June ← 2017 ← FREE KRAUT!

Bartololess “Braves” 46

Foltynwitz v Gray Dickey v Blackburn (who?) Teheran v Manaea I hear the braves have matt kemp? maybe dale murphy? um… Uh. Juan uribe? Gary sheffeld? have no idea

Not Yet Losing in Houston 75

Manaea has worked out of trouble in every inning, to hold on to an early 1-0 lead vs. Mike Fiers. Evan Gattis has 12 doubles this year, 6 of them against Oakland. W: Hahn/David Paulino Th: Cotton/Peacock

Welcome to the show Franklin Barreto 33

Gossett vs. Shields Franklin Barreto making his MLB debut at second and batting 7th.

The inaugural trip to Guaranteed Rate Field 80

Yes, the mediocrity on the South Side has been lovingly renamed through the 2029 season. Friday at 5:10: Jharel Cotton vs. Mike Pelfrey Saturday at 11:10 11:30: Daniel Gossett vs. James Shields Sunday at 11:10: Sonny Gray vs. Derek Holland

Walk Among Us 272

Sonny Gray with a live audition tuesday v some guy manaea v fiers hahn v some other guy for the matinee

Judge-ment Day: the FKing Yankees come to Oakland 341

Scapegoat – thy name is Curt Young. I’d ask Trevor to not let the door hit him in the ass on the way out, but only because I want him to hold it open for some of our other “veterans” who we can only hope are next. Apparently, Aaron Judge is too tall for the ...

Sweep With the Fishes 153

There are actually still fish alive in that backstop. Cotton vs. Ureña Gossett! v. Volquez

Draft Day 2017 81

I haven’t been around much lately but I’ve enjoyed draft day discussions with you all in the past, Draft starts at 3pm, with the first 36 picks today. A’s have picks 6 and 33 today. Even hours before the draft it remains very unclear who’s going where. BA is speculating that the A’s may have ...

I like FloRida. Moms Need Rap Too. 262

While our temporary Florida Man pregames with his haul from Publix, I thought we could use an early game thread to complain about the A’s. Mark Canha’s batting average got low (low, low, low, low, low, low, low) and he is on his way back to Nashville. Welcome to the big leagues Jaycob Brugman! I’ve ...

Blame Canada, Blame Canada 373

Our heroic Athletics defend the honor of America against invaders from the north as the Toronto Blue Jays come to the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum. Canada, known primarily for maple syrup, universal health care, and the McKenzie Brothers will send their best to battle our boys. I’ve posted the starting pitching match ups in invisible ink so ...