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The San Jose Sharks expansion back in 1991 may offer a blueprint to keep the A’s in Oakland while ensuring Las Vegas also receives its own MLB franchise. Now, there is a lot of stuff baseball should do differently, but the spirit and basics of the situation are worth investigating.

Let’s start by addressing the elephant in the room. Yes, the North Stars did leave Minnesota for Dallas a few years after this all went down. That’s because Norm Green weaseled his way into being the franchise’s majority owner. He should have never been in that position in the first place but that’s a whole other story.

How the San Jose Sharks expansion can be a blueprint to keep the A’s in Oakland

Many of the components that led to the complicated North Stars/Sharks agreement can be found just up the road on I-880. You have a town that wants to keep its baseball team, an owner desperate to leave and a new market waiting for a franchise. Let’s make a deal here people.

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