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A's up 14-2 and this has been a ton of fun tonight.  Nothing like pounding the crap out of your biggest rival.

Part of me is yelling out, "These game numbers are too high! We won't catch up in time!" while my other half glances at the calendar and asks for mercy as the A's/Rivercats play out the spread. For...

The A's and former Cy Young candidate Dan Haren with a 14-7 record and a 3.11 ERA take on the Mariners and Miguel Batista with a 13-11 record and a 4.67 ERA.   The A's are 5-2 over the last seven...

Tonight is the A's eighth Saturday night away game of the 2007 season, and the team is still searching for their first win. This task is made ever more daunting by the fact the occasionally...

The A's and Chad Gaudin with a 9-9 record and a 4.25 ERA take on the Devil Rays and Jason Hammel with a 1-3 record and a 6.70 ERA. Gaudin has had quite the fall from grace.  At the same time, I'm...

The A's and Ice Cold Joe Blanton with his 4.10 ERA and 9-8 record take on the White Sox and Master of the Fast Game Mark Buehrle.  Buehrle has a 9-7 record and a 3.34 ERA. You know for all the...

So this is turning into a typical Arlington affair that makes bullpens look like the kids falling into the human meat grinder in The Wall.   Ugh.  LET'S GO A'S!!!!!!!

A's are leading Texas 7-3 thanks to Scutaro and Braden.  Dallas has pitched well in Texas.  Will Huston make an appearance as well?  And who shot J.R.? LET'S GO A'S!!!!!!

The A's go south to take on the Rangers with Dallas Braden on the mound.  Braden has a 1-6 record and a 5.28 ERA.  He faces old A's farmhand John Rheinecker who is sporting a 1-0 record and a...

And thus the series begins that could've been a lot more interesting than it currently is.  Sigh.  Oh well, I'm still pumped that this series will lead to AN Day on Saturday.  It's the fourth AN...