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Waking up from a New York Nightmare
Sunday’s series win over the New York Yankees, represented a rarity for the Athletics. The city that never sleeps, has historically left the A’s deprived of much more than forty winks. As…Read More
The Trouble with Angels
My apologies to the Hayley Mills aficionado, who may have inadvertently been directed to this page by the way of a Google search. This article will pay no mind to the 1965 boarding school caper, and will…Read More
The Long(man) and Short of It
There’s something missing in the A’s bullpen. Or rather someone. Like the inadequate concoction of the cocktail of your choice, the construction of the bullpen is lacking a key ingredient that…Read More
Opening Day: Time to Beat the Streak
Here in Oakland, we wrote the book on streaks. Well, we’re in the books at the very least. Even the most casual of A’s fans can recall the events of the record setting 20-game winning streak…Read More
The A’s Struck Out Almost Once Per Inning in 2012
Strikeouts are always bad for hitters. There is no good strikeout. Unlike pitchers issuing intentional walks to face the next hitter, you’ve never heard of a batter giving up an “intentional strikeout”…Read More
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Earned Runs: The A’s 2012 Pitching Staff is Beane’s Best Yet
Yes, you read the heading of this article correctly. The 2012 A’s boasted the best team ERA in Billy…Read More
The A’s Attendance and Stadium: The Saga Continues
Way to go, A’s fans! In 2012, stadium attendance was up ~15% compared to 2011! We had our best stadium…Read More
Forever Young
Last offseason, brought the return of pitching coach Curt Young back to the Athletics after a…Read More
How Do You Spell Relief? N-E-S-H-E-K
Sidewinder. Submariner. Sidearmer. How ever you want to slice it, it’s been the…Read More
Will the A’s Come Up Short at the Trade Deadline?
With less then 24 hours to go before the trade deadline, Twitter was sent into a frenzy late Monday…Read More
Keeping the Focus on the Field
During the extended success of the Oakland Athletics season over the last month and half,…Read More
Trader Billy And The Deals That Nearly Came To Be
Well, here we are in mid July and your Oakland A’s have clawed and scratched their way back into…Read More
All That Glitters is Gold: A Retrospective Look At the Alternate Uniforms of the Oakland A’s
In the late fall of 2010, rumors arose that the A’s would be changing the look of their…Read More
My Appreciation for Mark Ellis
Each year, the Oakland Athletics participate in the ever popular “Turn Back the…Read More
The A’s in Pop Culture
During a recent week long excursion to the Windy City of Chicago, I found myself physically removed…Read More
Gomes is Where the Heart is
The 2012 Oakland A’s have displayed a hustle and resiliency that has been sorely lacking since…well…Read More
Triple Play: Sizing up the trade bait
Welcome to Swingin’ A’s Triple Play where we field one subject and turn it into three possible outcomes.…Read More
Trying to look at San Jose and the A’s from the Giants’ point of view
The A’s unresolved ballpark situation/quixotic quest for San Jose continues to drag along at…Read More
Coco Crisp honored in Chia, Don Zimmer as a stuffed bear … A celebration of ballpark promotions
If you made it out to the ballpark tonight for the A’s home opener you came away a little disappointed…Read More
Out with March, in with April and real baseball
In the wake of a nasty cold and other nagging ailments over the past couple of weeks I’m taking a…Read More
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