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Dallas Braden and the Mothers of Invention 157

I’m expecting great things today. I am enough of an egotist to believe that the headline from today’s Slusser A’s Beat notes is not a random coincidence: Bullpen gets Seat Upgrade. Casey Chavez, watch out…I am a far better choice to inherit the dominion of the sainted Brandon Buckley than you will ever be. Frank ...

Sheets = Chavez: Game 31, A’s vs Rays 26

Sheets gives the lead right back. 2-2 in the 2nd.

It’s a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world (haircut & book club) 61

Game 30: A’s vs. Tampa Bay 35

Gio Gonzalez and David Price were born less than one month apart. By the time Price was drafted, Gio had already been traded for an all-star…twice.

May 7th, 2010, The Grill, LLC 84

Vlad, when I grow up, I wanna be you. – Josh Hamilton Nobody ever says I wanna be a junkie when I grow up.

Some miscellaneous stats, one month in 54

1. Some former A’s hitters a) the good?!: Scott Hairston .250/.348/.500 Bobby Crosby .289/.400/.421 Carlos Gonzalez .317/.340/.475 Marco Scutaro .288/.368/.396 Jason Kendall .292/.370/.354 Dan Johnson (AAA) .307/.424/.556 b) the bad: Milton Bradley .214/.313/.371 Orlando Cabrera .257/.292/.376 Aaron Cunningham (AAA) .242/.289/.385 c) the ugly: Jason Giambi .095/.375/.143 Mark Kotsay .146/.226/.271 Mike Sweeney .172/.273/.172 Eric Byrnes .094/.237/.156 ...

Colby Lewis *can* lose: Game 29 A’s vs Rangers 37

A’s already up 2-0 after 1-1/2. Cahill vs Lewis.

Non-link grill 63

Just a few numbers for you all. TEAM YTDW YTDpW YTDbsrW ROSttW projW OAK  81   82    77      81     81 LAA  69   59    59      89     86 TEX  84   87    76      91     90 SEA  69   75    75      87     84 YTDW = simple extrapolation of year-to-date winning percentage over 162 games YTDpW = simple extrapolation of year-to-date winning ...

Tedious rehash of the attendance “issue” 21

Ah, geez. Shea never disappoints, does he? I mean, I guess this tedious rehash of the attendance “issue” is serviceable enough, in an obligatory-base-touching/written-for-people-who-have-never-paid-attention-to-the-issue/J-school-identikit way, but, really, what’s in here that we haven’t heard a million times from every conceivable side (surprised there were no San Jose or Magowan quotes) over the last 5 years? ...

Game 28: A’s vs. Rangers 61

Mazzaro v. Feldman