Basically, the Coliseum doesn't work anymore because it's seen better days-- it, in fact, has that "first apartment you lived in when you moved here and shared a two-bedroom apartment with five people" feel to it. Building a new place in Oakland is difficult for the usual reasons associated with building anything in the area except more so because Oakland officials are afraid of pulling the trigger on another stadium deal in light of Al taking them to the cleaners. San Jose, the ideal place for the A's ain't happening because the Giants "own territorial rights," which means whenever the A's even jot down the words "San Jose" on a cocktail napkin, the Giants threaten to sue. Of course, MLB does what MLB does and could tell the Giants to put a sock in it, just like they did to Peter Angelos and his "territorial rights" issue with D.C., but so far A's owner Lew Wolff's frat buddy doesn't sound eager to do it.