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Spring training 2024, wherein Fisher and Kaval sit on a cactus 139

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 150

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

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 189

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 414

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 ...

The early World Cup bar and grill, wherein half of the pool is thanked and excused 395

Today being the non-tender deadline, with the final list available after 5 p.m. Pacific, we can put the forgettable 2022 season behind us and start looking ahead to what one hopes will be a bit more uplifting A’s season in 2023. MLB.com has a list of some of the more prominent non-tender candidates. Maybe Emilio ...

10 days: The roster scramble grill 212

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?) ...

March Sadness Grill 248

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 ...

Cactus Free Grill 262

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

Groundhog Day grill: Rob Manfred sees his shadow 255

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 ...