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Runner Up to ROY Goes to Yoenis Cespedes

I don’t think I can ever recall a time when I was even remotely excited that an Athletics player finished 2nd in the Rookie of the Year voting.  But it’s safe to say this year is different.…Read More

Yoenis Cespedes and Yu Darvish Battle For 2nd Place in ROY Voting

There is minimal suspense leading up to tomorrow’s announcement of the Rookie of the Year Awards.  Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels is all but guaranteed to win the award, and justifiably so…Read More

Would the A’s Trade Yoenis Cespedes?

With the A’s boasting an excess in outfield help, would Billy Beane and the front office ever think about trading Yoenis Cespedes? It does sound crazy, but with the A’s having plenty of options…Read More

Athletics Hope to Avoid a Parallel Postseason Nightmare

The more things change, the more they stay the same. With the A’s making their first postseason appearance in six years, many fans had hope that the success of this amazing season would carry over…Read More

Late Game Longballs Propel A’s to Sweep of Seattle

Athletics 5 – Mariners 2 From the get-go it looked like the A’s were poised to smack the Mariners around a bit on a bright sunny Sunday afternoon at the O.co Coliseum.  A Stephen Drew walk,…Read More

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A’s Take First Game of Unlikely Big Series

It’s safe to say that anyone who predicted that a 3 game series between the Oakland Athletics…Read More

The A’s Are Officially Winners

Sounds the alarms, alert the media, silence the haters!  The Oakland Athletics have officially made…Read More

Bartolo, Bats Secure Moneyball-esque Victory

In a game that very nearly, and eerily mirrored the 20th game of the remarkable 20 game win streak that…Read More

Tribe No Match For… Josh Donaldson?

The A’s fanbase as a whole let out a collective groan when Brandon Inge went on the DL with his…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

How Billy Beane and Lew Wolff Are Not Tanking the A’s

After a rather embarassing loss like the A’s endured Tuesday night against the Kansas City Royals,…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

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

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

A’s Lose 2 In A Row, How to Not Panic

So after literally the best July ever the A’s have now lost 2 games in a row, lost their first…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

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

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

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