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A's Decline Arb offers to Embree, Thomas
According to mlbtraderumors.com, via Mychael Urban, the A's have declined to offer arbitration to both of their Type B free agents. Embree might've eventually yielded a top-50 draft pick in the '09 draft if he had been offered and signed with another team. But the team eschewed the gamble that...
2007 Unsung Hero
I'm back from the BlogWorld Expo in Las Vegas and it was an extremely successful event on the sports blogging side. We had sessions featuring Rob Neyer of ESPN.com, Will Leitch of Deadspin and a cadre of incredibly talented sports bloggers. And the best part? We had some great interaction with...
A Duct Tape Victory
The A's had one call go against them last night and had a close call go for them tonight. I was watching the Royals broadcast and they showed the replayed literally about 15 times and I still don't know whether Stewart got in or not. Regardless, this was a patchwork win with a patchwork bullpen. ...
Phew <wipes profusely sweating brow>
Man, wasn't the bullpen supposed to be the unquestioned strength of this team? Alan Embree surrenders a three-run bomb whereas he was lights out at the beginning of the year. Huston Street wobbled, but thanks to Melvin Mora bunting for who knows what reason, Street was able to get out of it. I...
Observations
The season is seven games old and we've already learned a few things about the Oakland A's. I know, I know one of the mantras of AN is small sample size, but we can make a few observations, can't we? First and foremost, being the "ace" of the staff isn't always necessarily a good thing. In...
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