I expect the April 8 Opening Day roster will include 3 or 4 guys not in the A’s organization at this writing. There will likely be some out-of-options players available via waivers who are better than #25-28 on the A’s roster right now. That’s even without taking into account the Manaea and/or Montas (and Laureano?) ...

There was a time, not so very long ago, when this was my absolute favorite time on the sports calendar. Spring training underway, with bat cracks and green grass after dreary months without, and the NCAA hoops tournament, with wall-to-wall drama and socially acceptable wagering. In both cases, for me, often with actual real hopes ...

By now we’d all be tired of Spring Training games and angry about the good players being gone anyway.

It means there will be six more weeks of lockout (at least). Actually that is about my (wild) guess. Players report to spring training on March 15, season opens on April 15, lost games are just wiped out rather than rescheduled (so the A’s would lose 7 at home, 4 LAA and 3 DET, and ...

A new year deserves a new post, eventually. And so much has changed. Klay’s back in a Warriors uniform. The NFL regular season ended. The SEC Championship do-over is tonight. And the US has solved COVID, rebuilt the economy, and ended the creeping slide into fascism. OK so not everything has changed. At least the ...

First present about to arrive, for those who celebrate: Hearing The City of Oakland will be releasing the Howard Terminal EIR tomorrow morning. It will be 3500 pages. — Casey Pratt (@CaseyPrattABC7) December 16, 2021