They have showers and everything. Bassitt Irvin and TBD vs three righties. "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
Naming conventions have changed. It used to be writers and fans nicknamed teams, That’s how we got boring ones like sock color, “athletics” or “phillies.” I never cared for the tough names like raptors or jaguars or knights (golden or otherwise). Whoever named the Padres really knocked it out of the park with the “scariest ...
The World Famous Linda’s Doll Hut in Anaheim is noted mostly for beginnings. Its where SLF and I met while her band was playing. (A better trailer for the doll hut) The Marte era begins. I really think this will be the last watchable A’s baseball for a while. 6 down to houston, 2 up ...
The A’s open a three-city, ten-game West Coast road trip with four in T-Mobile Park. It’s a great chance to remind the Mariners that they haven’t seen postseason play since 2001 and should make it 20 straight seasons this year. The pitching by most measures is around major league average to slightly below, but on ...
We may be taking on water. Everyone may be more focused on a city council meeting tomorrow. I may not be able to watch. But damnit we will have a series thread. Ohtani-Irvin Suarez-Kaprielian Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it? -Steve McCatty
I just don’t know who any of those guys are. Ray Fosse now gets one rambling stream of non sequiturs to start each half-inning. Glen calls flies like he’s not allowed to attend home games either. "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no ...
The A’s head into the ASB with a 52-40 record which honestly isn’t too different from their usual records during contending years at this point in time. So why do things feel more dire? I would say a lot has to do with the overall negativity around the stadium issue/relocation. jeffro with a positive spin ...
Oakland heads to the shed for the last series before the break. Irvin vs. Jordan Lyles, Fri 5:05 Kaprielian vs. Foltynewicz, Sat 1:05 Bassitt vs. Kolby Allard, Sun 11:35 We miss Kyle Gibson again, but Allard is also having a good year, and Foltynewicz has had two good starts against us.