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More random musings of recovering Oakland A’s fans 393

Dec

4

2024

Well, the “Coda” thread got close to 300 comments in two months, so the ole site is still sputtering along. Nobody seems to want to talk about the A’s any more, as I noticed the trade of Nick Allen slid through with nary a remark, but the Winter Meetings impend so who knows, perhaps there ...

Games 154-162: The love you take is equal to the love you make 201

Sep

19

2024

When I was staying in Cordelia for the golf tournament in Napa this past weekend I woke up after one of those weird dreams. Not a wild alcoholic dream, because if you’re walking 36 holes a day you’re mostly avoiding alcohol. It was after the final A’s game at the Coliseum (which I won’t be ...

Games 102-122 , or, the first 21 of The Final 61* 138

Jul

22

2024

Running the table with a 61-game winning streak would produce the sixth 100-win season in Oakland history (Dick Williams 1, Tony La Russa 2, Art Howe 2). On the other end of it, 24-37 (.393) or better is required to avoid the fourth 100-loss season (Jim Marshall 1, Mark Kotsay 2). Their current winning percentage ...

Games 81-101: Winning is incredibly hard, Wash 231

Jun

23

2024

The A’s hit the halfway point of the final season on Monday in Anaheim. They’re playing the entire season series against the Angels in the next five weeks, 13 out of 28 games between two of the three sub-.400 teams in the American League. Since that glorious early May day when the A’s reached .500 ...

Games (4)20 – 40: This is what space smells like 144

Apr

18

2024

The A’s head east for a 10-game road trip starting Friday, visiting the Vogts for 3, the Yankees for 4 and then the Orioles for 3. Fisher may get a chance to see Aaron Judge hit some exciting home runs. Judge is at .183/.330/.380 through his first 88 PA of the season so he might ...

Spring training 2024, wherein Fisher and Kaval sit on a cactus 248

Feb

23

2024

The A’s open a 33-game preseason schedule on Saturday in Mesa when they take on the Colorado Rockies. That’s the first of 29 in Arizona; there are also pairs at Las Vegas Ballpark against the Brewers on March 8-9 and the usual home-and-home with the Giants on March 25-26, before Stephen Vogt brings the Guardians ...

Irritable Bowl Syndrome 154

Dec

15

2023

Another new thread to keep FK seasonably appropriate on the eve of Bowl Season. It starts tomorrow with seven games, the last of which features our local heroes Cal in Shreveport LA, a town named after an Army Corps of Engineers captain named Shreve. Cal will battle traditional rivals Texas Tech, with whom they are ...

Grilling some lame duck for a holiday feast 133

Nov

19

2023

It’s about time to take the World Series off the top headline. I don’t know how much more baseball talk there will be on FK. College football is just about over for this season so those who aren’t interested won’t have to read many more of my complaints about Justin Wilcox and Cal. There’s the ...

2023 World Series: The Battle Along the Southern Border 190

Oct

27

2023

It’s the Ted Cruzes vs. the Kyrsten Sinemas fighting it out for the right to raise that nice trophy. The Diamondbacks would be the classic example of “do what we have to do to get into the postseason and see if we can do something special once we get there”. I’ve been down on baseball ...

Arizona’s Super Bowl for the Waste Management of Puppies 415

Feb

10

2023

Quite a sports weekend for the state of Arizona, their chance to get us to associate their state with something besides oppressive heat, wingnut conspiracies, and racists. But enough about the Phoenix Suns. Speaking of whiny little bitches, it’s Puppy Bowl XIX! The roster of puppies is as adorable as ever and this year includes ...