our guys send up: Burns he’ll be in center; Semien, need to keep the error streak going; Reddick, try not to pinch hit for him, bob; Zobrist, Still not buying his defense; Vogt, no position for him today; lawrie, I wonder if he can get to max energy with all the red bull drinking time ...

*one of a very few major league game threads to originate in Hibbing, MN and Grand Forks, ND In the lineup: Burns, CF; Reddick, RF; Zobrist, 2B; Vogt, C; Butler, DH; Lawrie, 3B; Muncy, 1B; Semien, SS; Fuld, LF On the mound: Hahn In the bullpen: “I don’t know,’’ Abad said Wednesday. “I come to ...

After the triumphant 6-0 road trip, the A’s return home to continue their dominance in Oakland this season. Today for the major’s best team, the manager decides to mix up the line up. Burns, REDDICK, Zobrist Vogt, butler, lawrie, canha, sogard, semien. Sonny Gray takes the mound. Nick Martinez for the rangers (no beltre, but ...

A’s have a typical lineup with Voght playing first and zobrist not playing at all

Thus far, it isn’t going well.

  The stinky Sox have already got a run, but as Steph Curry shows us, it isn’t how you start, it’s how you finish.  

Burns 8, Zobrist 4, Vogt 3, Butler DH, Reddick 9, Lawrie 5, Sogard 6, Phegley 2, Fuld 7. Jesse “the Dynasty” Hahn 1. "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."

Burns, Zobrist, Vogt, Butler, Reddick, Lawrie, Semien, Canha. Keebs in support of Sonny Gray. Let’s go, Oakland.