A’s president Kaval, quiet since Las Vegas deal, blames Oakland as Schnitzer fire burns
Dave Kaval hasn’t made a peep since the A’s made an agreement to relocate to Las Vegas in April. But when an old foe, Schnitzer Steel, went up in flames on Wednesday night, the A’s team president lit up his social media feed with a flurry of posts using Schnitzer’s moment to deflect some blame off his organization and owner John Fisher.
He sides with MLB commissioner Rob Manfred’s statement that the A’s and Oakland never had a ballpark deal in place, a claim that prompted Oakland mayor Sheng Thao to travel to the All-Star Game in Seattle and hand-deliver documents to the contrary — that Oakland and the A’s were only a few hurdles away from a binding economic deal. Kaval said Thao’s claim was false, saying a Howard Terminal ballpark opening wouldn’t have been feasible until the 2030s even with a binding agreement.
Through a spokesperson, Mayor Thao responded to the claim, saying that Schnitzer was “not a deal point in the negotiations. Period.” And that their backing wouldn’t have helped move things along:
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