What effect did injuries really have on the A's season?
Since the last week of the season, we've seen Beane, via Pravda-on-Mission Street, announce that the A's 76-86 record was the result of the high number of injuries suffered by the team in 2007. To my ...
ANtics Episode 3.27: A New Hope
By the end of 2007, the A's heroes weren't guys named Crosby, Chavez, Kendall and Kotsay. Instead, a ragtag bunch, including Suzuki, Barton, Cust, and Hannahan, helped the A's to their fair share of d...
Monday Musings
I have a bunch of different things I wanted to mention today, so I figured I'd take the Laz...I mean Larry King USA Today way out and bullet point them. First, as we get very close to the trade...
ANtics Episode 3.14: Conspiracy on the DL
One by one, the A's marquee players have joined the growing ranks of the disabled list. First, it was Mark Kotsay, followed closely behind by Esteban Loaiza and Bobby Kielty. Then, more joined in. Bra...
ANtics Episode 3.13: Yell It Out
Some days, with injuries preventing the A's from fielding a full roster, it doesn't seem clear what team will show up. The one that took 2 of 3 from the Yankees and swept a two game series against the...
Things Have Gone A Little Haywire
At the beginning of Spring Training, I don’t think there was a lot of talk about possible injuries to Dan Johnson and Esteban Loaiza, but here we are, on one of the last days before the season is to...
ANtics Episode 3.05: Safety First
The last two seasons have seen the A's suffer their unfair share of injuries, and 2007, regrettably, appears to be on the same track. As players go down and others are getting hit while at bat, some A...
