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Heâ€™s David Eckstein tough 113

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Wolff hires 360 Architecture to design SJ A’s stadium and Earthquakes stadium. ML’s take. Hunh. I read this and … well, what Neil said. Another perspective on MLB revenue sharing. (TL;DNR) Your Oakland Athletics: the statistical sad clown of baseball Fascinating interview about an unexpected innovation in bat design Your daily Smart Tony/Good Colby update

A’s vs M’s g2 8

Sep

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Braden vs Fister. Hermida up and starting, Rajai in CF for Crisp … And the A’s figure out a new way to avoid scoring …

Back to work, you! 54

Sep

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andeux bait: one, two I think LB is Glennkenny Glenn Kenny’s mystery friend 12-year-olds, Dude Jose Guillen’s first game with the A’s Jay. Payton. Yeeeeeeesh. Between BO defending the Raiderized field and ML defending Crywolffisher’s profit-taking, it’s getting harder to take anyone on any side of the ballpark issue seriously The Rangers haven’t been doing ...

Long weekend Grill and games thread 73

Sep

3

2010

When mikeV met sal: Otter pops! Monkey + kitten As a Melanin-Challenged-American, I find this offensive No, Matt, Olive Garden is not better than you care to admit (Starbucks would have been a much better example) Tonight: A’s vs Slegna 7:05 PT Gio vs Kazmir Saturday: A’s vs Slegna 1:10 PT BFA vs Weaver Sunday: ...

Grilled Game Thread 090210 91

Sep

2

2010

We’ll just feed two birds with one crumb, as the hippies in Santa Cruz say, since we’ve got AM baseball from the Bronx starting in about 45 minutes. My dad’s default answer to “whatever happened to” baseball player questions has always been “he’s driving a beer truck somewhere.” This apparently was either actually true, or ...

A’s at Yankees g3 8

Sep

1

2010

A’s behind early again. But AJ Burnett kind of sucks, so there’s still some hope. AJ Burnett kind of sucks, but has struck out four of our hitters in two innings, so we’re doomed.

Tommy Everidge will be our secret weapon in the playoffs 80

Sep

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2010

That’s all I’ve got. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to September.

A’s at Yankees g2 37

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It’s the 18th anniversary of Jose Canseco being pulled from the on-deck circle in a game at the Coliseum, so trades do happen on August 31. I’m looking at Brad Ziegler’s place in the A’s bullpen, with 7 appearances for a total of 6 innings in the month of August, plus Slusser’s disclosure that the ...

Things can just be allowed to be dirtier 102

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KOTD Happ shittens Oh, no, no, no, no. Iâ€™ve got 34 goats that depend on me daily. I couldnâ€™t be away that long. In law school, I played tambourine for the Frilly Judicial Ascots MM Spoiled Bastard, for those of you who watch (we seem to have abandoned the standalone post) You know where you ...

A’s at Yankees g1 28

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Crisp CF, Barton 1B, Suzuki C, Cust DH, Kouzmanoff 3B, Ellis 2B, Larish LF, Davis RF, Pennington SS BFA vs Moseley