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Sonny Gray #54 of the Oakland Athletics pitches against the Detroit Tigers at O.co Coliseum on October 10, 2013 in Oakland, California.

For years now, the Oakland As have wanted to move to nearby San Jose. The baseball team wants to abandon their current stadium, the fourth oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball. But Commissioner Bud Selig has said no way, San Jose.

For more on this and the state of sports in Oakland, I spoke to Steve Tavares, who writes for the East Bay Citizen.