Wait, don’t leave! I’ll behave.

Thanks AN. This was my first full season on board, and my first time in actual game threads. Enjoyed it immensely.

Been an A’s fan since the ‘80s, but just found AN this season and have read it vigorously and posted sporadically (more next year!) I’ll definitely be around, hoping to find any and all things A’s baseball to read about! Thanks to everyone for maintaining such a great online community.

I feel like I’ve learned a ton, and I look forward to doing it again next year (and, yes, this off-season).

This is a great place, hopefully I haven’t messed it up too much.

I have a white hat that I play tennis with and I also get this so called “brown spot” on my hat as well as Blanton does, it is really not that hard to understand. Your hands are dirty and the moisture creates this spot, well I guess this is for Joe Maddon as well. Just because a guy is dominanting your lineup doesn’t mean he’s juicing, or pine taring in this case. I think we can all attest that is the same Blanton we have seen in Oakland, and piggy-backing Nico’s story, he looks a whole lot better when he is pitching for a team that “keeps him in the game”.

I still wish the rays had won… but I’m happy for cupcakes!!!!
I hope all of you hang around here… during the time before the fanfest…. because I’ll be here all the time!!! :P

I’m happy for the Phillies…Stairs and Blanton especially…but even more happy for the sports-mad, title-starved Philadelphians. May that unfamiliar warm glow of satisfaction last them all the way through the Santa booing season.

I embrace the offseason. When the A’s are not in the postseason the entire playoff experience is a painful reminder for me. It fills me with a deadening anguish reminiscent of how I feel waiting in airport terminal for a long plane flight. You see, the waiting in the terminal isn’t horrible out of context, I can grab a snack, buy some reading material, plugin my ipod and people watch…but knowing that I’m waiting for a long boring flight (i.e. the off-season) makes the entire terminal experience frustrating and without joy.

I never stopped rooting for Giambi, as much as I wanted to do so….bring on the off-season!

The off-season is such an exciting time of the year for me, seeing the team take shape. Especially this year with BB saying that he’s going to improve the offense, who knows who we’ll have in the middle of our order next year or who will break out or break down. The winter meetings are right around the corner which is when things really start to get going so let’s start the countdown!

at least their bitter fanbase can be happy now and maybe not resort to assaulting 9 year old girls.

if the A’s aren’t in it.

But I’m glad to see Joe Blanton was involved with a winning team and did well. Among other things it reinforces the idea that if you trade with Billy Beane you can get a really solid starting pitcher, as opposed to the idea that if you trade with Billy Beane you’ll get swindled and end up with junk.

1. No more phunny spelling.

2. Happy for Joe and Matt, but for old man Moyer, too.

3. And for Jimmy Rollins, born in Oakland, whose hero is this guy.

4. Lest we forget, the Phillies were the forgotten ones.

5. And finally, were it not for the rain, this would have been “just another” short Series. Not one of the last five Fall Classics has even reached Game 6, and out of 35 possible contests, we’ve seen 22. That’s only two over the minimum, gANg.

First of all, I think the mind set of each team should’ve been: this is a new game; it will just be a really short one. It was really strange to have the VISITORS warm up and start the game in the field. I think Maddon made a mistake in going with a reliever to “start” last night. IMO it would’ve been better to put an actual starter on the mound to begin last night’s short game. A starter might’ve been more mentally ready to start the game.

I was bummed: even though I was hoping the Phillies would win it, I wanted to see seven games. With the exception of game 4, every game was terrific in this series.

Congrats to the city of Philadelphia and to the players, and Joe Blanton!

And hold on to your hats A’s fans! Winter is Billy’s season! Yikes!!

just after the 2004 season. As I recall even then there were lively discussions and arguments about the A’s offseason moves (especially the trade for Kendall and the sendoffs for Hudson and Mulder).

The hot stove season is usually pretty active for the A’s, and I’m looking forward to sharing it with y’all.

…but that’s OK. At the same time, I’m ready for the heart of football season and the start of college basketball season.

On a more personal note, I hope AN will not “go dead” following the World Series.

BUT WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!!

even though I joined in 2005. Let me just say, never boring! I’ve learned so much from everyone here. You guys are a part of my life.