Cliff Pennington

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Santa’s Oakland A’s Naughty or Nice List: Volume 3

Well as you probably figured out by now, we all survived the apocalypse that was supposed to wipe us all from existence today, so that means I have the privilege of completing the Santa’s Oakland…Read More

A’s Decide To Go Young

As I’m sure everyone still plugged into the A’s has heard by now, CF Chris Young formerly of the Arizona Diamondbacks is the newest member of the Oakland Athletics, all this happening before…Read More

Parker, Longball Too Much For Angels in A’s Win

The Oakland Athletics came into tonight’s contest with the Los Angeles Angels looking to avenge the sweep they endured last week in Oakland. Jarrod Parker set the tone tonight quite nicely with a…Read More

Jemile Weeks and the Human Element

    For fans, it’s only natural to let our teams have it when they don’t perform up to expectations. Whether it’s shouting a few choice words at Josh Reddick for flailing away…Read More

Bartolo, Bats Secure Moneyball-esque Victory

In a game that very nearly, and eerily mirrored the 20th game of the remarkable 20 game win streak that was being celebrated today as the A’s took a big 8-1 lead, and almost saw it evaporate before…Read More

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Tribe No Match For… Josh Donaldson?

The A’s fanbase as a whole let out a collective groan when Brandon Inge went on the DL with his…Read More

Help Is (Not) On the Way

In a bit of not all that shocking, but still disconcerting news Susan Slusser wrote in her San Francisco…Read More

The A’s Make A Statement in Series Win Vs. Angels

It certainly wasn’t the prettiest victory we’ve ever seen, but the Oakland Athletics made…Read More

A’s Strike Back, Hang 10 on Halos

Jered Weaver delivered a pretty devastating haymaker to the collective jaw of the Oakland Athletics last…Read More

#FreeGrantGreen

Another day, another tough loss for the Oakland Athletics.  They ended up splitting a 4 game series…Read More

Billy Beane Holds Cards as Trade Deadline Passes

Stephen Drew is not an Athletic, neither is Yunel Escobar or Jimmy Rollins.  Same goes for Rafael Betancourt.…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

A Hit For Moss, A Yankees Loss!

Okay, this is getting out of hand.  The A’s have won in walk off fashion now for the 10th time…Read More

AJ Griffin Proves He Fears No Team, Beats Yankees

In late May this game would have been a heartbreaker and we all would be hysterically upset that the…Read More

A’s Miss Out On Chances, and Chances, and Chances in Loss

For the first 6 innings of tonight’s game against the Texas Rangers, it looked like Yoenis Cespedes…Read More

Oakland Digs the Longball in Win Over Twins

This time last year the thought of the A’s hitting 4 home runs in a series, let alone a single…Read More

There Is An “A” In Annihilation, Carter Hit’s A’s 7th Walkoff in 11th!

The A’s are back at .500!  There was never any doubt.  Never doubt about the A’s, or about…Read More

A Win That Begins And Ends With Coco

ATHLETICS 3 – RED SOX 2 Tonight was a night of missed opportunities for both squads.  Pitchers…Read More

Jarrod Parker and the A’s Roll Dice-K

This has been a frustrating couple of days for right fielder Josh Reddick, he declined to comment on…Read More

This Time Yu Can’t See the A’s

The A’s actually won a game in Arlington!  Pop the champagne everyone, the A’s avoided the…Read More