While three major trades involving the Oakland Athletics have taken place over this past week, there have been other rumors circulating around Oakland. This gossip would be surrounding the issue of the O.Co Coliseum and a potential new home for the Oakland Athletics. Yes, this issue has been in the news for quite some time now, but this time, something may come to fruition soon.
On Monday, Billy Beane had a press conference call with various writers to talk about the Tyler Clippard trade. In the midst of talking about their recent trades, Beane casually stated that the team is acquiring younger, more prominent prospects that would potentially be playing in a new stadium somewhere down the road; this was reported by San Francisco Chronicle writer Susan Slusser:
“If we’re going to have hopefully some sustained success, it’s going to have to be done organically, with a large group of players coming through,” Beane said, citing the Astros as a model.