The A’s and Tigers are two of the eight teams playing on Thursday (straight doubleheader, 12:37 p.m.). Six of them had games moved to Thursday due to lockout rescheduling; the Giants and Dodgers were originally scheduled for the Thursday post-All-Star ESPN special. There’s quite a bit more star power on display at Dodger Stadium tonight ...

Was 103,000° in Arlington today. Forecast high 105,000° tomorrow, 104,000° Weds. Kind of makes you miss the outdoor games of recent past, if you’re a misanthrope like me who secretly hates all these people. Updated for Houston: 890,000° Fri 7/15, 940,000° Sat 7/16, 980,000° Sunday 7/17. Then the sweet peace of death three days off. ...

and Vimael Machin is our leadoff hitter.

If we must have these, obviously I would prefer the mainly-blue to the mainly-red. Oh well. The caps are scheduled to be worn for the Friday through Sunday games (and also the home game on Monday). The A’s limp to the midpoint of the season with a four-game holiday weekend series in Seattle. I hear ...

Today my Yankee fan boss pitied me. This is the lowest moment yet. "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."

The Athletics take their sparking 15-20 road record to Kansas City. Fri, 5:10 PDT: Greinke vs. Irvin Sat 1:10 PDT: Keller vs. Koenig Sun 11:10 PDT: Singer vs. Kaprielian

Sure, the A’s are rightly marking 2022 as the 50th anniversary of their most iconic squad, the 1972 Mustache Gang, the Hairs to Cincinnati’s Squares, the first World Title ever brought to Oakland. But today is another 50 year anniversary. In the wee morning hours of June 17, 1972, a young black security guard named ...

Sixty three was the stinker we all expected. Sixty Four is Kaprielian v Wincowski. I don’t know who that is. But I am sure he is great and his 12.00 ERA is not reflective of his prospect status. I am also happy to not have to hear over and over about Mr Kaprielian was at ...

The 2022 Ray Fosse Memorial Series continues and concludes with four games in beautiful downtown Cleveland’s Progressive Field. The Indi Guardians swept three at the Coliseum at the end of April, so the A’s must reciprocate with a sweep of their own to take home the Fosse Cup, which is of course one of Ray’s ...