Is Lew Wolff looking to unload the A's and buy the Dodgers?

[KamaAina]

http://www.csnbayarea.com/08/01/11/As-owner-Wolff-calls-for-sale-of-Dodgers/l_athletics.html?full_args=08/01/11/As-owner-Wolff-calls-for-sale-of-Dodgers/l_athletics&blockID=545201&feedID=2539

A's owner Lew Wolff is hopeful that Frank McCourt will soon sell the financially troubled Los Angeles Dodgers so baseball can move forward from the sticky situation.

Wolff, a successful retail developer based in L.A., told The Associated Press on Monday he spoke out publicly on the topic in support of Commissioner Bud Selig, a longtime friend and former fraternity brother at Wisconsin. Wolff first discussed his thoughts in an interview with the Los Angeles Times....

"They're in court. It will get settled," Wolff said. "Bud's done so much for baseball. I feel very strongly that he's the best commissioner in the history of baseball."

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Wolff is still waiting for Selig to tell him whether he can go ahead with his proposal to move the A's from Oakland into Santa Clara County even though the San Francisco Giants hold the territorial rights in technology-rich Silicon Valley.

Solution: Sell the A's to Larry Ellison, who was just rebuffed in his efforts to buy the NBA Warriors. He could either keep the team where it is (next to Oracle Arena!) or proceed with the San Jose plan.

[JonLP24]

1. You laugh

but I know why he says that he is the best commissioner especially since it is coming from an owner's POV. He was able to instill a bit of harmony among owners which wasn't present before him. Large market teams would battle small market teams when it came to financial negotiations which made it difficult for players to figure out where the owners stood in work stoppages and labor negotiations.