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You've got to ask yourself a question ...
I, for one, don't feel lucky. Even worse, I don't feel good. At this point in the season, it feels like every other team the A's face still has at least one bullet in the chamber. And the A's...
Four cards, please
Tigers 6, A's 1. Verlander gets the W, Haren takes the L. In today's hand, the A's showed their ace, and didn't pick anything up except for a one-eyed Jack. Haren hasn't exactly "struggled" since the ...
Ah, the ol' Little League home run
I can assert with no evidentiary or statistical backup whatsoever that every time a Major League team gives up a Little League home run, the Major League team will lose that game. Even if they're play...
Too bad Harem wasn't pitching
With the exception of Joel Peralta, the Royals pitchers pretty much made the A's their odalisque tonight. The A's had a great breakth-- Hi,AN'ers! JoeyGathrighthere! BoytonightwasagreatwinforKCwasn'ti...
Score one for the misfits
Jack Cust, Lenny DiNardo, Donnie Murphy. Not Mike Piazza, Rich Harden, Bobby Crosby. Marginal, one- or two-dimensional guys who aren't your traditional "complete" ballplayers. Guys who can make defini...
Another nailbiter, indeed
Until the Tigers put the game away for good with a couple insurance runs off Casilla in the 8th, this game pretty much delivered on its advance notice. The A's were actually successful in being able t...
Rats!
Well, obviously, on the basis of willing the opposing team to fumble a high-leverage double-play ball, Nick Swisher is now far more clutch than Marco Scutaro. Yesterday the A's scored a key run early ...
Classic Lineup Success
Today, the leadoff guy set the table extremely well, the guy in the #2 slot was self-sacrificing, and the big-name #3 guy just kept fouling off pitch after pitch until he got a hanger he could drive. ...
What Type of Pitcher *Can't* Succeed Against the A's?
Dispiriting as last night's result was, it's at least understandable and acceptable. King Felix is rapidly evolving into one of the elite power pitchers in the league. It's a credit to Swisher that he...
Hairy Chamberpotter and the Lousy Pitching Matchup
See, this is what I was talking about last Saturday: when you have a strongly one-sided pitching matchup, you press your advantage and end up with ... a one-sided final. So, as usual, regardless of th...
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