With the signing of Nakajima, I checked out his Japanese team and discovered that it is named for the company that owns it, i.e.: Seibu Railways. Several other teams there are named for their ownership, including:

Hanshin Tigers: Hanshin Electric Railway Company

Nippon Ham Fighters: Nippon Ham (food processing company)

I guess if that were the case in MLB, we would be the GAP Athletics or maybe the Fairmont Athletics. Also, the Tigers would be the Little Caesars Tigers.

Too bad we couldn't be the Men's Warehouse or Save Mart A's.

Yet, something else we A's fans can "thank" Bud Selig for. That ownership group would have already built a new stadium and a championship team to play in it - "I guarantee it"!

If we couldn't get Mark Cuban as an owner, I'd settle for George Zimmer. Actually, he be much better. He has local ties and has a strong interest in the East Bay.