Wolff / Giants Relations Thawing?

by johnjahafanclub on Jan 26, 2012 6:52 PM PST

Quakes fans were notified today that the March 17th home game for the Wolff-owned Earthquakes is being moved to AT&T park as part of a double header with the Mexican olympic team. Those of us who are also A's fans found this quite odd considering the fact that the SF Giants have gone so far as to file a lawsuit against the City of SJ to stop the A's stadium deal. I am curious as to what the rest of your thoughts are about this new venture between the two parties. Does this signal a thawing of relations between the two parties? Or is this just a one-off to raise a few bucks to pay off the Zito contract albatross?

http://www.sjearthquakes.com/news/2012/01/quakes-play-dynamo-att-park-march-17

The San Jose Earthquakes announced Wednesday that the club will host the Houston Dynamo at AT&T Park in San Francisco on Saturday, March 17 as part of a doubleheader spectacular with the Mexican U-23 National Team.

Also on the Giants website:

Before baseball returns to the Bay Area, San Francisco will host a St. Patrick's Day soccer doubleheader.

Mexico and Senegal will square off in one of their final tests before their Olympic qualifying matches, headlining a doubleheader at AT&T Park on March 17. Prior to that match, the San Jose Earthquakes will face the Houston Dynamo in a regular-season Major League Soccer contest at 2 p.m. PT.

http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120126&content_id=26477984&vkey=news_sf&c_id=sf

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one-off

IMHO

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by micdog2001 on Jan 26, 2012 7:12 PM PST reply actions

Yup...

Get a little quick cash for all parties involved.

At one point in my life I liked Dave Kingman more than Rickey Henderson. I was an idiot.

by the_rozeboom on Jan 26, 2012 9:37 PM PST up reply actions

if they wanted quick cash

they should have opened up more beer stands when they opened up AT&T for the USA-England world cup match on the centerfield TV screen in 2010… about 15k-20k people showed up for that and only 1 concession stand was open LOL.

Win or lose, we'll always be there for you.

by johnjahafanclub on Jan 27, 2012 5:02 PM PST up reply actions

remember that they're members of one of the most exclusive clubs in the U.S

MLB owners.

by OaklandSi on Jan 26, 2012 8:24 PM PST reply actions

exactly

These guys so business people. Lawsuits aren’t personal and money is to be made in this situation.

by OnlybuyBeaneJerseys on Jan 27, 2012 12:32 AM PST up reply actions

Or it might be a sign of thawing

Remember they may be business people, but the Giants and A’s ownership groups haven’t done any business in the last 10 years with each other. And now the A’s are working not only with the Giants who are still publicly suing SJ to stop the move, but also AT&T (who is not only AT&T Park’s naming rights holder, but also a primary sponsor of both the event and the Mexican national teams). The same AT&T who owns a portion of the Diridon ballpark site and is refusing to sell.

by athletics68 on Jan 27, 2012 9:21 AM PST reply actions