On the day the A’s announced their latest ballpark intentions came word that a group looking to lure a team to Portland is ready to unveil its ballpark plan.
What does the A’s ballpark choice of Howard Terminal have to do with Portland? If all goes right in Oakland, absolutely nothing.
The A’s have gone out of their way to show their commitment to staying put. But Historians will note Howard Terminal is the seventh different ballpark plan the A’s have pursued in the last 13 years. If the A’s and Oakland can’t make Howard Terminal work will there come a point when the team wavers from its “Rooted in Oakland” beliefs and seeks a stadium solution elsewhere?