Yesterday, Tim DeBlock and I figuratively sat down and exchanged questions about the Astros and A's. We talked Trogdor, Peacock, Crisp, team ownership, 2011 draft, and Jose Altuve. Enjoy!
Did I mention that the A's are playing the Astros starting on Friday? They could use some Houston-style cooking, hopefully after they polish off the Boomstick. via cdn3.sbnation.com S...
Alex Hall goes on the Phil Naessens Show to talk about Jarrod Parker, Dan Straily, Yoenis Cespedes, and Oakland's dominant bullpen.
Yesterday, Tim DeBlock and I figuratively sat down and exchanged questions about the Astros and A's. We talked Trogdor, Peacock, Crisp, team ownership, 2011 draft, and Jose Altuve. Enjoy!
Did I mention that the A's are playing the Astros starting on Friday? They could use some Houston-style cooking, hopefully after they polish off the Boomstick. via cdn3.sbnation.com S...
Short trip for Barton.Short trip for Barton, as scarcely 8 games later, Daric is DFA'd for the second time by the A's.
From 95.7 The Game: The A's have announced that SP Brett Anderson has been diagnosed with a navicular stress fracture of his right foot. He will be reevaluated in FOUR weeks. Your reaction? O...
A mini bullpen shakeup has been announced for the A's
Alex Hall goes on the Phil Naessens Show to talk A's baseball, including the starting rotation, Jesse Chavez, Jed Lowrie, and Adam Rosales.
In keeping with new tradition, I had some questions for the guys from Royals Review. Jeff Zimmerman was kind enough to provide me with some answers about the Royals before they visit the Coliseum starting today.
Anyone ever watch the show "Parker Lewis Can’t Lose." No? Good, because it was terrible early 90s TV. Like him, though, the A’s don’t have to endure a frustrating loss today, no matter how hard they try.
Alex Hall goes on the Phil Naessens Show to talk A's baseball. Plus, links from around the interwebs!
To play for the A's, that is. Susan Slusser is reporting that Josh Reddick will join Coco Crisp, Chris Young, and Brett Anderson on the 15-day DL and that Daric Barton will be called up to take his spot on the roster.
First, some injury updates SuSlu says that Parker has a neck issue: Parker, who'd earned his first win of the season his previous outing, left after five innings with what manager Bob...
Alex Hall goes on the Phil Naessens Show to talk A's baseball. The A's were losing, and then Yoenis Cespedes returned from the DL. Now, the A's are winning. There might be a connection here, folks.
On Tuesday afternoon, Eric Kubota, the A’s Director of Scouting, was nice enough to give me a bit of his time over phone while he was on the road. We had a relatively wide-ranging discussion on the draft and the A’s drafting philosophy in general
After almost 14 hours of baseball in 44 hours of time in the series against the Angels, the A’s enjoy an off-day in what my opinion is the best city on the planet. Resident baseball team excluded.
A's won a game, Cespedes is back, and Straily fills in for Anderson
Casey Pratt has the news for us:
Dan Straily is here. He will be activated tomorrow and Brett Anderson will skip a turn. More to come.