martz@bayareanewsgroup.comOAKLAND -- Even with the Golden State Warriors one step closer to moving across the Bay, Oakland received some encouraging news this week about its prospects for remaining a big league city.Addressing reporters in New York one day after San Jose lost its legal battle to lure the A's, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred left no doubt he wanted the team to stay put. "I want the A's to stay in Oakland," he said during a news conference Tuesday. "I think it is possible to get a stadium done in Oakland, and that remains my preference.
MLB commissioner: 'I want the A's to stay in Oakland'
