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How the West Was Won 109

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Well, we all know that, don’t we? The Oakland Athletics gave us all one of the most memorable, thrilling and unexpected seasons ever. I loved this team, perhaps more than any I have followed because they made everybody look stupid, including you and me, for predicting them to fail miserably, while they refused to be ...

The Cherry Poppin’ Lounge 334

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Wherein Ozz loses his post virginity.Â And talks about himself in the 3rd person.

2013 – A’s 25 man roster and payroll 113

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If the season started today, we could be looking at something like this as the Athletics 25 man roster: (position – name – 2013 salary in $MM [italic is arbitration estimate])

Content Removed 189

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Dayton Moore’s newest gem 124

Dec

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Trying to put things in perspective. Any kind of perspective.

The Lounge where we laugh at the Raiders, and ourselves 426

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The Raiders, who usually toil in the relative anonymity of the Sunday afternoon network “C” game, bring a 5-game losing streak into tonight’s nationally televised public flogging at the hands of Peyton Manning and the Broncos, before a “sellout” throng at O.co Coliseum. I’m mostly trying to keep the NFL talk off of andeux’s freshly-fired ...

Thursday Grill 387

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Because the old one was getting too big. 1) McAfee caught in Guatemala. 2) Speaking of Guatemala, Mayapocalypse point and counterpoint. 3) “Stop lecturing the rest of us and, dammit, get to fking.”

Who should play SS on 2013 Oakland Athletics – a case for, but mostly against, Aledmis Diaz Serrano 39

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The new generation of Cuban talent is about to hit the MLB. The easiest way to tell that it is indeed a generation of young players is the obvious omission of the previously cool Soviet Y in their names. One of the players about to sign is a 22-year old Aledmis Diaz Serrano, a shortstop ...

Hall of Fame-PEDs use edition 77

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I want to hear the opinions A’s fans have as to the acceptance of known PED users into the HOF. I understand that this can be an emotional issue as well as a factual one. Since the vote itself is subjective, I’m not sure there can be a right answer. At what point does a ...

Nashville Grill 880

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Ah yesâ€¦the winter meetings. The second time of the year when the Heymans and Rosenthals feel validated by their career choice. Let’s see what the A’s are doing to avoid the unpleasantness of Adam Rosales at SS on opening nightâ€¦ 1. Slusser sez that Boras plans to meet with the A’s regarding Drew this week. ...