The present day pickle the Oakland A’s find themselves in provides an interesting view into the business of Major League Baseball, particularly the dysfunction that comes with thirty competing owners enjoying a Federally granted anti-trust exemption. This isn’t yet another rehash of the find-undervalued-assets philosophy featured in Moneyball; Oakland, and by extension MLB are facing a much more tangible problem. The A’s don’t have anywhere to play baseball after 2013. As a result, it’s difficult to determine the team’s current strategy on or off the field. Two things are certain though: Someone is going to have to blink very soon and in the meantime it’s hard to be an Oakland A’s fan.