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Thursday Thoughts
There's a bunch of different stuff I wanted to get to today so I figured it's time to break out Larry King-style bullet points. First, is America great or what? In what other country can you be pulled in front of the country's lawmakers to defend your sport and honor and the next day you receive...
Open Thread: All-Star Game 1 - AL at NL
It counts, whee, and all that. Welcome to the somethingth All-Star Game, and congratulations to Ichiro, who reportedly is signing a 5-year extension to stay with Seattle. Go Haren!
The Understudy
Watching the A’s lately I can’t help but think of one of my favorite Seinfeld episodes when Bette Midler is starring in Rochelle Rochelle on Broadway and George Costanza takes her out in a softball game at home plate. I feel like we’ve been watching Bette’s understudy Gennice all season and I’m...
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...
New Season, New Story (sort of)
The A's lost very few games last year because of an infielder's error and going into this year, you'd think that the A's infield defense will be even better with Bobby Crosby back and Nick Swisher back at first. All due respect to Marco Scutaro, but Crosby has better range and has a stronger arm. ...
Open Thread: Spring Training Game 20
Esteban Loaiza tries to shake off the shoulder soreness he experienced the last time out to face the Padres and their ace Jake Peavy. It might be time to look back and realize what we've learned so far during spring training: Yes, it's spring training, but Antonio Perez is showing that he...
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