A’s Repeat Hard Fought 2-1 Victory Over Royals
The bacon hangovers are all but worn off, and it was back to baseball Saturday as the A’s took on the Royals in game 2 of this weekend series. Much like Friday night’s battle, the A’s…Read More
42 Down, 120 To Go: A Look at the Athletics So Far in 2013
The Oakland Athletics, the reigning 2012 AL West Champions, the team that no one thought could contend last year that had expectations for success in 2013 has now played through roughly 1/4 of the regular…Read More
Jarrod Parker, Jed Lowrie, Trio of Solo Homers Combine to Snap 5 Game Losing Streak For A
FINALLY. It was only a 5 game losing streak, but it felt like a lot more. But tonight, not Angel Hernandez, not Joe Torre, not Chris Perez, not Kyle Seager, and not the A’s themselves would be…Read More
A.J. Griffin’s Gem Puts A’s Over Yankees in Game 1
As it turned out, the game was over 16.24 seconds after it began. That was as long as it took Adam Rosales to sprint around the bases after launching CC Sabathia‘s first pitch of the game into…Read More
Some Positives in a Storm of Negatives for the Athletics
It seems like so long ago that the A’s had just completed their second sweep of the Houston Astros, and were sitting at 12-4 as they prepared to head off to Tampa Bay to take on the Rays. It didn’t…Read More
Athletics Honor 1973 World Series Champs, Play Like Chumps
I’m growing rather tired of feeling like a the world’s most pessimistic baseball fan. But…Read More
The Athletics’ Terrible Brand of Baseball Continues vs. Orioles
When I wrote a couple days ago that the Oakland Athletics were showing a disturbing trend as they repeatedly…Read More
At 12-4, the Athletics Are Set Up For Success
I have to say I’ve been surprised at how hot the Oakland Athletics have been in the early portion…Read More
The Streakin’ A’s at 5-2, Far From Perfect (Eric Sogard, Josh Donaldson I’m Talking to You)
The first two games of this young 2013 season seem like an eternity ago. When the Athletics could…Read More
Bartolo Colon Can Still Get it Done; A’s Win 4th Straight
Today marked the first time since last August that the A’s saw Bartolo Colon take the hill for…Read More
Athletics Snap Judgments as Offense Rights the Ship
It’s become almost an art form, massive overreactions based on an extraordinarily small sample…Read More
Settled Dust: Jed Lowrie Reaction
Now that the dust has settled around the Jed Lowrie trade we can reflect and begin to see what the A’s…Read More
Jed Lowrie: A Possible Malcontent in a Sea of Chemistry
I don’t know very much about Jed Lowrie other than what his stat sheet says. I know he came up…Read More
The Ballad of Chris Carter
When word of the Jed Lowrie acquisition reached Twitter, many A’s fans were taken aback by the…Read More
ZiP It! Middle Infield Edition
Okay so I lied, I said in the first edition of the ZiP It! series that the second edition would deal…Read More
Better Jed Than Dead: A’s Acquire Jed Lowrie in 5 Player Deal
Well this came out of nowhere. Just when we all thought the roster was more or less set, the Athletics…Read More

















