Dellums and the Oakland A's

The body of former mayor of Oakland Jerry Brown was discovered under yeseterday, having surfaced under a pier after floating across the bay from Oakland. Brown was pronounced dead by authorities on the scene, and the official cause is suspected to be gas gangrene due to a shoulder injury sustained days earlier. The former mayor's corpse was apparently discovered in a Hunter's Point harbor by local gang members, who immediately opened fire upon the body. The noise from shots attracted the attention of residents, who called the police. How Brown initially got into the water, and whether he was alive or dead at the time, is still unclear.
The last doctors to treat Brown alive, the medical staff of the Oakland Athletics, refuse to give details on Brown's current condition. "With this sort of shoulder injury, it's difficult to tell exactly how long it will take Mayor Brown to recuperate," A's trainer Larry Davis said in a press conference. "Our original rehab regimen concentrated on increasing range-of-motion and cardiovascular stamina by swimming, combined with simultaneous strength building through the use of 100-pound wrist- and ankle-weights, which, we have learned, should be fastened with something more secure than velcro. Certainly the gangrene, gunshots, and having floated around the bay face-down for several days may complicate things, but at this point we feel comfortable with six to eight weeks for a full recovery."
The prognosis was welcome news to A's owner Lew Wolff. "We are very glad to hear of Mayor Brown's predicted convalescence," Wolff said. "Despite our differences of opinion in the past, we believe that Jerry is an A's fan at heart. We also look forward to having him healthy in time for a private ground-breaking at our future location in Fremont, where we plan to make him an integral part of the foundation of the new stadium."