Just in case I’m not the only person who’s going to spoil a lovely spring Saturday late afternoon with A’s baseball, here’s your open thread. No changes to the lineup. Slusser reports that Sweeney and Powell will start tomorrow; however, the weather forecast for Minneapolis tomorrow isn’t terribly promising. A little fun with SSS with ...

Standard lineup, with Ellis back and Kz playing 3rd. Coco Barton DDJ Willingham Matsui Suzuki Ellis Kz Pennington Also, too: shut up MikeA.

Game starts at 9:30 am. A’s have some weird start times on this road trip….tomorrow at Minnie starts at 1:10 PDT (3:10 CST). What kind of game starts at 3:00 local time? No Ellis today–inner ear problem. And not only can he not play today, he may not be able to fly after the game. ...

Four games into the season, the Athletics find themselves four games out of first place in the AL West, as the Rangers completed a sweep of their opening homestand by beating Felix Hernandez this afternoon. Having failed to negotiate the Hot Corner, grotesquely twisted wreckage is all that remains of Kz’s opening week. The grisly ...

Jo-jo Reyes, Your Life Is Calling vs Our Favorite Twitterererer Geren goes all-righty — no Matsui, no Cliffy, Iron Foot Willingham at DH. Slusser sez Cliffy’s fine. Crisp Barton CoJax LF Willingham DH Ellis DDJ Zk Kz LaRoche SS Zip-zip bottom 2

Rumor has it the A’s strategy is to try to blind the Mariners today, as Gio will choose the gold alternate jerseys under the sunshine. Hey grover, we need you to get this thing turned around. Lineup: CF Crisp, 1B Barton, RF DeJesus, LF Willingham, DH Matsui, C Suzuki, 2B Ellis, 3B Kz, SS Pennington. ...

Anderson vs Vargas Slusser sez lineup is same as last night — Zk put 1 km of tape on his ankle and browbeat Geren. JP & I are on BART en route to the Value Deck.

Cahill vs Felix Crisp Barton DDJ Willingham Matsui Suzuki Ellis Kz Cliffy Notable FKvorites Milton, Cust, and Langerhans batting 3, 4, and 7 for the M’s. The top half of their lineup is quasi-respectable. The bottom half is … not.