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As the first openly homosexual baseball player, Oakland-born Glenn Burke was about 35 years ahead of the times.

The SB Nation team provides an update on the performance issues around the network.

Brandon Moss was an unknown last year, and many called him a fluke. Here, we take a look at his plate discipline stats in order to see how his approach has changed since last year (if at all).

What kind of pitching have the A's faced during their recent cold streak? I take a look at it in this article.

With the Texas Rangers coming to town for a 3-game series, I asked Adam J Morris of Lone Star Ball three burning questions about the team's new cast of characters. Four. Four questions. Here is what he had to say!

Over the past week or two, some of the A's top prospects have really been on the rise. Choice and Gray have been coming into their own at Sacramento. And members of last year's draft class like Russell, Robertson and Olson have been heating up too.

With six weeks of baseball in the books, we've had time to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the roster. Mid-May is a good time to start tweaking things on the margins, by removing under-performing players in favor of more promising ones.

The 2013 season has been, to this point, a remarkable referendum on the belief that a team can parlay success out of big spending.

The A's are 3-7 since beating the Angels in dramatic fashion.