Matt, one would think that a pending event like tonight’s Fremont Council meeting would merit more advanced coverage? You in fact (if I remember correctly, or somebody on this blog) suggested a larger meeting place.

Don’t be confused, I’m not saying this is your fault; it’s the Argus’ fault, or the fault of Bay Area News Group, which is kind of a distinction without a difference.

In fact, a copy editor in a remote facility ought to still have some feel for the community and ought to at least pay some attention to the local reporters and editors.

If you add the populations of the three cities down here, it comes to 330,000. We would be the 57th largest city in the country, just behind Cincinnati and bigger than Pittsburgh or Buffalo. Does anyone ever think that newspapers serving those cities are staffed with three reporters?

There are no winners in a race to the bottom.

The Oakland Coliseum gets used for large soccer crowds 3-5 times during the A’s season. Huge numbers of seats can’t properly see the field because of where they’re situated in relation to the soccer field.

It’s a situation that will do in a pinch, but not on a permanent basis.

But don’t they play baseball and football in the same stadiums? I’m not trying to be intentionally obtuse here; I really am curious. Is that because the seasons don’t overlap, or overlap less?

Because the fields are different shapes. And the seasons overlap.

Even our own Central Park has separate baseball and soccer fields.