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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 a snail’s pace and what currently appears to be a road to nowhere is littered with minor annoyances…Read More
The Alienation Of A Fanbase: 95.7 The Game
It’s no secret that the A’s have been the nomads of the Bay Area radio market for as long as we can remember. Seemingly switching from flagship station to flagship station as every season…Read More
Is MLB Impacting Beane’s Latest Rebuild Effort?
With the 2012 season officially underway, all eyes—especially mine—will be focused on Billy Beane and the rest of the Athletics’ management as the team enters yet another rebuilding phase. The…Read More
Swingin’ A’s Weekly Recap: April 1st-7th
The A’s are off to a very interesting start. On the one hand, the A’s showed a little bit of fight in their first official series of the season against the Seattle Mariners. On the other hand,…Read More
Poll: How Many HRs Will Yoenis Cespedes Hit In 2012?
At 1-3, the A’s are off to a rather sluggish start. That does not mean, however, that each member of the green-and-gold is stumbling out of the gates. On the contrary, the A’s have seen a…Read More
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2012 Opening Night: A Night of Unusuals
My balance has been way off kilter for the last 12 hours or so, can’t walk straight, can’t…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
Prognostications From the Swingin’ A’s Crew
No doubt about it the A’s are in a major transition phase in the franchise’s history.…Read More
How Well Do Oakland’s Arms Stack Up In AL West?
Apr 26, 2011; Anaheim, CA, USA; Oakland Athletics starter Brandon McCarthy (32) pitches against the…Read More
Abandoning Nostalgic Value This Year
Over the past several years, I have taken a liking to fantasy baseball. It is, in my mind, anyway, a…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
Swingin’ A’s Weekly Recap: March 25th-31st
What an interesting week, huh? The A’s opened up the 2012 season with a two-game series against…Read More
Still Living On Planet Zito
Barry Zito may be playing for the San Francisco Giants right now, but to me, he’ll always look…Read More
Triple Play: Where will the A’s ballpark situation stand in 3 to 5 years?
Welcome to Swingin’ A’s Triple Play where we field one subject and turn it into three possible outcomes.…Read More
A’s 2012 Team Preview
Last year the Oakland A’s entered the season as a dark horse to take the American League West.…Read More
Raley Field Offers Fans The Big League Experience
While the A’s are stuck in the cavernous and depressingly dark O.co Coliseum, their Triple-A affiliates,…Read More
Yay or Nay? The Curious Case of Mark Reynolds
When Danny Knobler of CBS Sports reported that the Orioles were shopping 3B Mark Reynolds, my ears…Read More
The Pride of Petaluma
Seemingly every time the Athletics played the Tampa Bay (formerly Devil) Rays over the years, an inordinately…Read More
A’s Fans: A Call To Arms
It has been less than a week since I was brought onto the staff of Swingin’ A’s,…Read More
High hopes for Cespedes vs. a history of disappointments
Oakland’s surprise offseason acquisition Yoenis Cespedes is set to make his spring training debut…Read More
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