Athletics
Game #118: A’s Ride Long Ball, Down Orioles 9-3
***Check out today’s Game Thread*** The Orioles started quickly but Oakland was the big winner in the end. After conceding in each of...
Game Thread #118: Orioles at A’s
Happy Sunday A’s fans! Today’s match-up features a pair of crafty, enigmatic right-handers – Kendall Graveman and Jeremy Hellickson. Both have shown flashes...
Game Thread #117: Athletics vs Orioles
The A’s and Orioles have split the first two games of this four game series. The A’s offense hasn’t taken advantage of the...
Game #117: Manaea is Not Right
It ain’t over till it’s over. Unless a probably injured or fatigued Sean Manaea is set to start despite his fastball being four...
Eyeball Scout: Peering At Maxwell, Chapman, Semien
The Eyeball Scout is pleased to note that we are breeding eyeball scouts younger and younger these days. As an example, our newest...
Game #116: A’s come back in 8th to beat Orioles 5-4
During the dog days of a rebuilding season, one of the nice things to see from your young team is perseverance. On Friday...
Ranking the Oakland A’s nicknames
The Athletics, from Philadelphia to Oakland, have a rich history of nicknames. Longtime skipper and owner Cornelius McGillicuddy mercifully went by Connie Mack,...
Game #115: Rocky start for Smith ends in 7-2 loss
Is the Chris Smith magic over? Will he never win as a starter? Quite possibly, unfortunately. Tim Beckham led off the game with...
Simon Castro, the A’s next good reliever
Baseball is a stupid sport. Take Zack Cozart, excellent shortstop. Prior to being excellent shortstop Zack Cozart, he was not very good shortstop...
Why are we here?
Tuesday, August 8, 2017 It’s a weird way to voluntarily spend a few hours of your weeknight, when you have to get up...
Game #113: Always with the Leonys Martin
So Leonys Martin is definitely the new Johnny Giavotella. He hit that back-breaking walkoff home run against Ryan Madson last year, and he...
Oakland A’s youth movement takes step forward with Yonder Alonso trade
It still hurts every time. We’re accustomed to it by now, our All-Stars being traded year after year, but seeing the official headline...
Elephant Rumblings: Yonder, Gossett, and the Prospects…
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