Joined at the Hip: Sean Doolittle and James Simmons
Rewind to June 2007, it’s the the MLB Amateur Draft. The A’s just went to the ALCS where they lost to the Detroit Tigers in 2006, they have the 26th pick in the 1st round, and the 41st overall…Read More
Deja Vu All Over Again and Grant Balfour’s Meniscus
We all remember the first day of full team workouts prior to the 2012 season, Scott Sizemore‘s knee made an audible pop as he attempted to field a ground ball at third base. Everyone hoped for…Read More
ZiP It! The Bullpen Edition
It brings a tear to my eye to be writing the final installment of the ZiP It! series, but all things must pass…. This group of players is often overlooked, but they are essential to any team’s…Read More
The Logic Behind Looking Into Hideki Okajima
A few days ago Susan Slusser reported that the Oakland Athletics were showing interest in the veteran 37 year old left hander reliever Hideki Okajima, famous for his years with the Boston Red Sox. He…Read More
Santa’s Oakland A’s Naughty or Nice List: Volume 2
Last night I unveiled some unprecedented classified information when I showed you all some of Santa Claus’s notes from his famous naughty or nice list. Turns out he’s a huge baseball fan…Read More
Oh THAT Dan Straily; A’s Escape KC With Some Dignity
In his first two starts at the Major League level Dan Straily had looked like anything but the breakout…Read More
August Continues to Dog the A’s
Brandon McCarthy was on his way to a pretty solid start that would hopefully lead the A’s to an…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
Loss Against Blue Jays Raises Red Flags
More or less from the get go it appeared that this afternoon’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays…Read More
A’s Steady the Wagon, Take Game 1 Over Jays
As the A’s fans whirled themselves into a fit over the last few days as the A’s lost 2 straight…Read More
A’s Flex Muscle Over O’s
Bob Melvin put down the same names on the lineup card that he did for the A’s 16-0 throttling…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…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 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…Read More
A’s and M’s Go Extras, Reddick Sends The A’s To The All-Star Break In Walk-off Fashion
After the Athletics uncontested game against the Mariners yesterday, the Athletics went into today’s…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
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
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
A’s Bats Ignore the Humidor
Tonight’s victory was the prototypical game at lively Coors Field in Denver. The preeminent hitters…Read More





















