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A’s Sweep Yanks, Prove Success is No Pie in the Sky in 2012

Do we have your attention now?  The Oakland Athletics have swept the New York Yankees right out of Oakland, just like we all wanted them to, but nobody really expected them to.  Except for the A’s…Read More

Parker, Doolittle Mystify Yankees, A’s Guarantee Series Win

On Monday night I wrote that these 6 games against the two best teams in the MLB were the most important games the A’s have played since the 2006 season when they reached the ALCS.  I felt at the…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 this season thanks to Brandon Moss‘ first pitch RBI single in the bottom of the 9th inning.  It’s…Read More

Oakland Digs the Longball II: The Sweep Revenge

The number 3 is a magic number indeed, that’s where the A’s find themselves now, 46-43 and 3 games over .500 for the first time since June 2010.  The A’s teams of the past couple seasons…Read More

A’s Shrug Off 16 K’s in Grand Fashion, Move Above .500

Tonight’s game was a game the Oakland Athletics had absolutely no business winning, but either by sheer magic or by sheer Minnesota Twins ineptitude they did exactly that. Francisco Liriano held…Read More

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The 2012 Athletics: To Believe or Not To Believe?

Entering the 2012 season there were many things the A’s were expected to do, contend was absolutely…Read More

Jason Vargas Completely Dominates A’s to Snap Streak

For the first time in what seems like quite a while, tonight’s game against the Seattle Mariners…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

Expect the Expected, A’s Lose in Texas

I don’t know what to blame tonight’s loss on, was it the horrific inability of Tyson Ross…Read More

A’s Total Just 10 Hits In Series, Get Swep… Take 2 of 3???

It’s hard to say whether the utter lack of offense from both the Athletics and the Mariners is…Read More

Over-Cooked… Giants Late Comeback Drops A’s

Simply put, the A’s let Tim Lincecum off the hook, and in the end it proved to be a very costly…Read More

Yes! Yes! Yes! Cespedes Swings A’s to Sweep of Dodgers

This afternoon’s game was the quintessential David vs. Goliath battle on the mound, the reigning…Read More

Milone Raises Home ERA with Complete Game Win

It’s amazing what success a pitcher can have when he simply pounds the strike zone, and that is…Read More

Brandon McCarthy Dominates Dodgers in Bi-Weekly Start

The Los Angeles Dodgers came into Oakland tonight with the best record in all of baseball, but the A’s…Read More

Milone’s Road Woes Continue, A’s Bats Rock the Outman

So perhaps what the A’s are doing is making sure they savor the full experience of playing in…Read More

A’s Bats Ignore the Humidor

Tonight’s victory was the prototypical game at lively Coors Field in Denver.  The preeminent hitters…Read More

Brian Fuentes Strikes Again… A’s Lose Heartbreaker

I was preparing to write a recap for a game where the A’s offense kept the A’s in this game,…Read More

A’s Feel the Willinghammer, Drop 7th Straight

I liked it a lot more when Josh Willingham was hitting no doubt home runs FOR the A’s last year.…Read More

A’s Refuse to Defeat Twins, Extend Skid to 6

I had high hopes for this game, and the A’s had the long ball working early off the bats of Josh…Read More