This may mena that the A's are staying... or that they could be moving... or that they're up for contraction. Be that as it may, the team was on the list. Let the shakey attendance continue... let Portland Baseball continue to hope for relocation instead of contraction. - TBGR

The Oakland A's were (are) on MLB's contraction hit list

It's no longer a secret. The A's were among a list of teams that commissioner Bud Selig considered for contraction last winter. That and this report from The Contra Costa Times
Robert DuPuy, the president and chief operating officer of Major League Baseball and the man second in command to Selig, admitted Thursday that the commissioner's office looked into eliminating the A's.

"When we reviewed (contraction) initially, Oakland was on the initial list. Yes," DuPuy said. The reasons, he said, were "a lack of a facility, a lack of generation of local revenue and a lack of ticket sales. And there are people in the game who feel the Bay Area can't support two major-league teams."

That said, DuPuy also reiterated the fact that the A's no longer remain on that list. Selig told the Bay Area media during spring training that "I don't think we should spend a lot of time worrying about the A's being contracted right now."

"I agree with the commissioner," DuPuy said.

DuPuy also seconded Selig's belief that the A's can survive in Oakland only with a new stadium. He said the fact that the A's are closing in on a new five-year lease extension on their current stadium doesn't change that view. He also said the onus is on the city of Oakland to help get a new stadium built.

"No one is holding a gun to the city's head," he said. "... Eventually communities have to make decisions. We can't subsidize a major-league team just so that a community can continue to have one." That and this report from The Contra Costa Times

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I wonder if Commish Selig is thinking about striking down the A's new 5 year lease. Very interesting.

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