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Elephant Rumblings: Conflicting Reports, Extensions, and Irony Jerseys

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A’s Rebuild: A Performance In 3 Waves

First of all, thanks to everyone who expressed their concern around Cindi’s trip to the ER. She broke a nail and discovered that...

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Elephant Rumblings: Yankees Soured On Doolittle

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Oakland A’s sign Chris Carter

The Oakland A’s have signed designated hitter Chris Carter, reports Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports. The 30-year-old slugger will report to Triple-A Nashville,...

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Game #95: Bats Come Alive as A’s Win 7-2

***Click here to review today’s game thread*** During trade season, when rebuilding teams and fanbases are (rightly perhaps) focused on the trade market,...

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Elephant Rumblings: New team in mix for Sonny Gray?

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Game Thread #95: A’s vs. Rays

Good afternoon folks! Hope you’re having a wonderful day at work or school or wherever you may be. There aren’t many true “firsts”...

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Tracking the deadline: What do Tuesday’s deals mean for the A’s?

The hot stove is hot! Here’s what last nights moves mean for the A’s. Diamondbacks acquire J.D. Martinez from Tigers It’s a bit...

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Game #94: Chris Smith Does it Again, But So Does Casilla

First up, here is the link to the game thread. You can see the exact moment all of our souls were crushed, if...

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Game Thread #94: A’s vs. Rays

Howdy all! I’ve been in trade mode all day, constantly monitoring AN, Twitter, and Reddit for the inevitable Gray and Alonso trades. If...

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Patience a necessary virtue for fans of the Oakland A’s

Some more thoughts on the A’s recent trade. Trades are hard to evaluate Scouts have an incredibly difficult job, and truth be told...

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Elephant Rumblings: Trade Rumors, Sonny’s Transformation, and Trolls

Trade Rumors: MLB.com’s Jon Morosi reports that Yonder Alonso has been the source of “ongoing trade discussions” between the Yankees and A’s. No deal...

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If Baseball is a Business then the Customer Service Sucks!

If baseball is a business, then their customer service sucks! At least in Oakland this month this is, and will be, the case....

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Oakland A’s prospect watch: Jake Sanchez out for year from Triple-A bullpen

UPDATE: Welp never mind, didn’t see this before I finished writing this post: Bad injury news down-on-the-farm for the #Athletics: promising reliever Jake...

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Game 93: A’s Bats are Silent and Fall to Rays

It was a rough night for Bruce Maxwell behind the plate tonight. It started with a hard shot foul-tip off of Brad Miller’s...