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The Oakland Revolving Door Strikes Again

The A’s added to their minor league pitching depth recently with claims of Danny Otero from the New York Yankees and Josh Stinson from the Milwaukee Brewers. Unfortunately, this meant that two players…Read More

Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow: A’s Cut Blackley, Barton; Option Norberto

We knew that as Opening Day drew closer the A’s would be forced to make some difficult decisions when paring down their roster to the requisite 25.  Unfortunately you can’t stash everyone…Read More

In Conclusion: The Oakland Athletics and the Cactus League

No that’s not the howling wind of a late March rain storm you hear outside.  It’s not even the sound of the Athletics team charter preparing to descend to the runway at the Oakland International…Read More

The Dog Days of March and What’s Left to Determine

Normally as the month of March moves into its 20′s, just about everyone who plays, watches, listens, or pays any attention to Spring Training baseball is desperately ready for it to end.  For the…Read More

His Bad: Blackley Implodes, Giants Beat Athletics 13-9

When you have an outing like Travis Blackley did, I think the appropriate hashtag might have to be “#cantwin.”  But that’s okay, get as many of the outings like this out of his system…Read More

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A’s Get Their First Win of 2013, Beat Angels 7-5

Well, it wasn’t exactly the Angels team that shelled out tons of cash this offseason and last that…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…Read More

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…Read More

A’s 3-1 Victory Sets Stage For Massive Game 162

Not that there was any doubt that the Oakland Athletics had their sights set on the AL West even after…Read More

Unsung Heroes Clinch Series Win Over Indians

What makes this season so incredible for the Oakland Athletics is the fact that in essentially every…Read More

Too Much Pitching, A Good Problem To Have

As Brett Anderson prepares to return to the Major Leagues for the first time since last season, the…Read More

White Sox, Dislocated Shoulders No Match For A’s

Last night the A’s got a little dose of revenge on behalf of the American League (And the Dodgers)…Read More

Turnabout Is Fair Play, Sox Walk Off On A’s

A big part of what has brought the A’s back to relevance this season is not only their shocking…Read More

McCarthy Is Back For Series Opener Against The Chicago White Sox

The Oakland Athletics are coming off of their first rest day in 16 days and a homestand where they went…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

Lucky 13! A’s Walk Off in 15th Inning on Coco Sac Fly

Call it whatever you want, but the A’s have it.  That little flair for the dramatic that has led…Read More

A’s Let the Good Times Roll… Over the Orioles

There are just so many things going the A’s way these days it’s hard to keep track of them.…Read More

Blackley, Bats Keep Blue Jays in Their Nest

Many teams would be riding high after a dramatic sweep, only to experience a let down in the series that…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,…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