"If it wasn't for the Giants, the A's would be playing in San Jose," said San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, who figures the A's will generate $5 million in tax revenues annually while bolstering the city's civic pride. "It certainly would have a dramatic impact on our downtown."
The Giants have declined to discuss their role in the A's proposed move to San Jose,Jerseys NFL China. But MLB says that the city is part of the Giants' marketing territory which the league is able to protect through an antitrust exemption granted in 1922 by Congress.
