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Familiar Faces in New Places
For purely nostalgic reasons, I thought it was pertinent to bring focus to a contingent of transactions that have occurred recently involving former Athletics players. Now brace yourself, these aren’t…Read More
Forever Young
Last offseason, brought the return of pitching coach Curt Young back to the Athletics after a brief and tumultuous year tending to the beer swilling, fried-chicken loving. underachieving staff…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 playoff contention. As we wait to see how they handle perhaps their greatest challenge of the season,…Read More
A’s Send Brandon McCarthy To DL
Well, the A’s may be out of luck. The team has been bit by the infamous injury bug that resides in the depths of the cavernous O.co Coliseum all season long and there’s no clear solution to…Read More
They Might Be Giants…or A’s
Tonight, I traversed the short distance from my place of employment in downtown San Francisco to the very heart of enemy territory. Pac Bell Park, home of the San Francisco Giants. I loathe…Read More
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A’s Outshine Rays, Take Road Series
The Tampa Bay Rays had lost a single home game in 2012 heading into this weekend’s series against…Read More
Yoenis and Me, A Love Story
It has been a couple weeks since I’ve made my presence felt here on Swingin’ A’s.…Read More
When Will Billy Beane Start Selling?
The season is young, but A’s general manager Billy Beane could be sitting in his office thinking…Read More
The Same Old Story Or Something New?
April 18, 2012; Anaheim, CA, USA; Oakland Athletics center fielder Yoenis Cespedes (52) is congratulated…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
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…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…Read More
Bidding adieu to Brandon Allen
Last week, I boldly stated in Sean Davis’s Prognostications from the Swingin’…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…Read More
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
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
Injury Updates: Manny Ramirez, Dallas Braden Experience Setbacks
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the A’s injury woes will continue. A’s left-handed…Read More
Stadium Journey Reviews MLB Experience In Japan
The series in Japan may be over, but that doesn’t mean we should completely forget about the A’s…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
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