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A's Question of Time and Place

After more than 50 years in Oakland, the MLB team wanted to stay put. The city was committed to keeping them. Baseball needed them there. Yet in just a few weeks, the franchise will be gone. Here’s how it happened.

getty images Late in the late afternoon of April 19, 2023, Sheng Thao, who is t he mayor of Oakland, left a Chamber of Commerce reception on the top floor of a downtown condominium with Leigh Hanson, her chief of staff. Together, they stepped into an elevator. When the doors closed, they al...

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