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Who runs this town? (Part 2)

By Cameron Martin
Special to Page 2

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Monday we kicked off our five-part series by looking at cities in the East and asking "Who runs this town?" which produced some controversial answers, including Mike Schmidt and Ben Roethlisberger. Now we move on to the West, where sports figures like Tommy Lasorda, Junior Seau, Willie Mays, Shaun Alexander, Jose Canseco and Clyde Drexler all have left their marks -- but fall way short of running their towns. Nope, in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Oakland, Calif., and Portlan ...

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