Athletics Nation, an Oakland Athletics community

I want to preface this by saying that I am not a statistician. This could all be hogwash, so bear with me. Last year, Joe Blanton reach career bests in a few categories, including strikeouts (140)...

My first dump! First up, Mike Sweeney is officially an Oakland A, and some new kid might not be Sacto-bound as we all thought: Mike Sweeney is officially on the A's Opening Night roster, and the...

The media just won't stop pounding this drum. Going back to last season, we've seen reports concerning prospective trades involving A's starter Joe Blanton. But now Dan Haren's name has continued...

I don't understand why so many people on this board are salivating at the thought of trading Joe Blanton. Imagine how much bigger a disaster this season would have been without him. I equally don't...