Has anyone here read this article on the A's official site? link: http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061109&content_id=1738100&vkey=news_ oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak

Best quote:
"But the Mercury News reported that Wolff went so far as to propose "Fremont A's" and "Silicon Valley A's" to the council as names for the relocated club."

The Silicon Valley A's? Jesus Cristo, that is the lamest name for a baseball team I have ever heard of.  There are many other articles on the new stadium.  In all fairness, after looking at the different picture galleries of the artist renderings it looks like it is going to be a damn nice park, maybe even rivaling the Yankee's new park.  I have to say the large grass area behind the stadium with the Jumbo Screen is a good idea.

This is related to Rev's last "Favorite Albums" post.

 If you were on the Angels, what would your theme song be when you went up to bat? You can pick two for the stadium to alternate. Also keep in mind that it would only be about the first 10 seconds of the song.

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