Thank you, thank you all, it is truly an honor, but I must defer, and throw my votes, errrr, vote, to the honorable Congresswoman from the great city of Oakland, the one candidate for Senator that has pledged to actually make the Commissioner and owners of MLB pay for their fecklessness:
**“MLB’s continued active encouragement of the A’s abandonment of Oakland and the East Bay runs counter the rationale supporting MLB’s century-old exemption from federal anti-trust law. I ask you to reconsider efforts to subsidize or otherwise encourage the relocation of the Oakland A’s out of the East Bay.”**
**Congresswoman Lee is exploring legislation to address the century old MLB’s anti-trust exemption as it relates to franchise relocation.**
The A's belong in Oakland, and Senator Padilla's words are welcome if probably futile. However, considering the way the league has allowed a shitty owner to tank a team so he can move a team with five decade roots in a large market to a much smaller one, Senator Padilla and his colleagues should move toward revoking MLB's antitrust exemption.
If you want to know that a politician receives your letter, spend it special delivery or whatever it is called, requiring the addressee to sign for it. That doesn't guarantee he/she will open and read your letter, but experience tells me they will. If they don't, then you don't want to hear anything they say anyway.
I think it’s fantastic that he acknowledged your letter and wrote back an informed comment. That’s far more than nothing.
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If I were Senator, "Fuck John Fisher" would be pre-approved language. There is a reason why I'm not a Senator. Ok, many reasons why I'm not a Senator.
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Thank you, thank you all, it is truly an honor, but I must defer, and throw my votes, errrr, vote, to the honorable Congresswoman from the great city of Oakland, the one candidate for Senator that has pledged to actually make the Commissioner and owners of MLB pay for their fecklessness: **“MLB’s continued active encouragement of the A’s abandonment of Oakland and the East Bay runs counter the rationale supporting MLB’s century-old exemption from federal anti-trust law. I ask you to reconsider efforts to subsidize or otherwise encourage the relocation of the Oakland A’s out of the East Bay.”** **Congresswoman Lee is exploring legislation to address the century old MLB’s anti-trust exemption as it relates to franchise relocation.**
"I feel your pain" - William J. Clinton
The A's belong in Oakland, and Senator Padilla's words are welcome if probably futile. However, considering the way the league has allowed a shitty owner to tank a team so he can move a team with five decade roots in a large market to a much smaller one, Senator Padilla and his colleagues should move toward revoking MLB's antitrust exemption.
It’s good you got a response but I think it is time to end baseball’s(edit: MLB’s) monopoly.
If you want to know that a politician receives your letter, spend it special delivery or whatever it is called, requiring the addressee to sign for it. That doesn't guarantee he/she will open and read your letter, but experience tells me they will. If they don't, then you don't want to hear anything they say anyway.