Bud Selig and the Oakland A’s New Stadium: A Lack of Leadership and Courage

Two years ago, while the Oakland Athletics ownership team of Lewis Wolff and John Fisher failed to gain approval for a brand new stadium in Fremont, CA, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig took the bold and aggressive step of creating a committee with the purpose of finding a place for the Oakland A's to build their new stadium. 

At the time Selig announced this new task force, he stated that this would be the way to bring the A's into the 21st century with a state-of-the-art ballpark to replace the old and depressing Overstock.com Coliseum (known by many A's fans as "the Mausoleum").

Two years...

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