Editor's note: This is the first installment of "Unnecessary Roughness," a column by Read This! writer Vidur Malik. Watch for this column on the third Tuesday of every month.

One of the biggest Bay Area sports headlines recently has been about the Oakland A’s proposed move to Fremont, my hometown. After disputes about stadium contracts and other financial troubles, the A’s have decided to pack their bags and move into a suburban town with a population of about 200,000.

Obviously, this move will bring much more exposure to my hometown, but I fear the new hustle and bustle that will come with a pro team will take away from Fremont’s slow-paced, suburban feel.

Having a pro team in town obviously calls for the construction of a new stadium. A deal for a ballpark called Cisco Field, which will be a state-of-the-art, baseball-only park, is in the works. The city is planning to build restaurants, shops and hotels around the stadium as well. The city also has had a lot of new shopping and housing construction lately, with more being planned.

All this means more traffic and congestion in Fremont, which will give it more of a big-city feel. By the time any major changes happen to Fremont, I will be off at college, so I don’t need to worry about seeing any differences anytime soon. It will be interesting, however, to come back for visits, and to see whether Fremont can pull off having a suburban feel with a pro team, or whether it will grow into a booming city.

The big-city potential may already be there: Fremont is the second largest city in the Bay Area in land mass, and fourth-largest in population. Little by little, it seems like the boring town where I was raised me is gradually turning into a metropolis. Only time will tell what could happen to Fremont. Something tells me that the Fremont I knew growing up won’t be anything like the Fremont that future children will know. What do you think?

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The worlds of sports and music, especially hip-hop, are gradually getting more similar.

With egotistical stars, fame and almost God-like admiration from fans, and superficiality and endorsements, it seems as if pro sports and hip-hop are traveling on the same path, with quite a few bumps in the road.

That’s where I come in. I love many things about sports and music, but there are also lots of improvements to be made. As a young man who misses the old days where artists and athletes didn’t have inflated egos or worry about the size of their paycheck, I’ll give my views about the pressing issues in sports and music every month in this column.

Vidur Malik is a senior at Mission San Jose High in Fremont. His column, “Unnecessary Roughness,” appears on this blog the third Tuesday of every month.