzzled by irritated comments like this:. The naked money grab by @MLB. Inserting loops of lame repetitive commercials into AtBat's radio feed has ruined the flow. 8212; SmallMarketBall (@SmallMarketBall) May 29, 2015. The reality is that your scribe, sadly, lives outside of the A's radio network and is at the mercy of MLB's Gameday Audio and AtBat apps.
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Small Market Ball: A's Revenue Sharing Funds Could Dry Up After 2016
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015. A's Revenue Sharing Funds Could Dry Up After 2016. It seems so long ago, but Major League Baseball's current Collective Bargaining Agreement. CBA) is inching closer to its expiration at the end of the 2016 season. For most fans, this governing document is the inside-baseball of baseball and something that is hardly given a second thought, let alone a first one - especially in an era of labor peace. However, as discussed here. Business of Baseball" report. Pegged the team's ope...
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Small Market Ball: December 2013
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Monday, December 9, 2013. The A's Were Given Permission to Move to San Jose.and Didn't Do It. In the ongoing saga of the A's quest for a new stadium, the general public has been left with precious few actual facts. Therefore, the revelation that MLB had formally denied. The A's request to move to San Jose on June 16 was a significant development. If the key to the Watergate Scandal, as depicted in All the President's Men. Was to "Follow the money," than the corollary here is "Follow the timeline.". San J...
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Small Market Ball: Giants Continue War on A's With Proposed Little Giants Stadium
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Friday, February 13, 2015. Giants Continue War on A's With Proposed Little Giants Stadium. Mark Purdy's recent Mercury News. Detailing the San Jose Giants interest in building a ballpark in San Jose pointed to another potential nail in the coffin of the idea of the A's moving to San Jose. When a major league team to move to a territory where a minor league team operates, the MLB team is forced to pay compensation to the displaced team. Purdy noted that the big Giants are majority owners of the little Gia...
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East Bay BRT could create longest Complete Street in California – FutureOakland
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East Bay BRT could create longest Complete Street in California. Next week, the City of Oakland will begin a series of public meetings. About a Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) to create a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). Line crossing the entire city. BRT has been debated for a decade in the East Bay, and its key feature, exclusive bus lanes, has been the source of some consternation among residents in Berkeley. The term “ Complete Street. Oakland’s Bicycle Master Plan. Oakland’s Pedestrian Master Plan.
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nadel – FutureOakland
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Why defend the indefensible? November 7, 2011. Should Oakland weigh in on connector? June 10, 2009. Oakland voters choose cops over kids. December 10, 2008. Endorsements and predictions: June 2008. May 28, 2008. Elections, endorsements, and ideology – oh my! May 12, 2008. From national to local, in the news. April 30, 2008. Nadel takes credit for downtown zoning proposal. April 4, 2008. City Council Inclusionary Zoning Debate Recap. October 25, 2006. Council committee meeting reveals selfish agenda.
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Why defend the indefensible? – FutureOakland
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Why defend the indefensible? CORRECTED, at bottom. After watching the City’s presentation at the meeting, with its meticulous catalogue of fire and other life-safety hazards,. Yet unable to pass resolutions condemning vandalism. And transit disruption. Days after the vandalism, the Ella Baker Center blogged that if businesses are hurt by the encampment, maybe that’s the whole point. City employees have already filed health and safety complaints with Cal-OSHA. Employees on Frank Ogawa Plaza have witne...
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Edgerly out? – FutureOakland
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Rumors are flying fast and furious around City Hall this evening that there is a major personnel shakeup in the works. A new Trib article hints at the probable target. City Administrator Deborah Edgerly. If she is demoted or retires, the standard practice would be to perform a nationwide search for Oakland’s chief executive. Ms. Edgerly is not the product of such a search, but was promoted from within the city bureaucracy (she was budget director). June 18, 2008. Feed for comments on this post. The Debor...
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downtown – FutureOakland
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Why defend the indefensible? November 7, 2011. Is Mayor Quan’s visibility also productivity? April 14, 2011. East Bay BRT could create longest Complete Street in California. January 7, 2010. Ferry failing, nobody notices. December 17, 2009. Transit advocates are making progress. October 16, 2009. Bike to Work Day 2009: Progress with a gift bag. May 13, 2009. DTO Nightlife: Far from footloose and fancy-free. May 5, 2009. Oakland government’s woes reflected in parking proposal. April 29, 2009. June 2, 2006.
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development – FutureOakland
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Why defend the indefensible? November 7, 2011. Does Oakland need a new approach to transportation? November 27, 2009. Sharing your opinion during the holiday. November 25, 2009. November 6, 2009. Oakland government’s woes reflected in parking proposal. April 29, 2009. Three years of Oakland’s future. April 17, 2009. The lowdown on parking in Uptown. April 10, 2009. February 5, 2009. It's time for O-2-9. January 16, 2009. It’s time for O-2-9. January 16, 2009. New year, new transportation opportunities.
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