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Homestand 2: Four-letter words 240

Apr

14

2023

Yes, this A’s team brings out the expletives. Now it’s Mets and Cubs. They visit on a quick six-game homestand, hoping to feast on the Athletics and their league-worst 3-10 record. In a quirk of the new schedule, by the end of the month the A’s will have hosted more teams from the National League ...

GDTRFB #1: Tampa Bay and Baltimore 146

Apr

7

2023

Emphasis on the “FB”, I’m afraid. Don’t want to be treated this-a-way, but that’s how it goes some seasons. First off, the A’s are going where the climate suits my clothes, in April anyway, for three in the hideous Trop. The weather really is nice in Florida in April, not too humid, not too hot, ...

Homestand 1 – Angels & Guardians 241

Mar

30

2023

A stuttering start, with an off day between Opening Day and the weekend’s two afternoon games against the Angels, and another after the Guardians leave town and the A’s head to Florida.

Arizona’s Super Bowl for the Waste Management of Puppies 415

Feb

10

2023

Quite a sports weekend for the state of Arizona, their chance to get us to associate their state with something besides oppressive heat, wingnut conspiracies, and racists. But enough about the Phoenix Suns. Speaking of whiny little bitches, it’s Puppy Bowl XIX! The roster of puppies is as adorable as ever and this year includes ...

End of something, beginning of something 223

Dec

25

2022

I figured it’s time to put the World Cup to rest and start a new thread as the days start to get longer and we start to anticipate pitchers and catchers reporting. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’ve indulged in the schadenfreude of listening to Giants fans bemoan the off-season signing ...

The early World Cup bar and grill, wherein half of the pool is thanked and excused 395

Nov

18

2022

Today being the non-tender deadline, with the final list available after 5 p.m. Pacific, we can put the forgettable 2022 season behind us and start looking ahead to what one hopes will be a bit more uplifting A’s season in 2023. MLB.com has a list of some of the more prominent non-tender candidates. Maybe Emilio ...

High Hopes for the 2022 World Series 176

Oct

28

2022

Here’s a highlight from a previous postseason meeting between these two, in the 1980 National League Championship Series in the Astrodome. Howard Cosell’s cackles, twice, at Pete Rose’s hit on Bruce Bochy “right in the choppers” (that’s Don Drysdale) seem, well, a little out of place today. First pitch of all games is scheduled for ...

The real wild card is the division of the league championship enemies we made along the way 224

Oct

7

2022

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 ...

Games 160-162: And now, the end is near, and so we face the final curtain 150

Oct

3

2022

The standings that matter: Nationals 55-104 Away vs. Mets Athletics 57-102 Home vs. Angels Reds 60-99 Home vs. Cubs Pirates 60-99 Home vs. Cardinals The Nationals finished 26-55 at home; the worst the A’s could do is 26-54. The schedule, and it should be noted that the pitching schedule can be fluid in these final ...

154-5-6-7-8-9: Don’t Judge until you’ve snapped a 21-year anal bead drought 67

Sep

27

2022

The A’s are in Anaheim but the real news is in: * Toronto, where Aaron Judge sits restlessly on 60 homers, forcing Roger Maris Jr to leep attending baseball games; and * The chess-o-sphere, where fiery Grandmaster beef just keeps getting hotter. Kape A.Mart and Swervin vs Sandoval (not the fat one) Lorenzen (not the ...