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Phillies vs Braves: April 5,7,8
This past October before the World Series, I wrote an article on the Phillies and Rays' players, and looked through their splits to introduce everyone to the detailed skills of the two teams facing ea...
Rosenthal: A's Interested in Jason Bay
Here's an odd one: The A's continue to talk with the Pirates about left fielder Jason Bay, but a trade remains unlikely — the Pirates want more than the A's are willing to give. The A's are t...
A's Trade Joe Blanton to Phillies
The A's have traded Joe Blanton to the Phillies for three minor leaguers: second baseman Adrian Cardenas, pitcher Josh Outman and outfielder Matthew Spencer. I like Cardenas a lot--he's young for the ...
Buying Bonds and Getting Hurt
So I'm sitting here watching the Red Sox and Rangers and listening to Ken Macha do the color for the broadcast because Jerry Remy, the Sox usual color guy, is out ill. Let me just tell you, Ken ...
The Hypothetical Also Rises
Rich Harden was pretty freaking brilliant today. Blanton was good yesterday, albeit not Harden good, but he doesn't have Harden's stuff. Now I'm well aware of small sample sizes and the fact th...
Open Thread: Spring Training Game 22 and 23 - A's vs. Angels, A's at Cubs
Rich Harden will be taking on the Angels at Phoenix Muni. A's killer Ervin Santana is the opposing starter. Joe Blanton draws travel time to go to face the Cubs. This is their last respec...
Open Thread: Game 131 - A's at Tampa Bay
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 soft-hitti...
ANtics Episode 3.19: Reality Bites
Oh the All-Star Break. A great time to relax and bask in the wonder of baseball... most years. But this year, as the A's slumped into the break like an underage wannabe frat boy with a fake ID returni...
ANtics Episode 3.18: Joe Blanton, Enigma
There wasn't much to celebrate with the most recent series against the Mets. But on Saturday, Joe Blanton put up eight scoreless innings in yet another remarkable pitching effort by him this season. T...
ANtics Episode 3.16: Summer Surge
For some reason, the A's of the last few seasons have always saved their best efforts until after May was over. With that ugly month behind us, the team has surged forward, taking 3 of 4 from the chal...
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