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Elephant Rumblings: A’s becoming cautionary tale of teams threatening to move cities

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It is becoming more and more obvious that what is happening to the Athletics as far as relocation goes is giving the other owners wild ideas of grandeur themselves.

After helping John Fisher take the A’s out of Oakland, it’s their turn to hold their team hostage. It looks like it will work for Fisher, so why not them? And it’s some franchises you’d least expect:

White Sox, Rays, Orioles, A’s, Brewers, D-Backs. In the last 6 months, 20% of the league has threatened to move/imply they’d relocate without new public funding.