sorry about that.  i'm feeling a bit sentimental, with the a's leaving and all.

Mark Kreidler of the ultimate online sports network broke it down for me today, with a little cold, hard truth about life in the capitalist machine.  

In fact, though, this is a bizarre little growth phase, with dollars as the seeds and corporate sponsorship as the water of life. It's not personal; it's business. Repeat ad nauseam: It's not personal; it's business. Both York and A's owner Lewis Wolff get that. They get that they're playing in places that aren't nearly as new as "brand new," not as sweet as "unlimited suites." Wolff's team shares space with the Raiders in a Coliseum whose baseball charm was walled off years ago in a desperate effort to buy Al Davis's elusive love via increased NFL capacity. Not only didn't that work, but the result, a true defacing of a heretofore pleasant multi-purpose facility, has driven Wolff to seek a cool, baseball-only place across the bay from San Jose for his merry little band of overachievers.

for some reason, it makes me feel better to say: it's al davis' fault!  and ignacio de la fuente!  the political bums!  fuck the machine!

:)  thanks for listening