FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 23, 2010 COMMISSIONER’S STATEMENT Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig issued the following statement today regarding San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed’s proposal to put the Oakland Athletics stadium referendum on the November ballot: “We were surprised and disappointed by the news today in San Jose about the stadium referendum. We were not part of the process and had no knowledge that a decision to proceed with the election had been made. A ballot referendum is premature and completely independent of the ongoing work of the committee which has been in place to thoroughly study this situation. “There is an established process in place and the committee will continue its work unaltered by these actions. Consistent with the ongoing evaluation of the Oakland A’s situation, the committee will meet with me once again this Monday. As I have said before, the object in this very complicated situation is not to get it done as fast as possible, but to get it done right.” # # # Contact: Richard Levin or Patrick Courtney, Major League Baseball, (212) 931-7878.