The Oakland A’s officially ended their courtship with the City of Fremont to relocate and build a new baseball stadium in the southern Alameda County city. Lew Wolff, owner of the A’s, sent a letter to the Fremont City Council on Tuesday ceasing his bid to bring the A’s to Fremont. The A’s faced intense opposition at both of its proposed stadium locations in Fremont. Wolff indicated that the opposition could potentially lead to unacceptable delays in construction of the ballpark, which he hoped to have completed in time for the 2011 or 2012 season.

Now that plans to relocate the A’s to Fremont appear to be over, let’s hope Lew Wolff is on the phone with Mayor Chuck Reed to talk about bringing the A’s to downtown San Jose.