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Looking not so deep into the A's future one thing is very clear. The A's have little to no finacial obligations for players in 2011. They will have twelve (12)  Arbitration (one) or (two)...

Whiteshoes40 beat me to the punch but here are my photos from the last home game of 2008. Enjoy!

Jack Cust is back. After today’s game, Jack Cust is riding a seven game hit streak over which he has posted a .458 Avg, .552 OBP and .791 Slg, good for a 1.343 OPS. What’s more, over those...

In a little over a week from now pitchers and catchers report.  So what will the 2008 A's look like?  Who will bat third?  Where will the power come from?

All content from this post has been removed in accordance with my decision to leave Athletics Nation. It is my sad duty to report that I no longer wish to create content for, or share it with, this...

I have yet to see anything posted in any diary on AN or from any media outlet about if Jack Cust has had any comment regarding the allegations of him using steroids while in the Baltimore Orioles...

Paul Bunyan didn't use steroids, but Jack Cust does. Make that seven current or former Athletics named in the Mitchell Report. A's designated hitter, Jack Cust, was named in connection to former...

So Mike Piazza is likely out for several more weeks -- but when he comes back, we may have a difficult decision to make. What do we do with Jack Cust when it happens? He cannot really play any...

or perhaps leave baseball entirely, had the A's out of desperation not acquired him. I just read Ostler's story about Jack Cust. Quite moving: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl... Certain...