Athletics
Elephant Rumblings: Sonny Scratched and Melvin’s Thousandth
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Game #104: A’s Walk Off for Melvin’s 1000th Win
The skies were clear but the mood was Gray entering tonight’s game. News broke before first pitch that Sonny’s next start would be...
Bob Melvin wins 1,000th game as MLB manager
The Oakland A’s beat the Twins on Saturday, giving skipper Bob Melvin his 1,000th career victory as an MLB manager. Over half of...
Game Thread #104: Athletics vs Twins
If the latest trade news has got you down, luckily there is more to baseball than the trades. Unfortunately, it has been more...
Elephant Rumblings: Weird Trades, More Rumors, and the New CBA
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Sonny Gray mock bidding war – Part two: Chicago Cubs
This is a simulation completely inspired by Rob Huff of Bleed Cubbie Blue. See his piece here, of mock trade discussions between the...
Game #103: Put a Tent on this Circus
You know wasn’t especially fun this Friday night? Watching the A’s play baseball. Yes, it was a gorgeous Bay Area night. Yes, the...
Game Thread #103: Oakland Athletics vs. Minnesota Twins
Happy Friday and welcome to another exciting night of Athletics baseball. Oh, fine, I’ll be honest; it was a complete crapfest this week,...
Series Preview: Big Sexy Returns
There probably wouldn’t be much push back if everyone agreed to just not discuss what happened over that last atrocious road trip. The...
Gray Area: Blogfather’s Recommended Route
I have little doubt that Sonny Gray will be dealt in the next 100 hours, but that means I believe some team will...
Can Oakland A’s do better than Santiago Casilla in 9th inning?
The rebuilding Oakland A’s are comfortably in last place in late July, and so at this point their closer position doesn’t matter too...
Game #102: A’s lose Ump Show 8-4
Well, this was “fun.” The scoring began early. To start the first, Matt Joyce walked, Marcus Semien singled, (Yonder Alonso K’ed) Khris Davis...
Game Thread #102: A’s at Blue Jays
In this week’s installment of Baseball for Breakfast, we’ve got Sean Manaea looking to extend his streak of pretty-good-but-not-always-quality starts. In his last...
