Fremont City Council confirms move! A's to play at Cisco Field

piss me off. i think i'ii go on my myspace site and commiserate with all the other elephants who won't be going to fremont.

sniff.  

That is disgusting.

I don't think East Bay or South Bay sound good either.

Keep it Oakland A's, don't touch the team colors or stomper.

nope, that doesn't work!

Also from the article:  "...Wolff had not decided yet whether to drop Oakland from the team's name."

There's a long way to go yet.  And "Silicon Valley A's" is a wretched,, awful name.

Keep the name Oakland, or change it to San Jose A's.  Really the only two realistic options.

GO 01011100101001's!!!

Or just "Hotties" for short.

And if they change the team name and/or colors, they're not even the A's anymore as far as I'm concerned. Not the A's I root for, anyway. You can call a wolf a dog and get away with it, but you'll never be able to call that thing a cat, if you catch my drift.

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If they don't remain the Oakland Athletics, I bet the become Golden State Athletics or the California Athletics.

washes hands after typing, that felt unclean

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this is the smallest estimate I've seen so far.
Read the article carefully...this is far from a done  deal, regardless of Selig's vist, high-tech presentations at Cisco's San Jose HQ, or whatever announcement the A's make next week.

Silicon Valley A's - Clunky to cheer for, and too easily dated. And lame. And REALLY lame.

East Bay A's - Looks good in print, but try saying it out loud and it's all ay-ays.

South Bay A's - See East Bay A's.

San Jose A's - See East Bay A's. And people would call us the San Hoes AAA's.

Fremont Athletics - "Where the fuck is Fremont?"

California A's - You just know that'll end up being the Cali-for-ni-A's. And state names are lame.

All of which leaves one obvious solution, and one that'll be fine by everyone involved....

OAKLAND A'S.

I read this as meaning, "You can call it what you want, Lew, but you better get Fremont in there."

Thus, I think the "of Fremont" appendage is a real possibility.  If they're going to do that, I favor just calling them the Oakland Athletics of Fremont, to maintain the brand identity they've built while placating Fremont.  Unless, of course, Fremont and Cisco are willing to get Fremont into the name of the facility (e.g., Cisco Field of Fremont).  Then all of the above possibilities remain in play.