The Giants are firing back at the A's. That silence ordered by commissioner Bud Selig over territorial rights to San Jose? Forget about it. The Giants were too livid to keep it inside any longer, so they popped off about the A's in a prepared statement. The Giants were upset about a statement released earlier by the A's suggesting the Giants' territorial rights aren't firm because they were granted when previous Giants ownership sought a ballpark in Santa Clara in the early '90s. "MLB-recorded minutes clearly indicate that the Giants were granted Santa Clara, subject to relocating to the city of Santa Clara," the A's release said. The Giants' rebuttal contended A's ownership agreed to the rights when purchasing the team "for just $172 million in 2005"—a clear...
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Published March 16, 2012 at 12:40 AM
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