This afternoon’s game thread is in honor of the legendary Dock Ellis, who wore #36 during his rather sad seven-start tenure with Charlie’s woeful 1977 A’s (he was removed in the first inning twice and made it to the fifth inning just three times before the cash-starved Finley sold him to Texas at the June ...
My ambivalence about the A’s is at levels not seen for decades. Yet still, I hate the fucking Red Sox. Boston has not yet scratched the surface of the despair I hope their 2015 holds in store. Fuck the Red Sox. Warriors up eight after the first quarter, but it’s a hard fought lead. Memphis ...
I have had a remarkable history of never getting called in for jury duty, held intact through last night but now I have to check in again in a few minutes to see if I go in this afternoon. So I figured I would jinx myself by creating this new grill. The pitchforks are coming. ...
I always feel like I’m committing some kind of social faux pas when I post a game thread before the game actually starts, but that’s how I roll. I get “fashionably  late” – nobody wants to be the first to arrive – but, heck, if you want me to show up at 8:45 don’t ask me to ...
Tonight’s tilt at Safeco Field features the listing Athletics against the club that is clearly the most disappointing in the American League in the first month, the Seattle Mariners. One of these teams will be at least 7 games under .500 at the end of the weekend. The Mariners are 5-17 in games not started ...
I almost forgot we had a day game. It is sprinkling and overcast in the central valley-a perfect day to have some coffee and Irish Cream while we watch the A’s take on the Twins.