Field of Schemes

4 min read 2021-07-21 19:16:12

Oakland okays $495m in tax money for A’s, team exec says that “doesn’t work,” goes to sulk in tent

When last we left off at the end of yesterday’s Oakland city council hearing on the A’s owners’ stadium proposal, we were here: Oakland

4 min read 2021-07-19 19:00:42

It’s tricky writing about a breaking news situation where the “news” is mostly posturing by various sides: If you report on something someone

4 min read 2021-07-19 19:00:42

It’s tricky writing about a breaking news situation where the “news” is mostly posturing by various sides: If you report on something someone

2 min read 2021-07-14 21:16:53

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, who last appeared on this site way back yesterday as owner of the Asheville Tourists who got $421,000 in Paycheck Protection

3 min read 2021-07-06 19:00:08

Amid all the move threats and inciteful tweets, the prize that Oakland A’s execs are keeping their eyes on is the Oakland city council, and how it

2 min read 2021-06-30 19:29:58

When last we checked in on the new New York Islanders arena at Belmont Park, team president Lou Lamoriello was swearing that it would be “ready for

3 min read 2021-06-17 20:47:20

One of the tricks to extracting stadium subsidies for a sports team owner — or any corporate executive, really, but this site is about sports teams

2 min read 2021-06-03 19:09:12

Some days here on the internets, puzzling out news coverage is like detective work: Why is everyone suddenly talking about this one thing? Like,

1 min read 2021-05-26 19:32:16

Ever since Oakland A’s owner John Fisher brought over San Jose Earthquakes president Dave Kaval to run his stadium campaign in 2017, it’s been

1 min read 2021-05-26 19:32:16

Ever since Oakland A’s owner John Fisher brought over San Jose Earthquakes president Dave Kaval to run his stadium campaign in 2017, it’s been

3 min read 2021-05-24 18:22:58

The site was under the weather on Friday (all better now), so instead you get the Friday Roundup, Monday Edition: “Sources” tell the Las Vegas

4 min read 2021-05-19 18:32:37

I haven’t gotten up to Massachusetts yet to see the Worcester Red Sox‘ $160 million giant shipping container, but FoS reader Jason did on Sunday,

4 min read 2021-05-13 19:41:01

Day 2 of Oakland A’s owner John Fisher’s threat to hold his breath until he turns blue move his team out of town if he doesn’t get $855

2 min read 2021-05-10 19:55:24

I’m a little pressed for time this morning, but I did want to share with the schadenfreude lovers among you this review of the Worcester Red Sox‘

2 min read 2021-04-30 21:18:54

Let’s see, what else happened this week? Massive governmental incompetence and death in India, that has nothing to do with stadiums, let’s stay