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The End of the Kurt Suzuki Era
As we eagerly await the Major League debut of stud prospect Dan Straily tonight against the Toronto Blue Jays, news has broken that Kurt Suzuki has been dealt to the Washington Nationals in exchange for…Read More
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
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
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 was going to be the only Athletics player capable of hitting Roy Oswalt. That’s because…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 game was laughable. This season is different in so many ways, the A’s lineup is littered with…Read More
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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
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
Will The A’s Say Goodbye To Kurt Suzuki?
The time has come. The A’s and Kurt Suzuki need to finally part ways with each other. Oakland’s…Read More
A’s Snakebitten By Trevor Cahill
Tonight’s game was shaping up to be a pretty exciting pitchers duel between two talented young…Read More
Rangers Double Up A’s in 6-3 Win
Travis Blackley has not recorded a win in the Major Leagues since 2004 with the Seattle Mariners. While…Read More
CJ Wilson Miserably Fails to No-Hit A’s in 5-0 Win
The A’s certainly showed Angels how it’s done tonight. What exactly they showed them probably…Read More
A’s Get Their Freak On, Avoid Sweep
This is what we were waiting for. The “woeful” A’s finally put some “points…Read More
Tigers Return Favor, Drop Rivercats 3-1 (I mean…)
When I first saw the lineup the A’s were trotting out at the Coliseum today against the Detroit…Read More
All About Brandon, A’s Drop Tigers 3-1
This week has been a pretty good week if you play for the A’s, and your name is Brandon. Today…Read More
Poll: Could The A’s Trade Kurt Suzuki?
This season, no one is safe. Well, almost no one. The Athletics are a team not expected to compete in…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
What Is In A Projection – Part 1 – Hitters
This is the first part of a two-part series in which we look at the 2012 season for the Athletics. Today…Read More
A’s 2012 Diagnosis: More Rebuilding, More Frustration
I’ll just say it. The Oakland Athletics have absolutely no shot at competing next year in the…Read More
A Closer Look: Derek Norris
Over the next couple of days Swingin’ A’s will take a closer look at some of the prospects…Read More
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