They said it: A’s ballpark plan

Oakland Athletics President David Kaval is photographed on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, in Oakland, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)“This is bigger than baseball.”

— Dave Kaval, Oakland Athletics president, on the team’s proposal unveiled last week to build a futuristic ballpark on the city’s waterfront at Howard Terminal and turn the aging Oakland Coliseum into a sports complex surrounded by offices, restaurants and housing.