@PJ_Evans @rbreich This is all true. It is also true that by any reasonable metric The Oakland Coliseum is now the worst of the 32 major league baseball venues. Both Oakland and the owners agree that it needs to be replaced. The A's wanted Oakland to chip in a large portion of the cost which, as Prof. Reich looks down from the Ivory Campanile of Cal, was a bad deal. Oakland, per his essay, is better off letting some other city bear the burden of stadium construction rather than capitulate to the A's PITA owner.