The white Sox players seem to think they are playing the American Football. 79, 74, 33, 46, etc. Anyway, Matt Chapman is aces at all but the shoe game. Sir, Gold is an accent, not a primary color.

I Don’t think there are any relievers left, Brett Anderson v Kikichi Bassitt v Marco Gonzales Mengden v TBA The Mariners can’t seem to lose. This has all the hallmarks of a grim series leaving a bad tast going into 5 days without a baseball game. 1-9 The Mariners have hot bats that haven’t made ...

When I think of Twins, I think of boobs…so here are a whole bunch of pictures of boobs! Oh wait, all that “NSFW” crap…yawn. OK, I’ll just post one picture of boobs. This slightly saggy pair is 55 years old today…Happy Birthday! The Twins have a hell of a team this year. Not too many ...

The A’s start the second (mathematically) half of the season in the OC, against an of Anaheim team that, has been hanging around .500, and recently got back Justin Upton and Andrelton Simmons. Their pitching is not very good (a little worse than ours) but they should not be underestimated. Game 1 features Griffin Canning ...

It doesn’t feel like the A’s are exactly “hot” (I mean, losing two of three to the Mariners, and then an Orioles series), but they are a respectable 10-6 over the last 16 including that 6-4 on the brutal road trip. We now head into the final 16 before the All-Star Break, trying to figure ...

Comment here on the remaining 2/3 of of a three-game set in St. Pete against the AL East leading Rays.

I have a while between flights here in Vegas so I’ll put up an early weekend thread. It figures I’d be the one who gets a flight with a soccer team: “Reno 1868 FC” on the Reno to Vegas leg. I think that’s some AAA-equivalent league below MLS; they play in the Reno Aces ballpark. ...

On the upside d’Anaheim had to fly to Wrigley yesterday for a one game makeup while the Oakland lads are fresh. On the downside Grossman and Profar appear to have the keys to Bob’s starting lineup pen. "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of ...

“How does Houston hope to defeat me? Allied as I am with the imbecile, the contemptible, and the promiscuous fucking insane.” Fiers, Anderson, Bassitt; assign the descriptors to taste. George Hearst The Houston Astros swagger into our one-horse town, foreboding, powerful, a step ahead, holding all the cards. By which of course I mean: Deadwood ...

Remember when the A’s had the Big Three and the Anaheims had starters like Lackey, Washburn and Santana and a shutdown bullpen (except for the occasional sulk-off)? Man, have times changed at the Big A. Matt Harvey, an $11M band-aid for this season, has been horrible and after serving up 4 homers in 2-2/3 innings ...