Baseball’s postseason commences A’slessly, affording us the chance to choose which of the other teams we dislike least, and then to be mildly disappointed when they lost to the most dislikable ones. I don’t give any of these road dogs much chance but I do like the new best-of-three format. Other holiday weekend sports offerings ...

Lollapalooza is going on in Chicago and so is a baseball series with a team from Oakland. Billy Strings played yesterday after Tove Lo, and one of them did not show their nipples. When he started with some straight up bluegrass you could tell the audience was whiplashed after her pop hits, but eventually he ...

This weekend I thought “Maybe it’s the oxygenation talking, but lately these games don’t seem so painful, I should buy a ticket,” then ugly memories of recent Houston visits came flooding back, so no. Still, even a short stretch of better A’s baseball did elicit in me a ticket-buying impulse. Make note, franchise brain trust. ...

It’s too damn hot everywhere except the A’s bat rack. I have $5. No I don\'t.

In case you didn’t see it hidden in the comments, there is a sign-up sheet for the front row seats for the 2022 season here. Add your name to one of the requester columns for all dates you want – even if someone else already has – since this will be a 2-step process, first ...

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 ...

A’s reach the midpoint of the season with a home midweek three-gamer against the Rangers. It begins on the anniversary of Dave Stewart’s no-hitter, 6/29/1990 in Toronto, backed by a Dave Henderson longball and Rickey’s customary bludgeoning of the Jays. This is a great recap. Stew was amazing in his prime from 1987 to 1990, ...