I haven't seen it posted here yet, so I'm asking an open question to anyone familiar with the ballpark situation: Peter Magowan is stepping down as the Giants managing partner... does this allow the A's to make inroads into Santa Clara County? 

I understand the territory boundary was drawn at the Alameda/Santa Clara border, but it also seemed like Magowan himself was the real barrier.  Can anyone speculate on how this affects the A's and their impending move to Fremont, San Jose, etc?

I've dug up some info on some of the A's new 2005 draftees.  This is pretty much the same stuff I posted in the draft thread, but I've decided to make it a diary.

Cliff Pennington:

http://www.maroonweekly.com/index.php?u=17&ID=256

Travis Buck:

http://thesundevils.collegesports.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/060205aal.html

http://thesundevils.collegesports.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/buck_travis00.html

Craig Italiano:

http://www.perfectgame.org/2005/crack_of_the_bat/04_19_05_prep_draft_risers.cfm

http://fmhs.lisd.net/navigation/athletics/baseball/baseball.html

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050519&content_id=1055597&vkey=draft200 5&fext=.jsp

(trust me, there's a blurb in here down near the bottom)

Jared Lansford:

http://latc.com/2005/04/27/sports/sports1.html

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/19/SPG4LCRECB1.DTL

Vin Mazzaro:

http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxNDgmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY2OTE 2NDAmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2

Jimmy Shull:

http://www.calpolymustangs.com/baseball/mens/2005/News/ShullBWCpow3.htm

Scott Deal:

http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/highschools/story/4900954p-4492580c.html

Justin Sellers:

http://ssbaseball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=419209

That's it for now!  I'll try and make time to edit the list and keep it up to date.  If you find any more info, please share it with us in a reply.