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MLB Family Feud ’13
Posted on 29 Mar 2013 by Steven Keys.
Wherever people cluster there are bound to be skirmishes. At the dinner table, school, the workplace, your barber shop, …any place people come together. It’s human nature: different brain-matter, different opinions and then the verbal wrangling ensues. Sometimes the tension runs like an undercurrent, out of public view. The conflicts that spring up can be as measured as a bow-shot at sea or...
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How Lowrie Affects the A’s Infield
Posted on 6 Feb 2013 by Josh Muller.
With my next post, my intent was to discuss the A’s outfield situation but in light of Monday’s trade I’m obviously going to focus on the infield. On Monday the Oakland Athletics acquired infielder Jed Lowrie and right-handed reliever Fernando Rodriguez from the Houston Astros in exchange for first baseman Chris Carter and two prospects, right-handed pitcher Brad Peacock, and catcher Max ...
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A’s Steadily Improve: Trade for Jaso
Posted on 18 Jan 2013 by Josh Muller.
The Oakland Athletics have had a relatively quiet off-season by their standards. After shocking the baseball world by winning the AL west on the last game of the season in 2012, the A’s found themselves in unfamiliar territory when the year ended. The Oakland fans had finally come out of hiding, they had a manager everyone loved and respected and the A’s roster, which was comprised mostly o...
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A’s Have Traveled An Improbable Road
Posted on 13 Sep 2012 by Josh Muller.
As I write this on September 13, the Oakland Athletics have just taken three out of four in Anaheim, a little payback for the sweep the Angels handed the A’s in Oakland about a week ago. Since then, the A’s have won six out of seven games on the road. In fact, the A’s tied an Oakland record with 12 strait road victories, they have a one game cushion for the top wild card spot and only sit...
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No Deadline Deals for A’s
Posted on 2 Aug 2012 by Josh Muller.
I apologize for being a bit MIA lately but I’m actually getting married in just over a week, so as you can imagine I’ve been a bit busy. Nonetheless, baseball goes on and so must we. The Oakland Athletics chose to stand pat at the July 31st waiver deadline, much to the dismay of the majority of their fan base, local media, and possibly many of the players. I can understand the frustration; ...
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Oakland A’s Deadline Preview
Posted on 19 Jul 2012 by Josh Muller.
As I write this, the A’s are preparing to welcome the New York Yankees, who come to Oakland boasting the most wins in the majors. I’m not sure there is ever a good time to face the Yankees, but this four game series represents especially unfortunate timing for the A’s. The Yankees are currently enjoying a 42 game streak where they have scored at least three runs and are approaching the ma...
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A’s First Half Report Card
Posted on 11 Jul 2012 by Josh Muller.
The All-Star break has arrived and at the symbolic halfway point of the year the Oakland A’s, rather surprisingly, have the same number of wins (43) as they do losses. And though they trail considerably in the standings to the Rangers and Angels, who are first and second in the AL West respectively, there is a ton of baseball yet to be played. But what’s even more intriguing is that, with t...
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The A’s are Proving Doubters Wrong
Posted on 6 Jul 2012 by Josh Muller.
It’s just over the halfway point in the season and the Oakland Athletics are one game under .500 entering a huge home series against the Mariners. With a series win, the A’s will have the same number of losses as they will wins; with a sweep, their victories will exceed their defeats. Either way, the A’s have proven that they are not a team to be overlooked. I’ve mentioned this before, ...
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A’s Draft Trio of High Schoolers on Day One
Posted on 5 Jun 2012 by Josh Muller.
If there is one constant in the draft philosophy for the Oakland Athletics, it is the clear preference of college players to high school players. In fact, since 1997 the A’s have only drafted one high school player (Jeremy Bonderman) in the first round. Billy Beane, the A’s general manager, is famous for drafting the “safer” college talent to the more risk/reward nature that’s general...
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A’s Off-Season Trades: Where Are They Now?
Posted on 16 May 2012 by Josh Muller.
Coming into the season, I had planned on doing frequent minor league updates. I figured that everyone would be interested in the top prospects because the A’s are clearly rebuilding and aren’t expected to do much at the major league level. Quite frankly, I thought it would be a refreshing change of pace to the redundant drab of a bottom-dwelling ball club. Thankfully, I’ve been wrong so f...
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The Good News and the Potentially Bad News
Posted on 9 May 2012 by Josh Muller.
I started this article yesterday and was planning on highlighting the A’s recent road trip where they took two out of three in Tampa and Boston and came within a Grant Balfour meltdown of taking two out of three from the surprising Orioles. I was going to show some optimism and point out that if the A’s can hang in there through the rest of May’s very tough schedule, they’d be in busine...
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“… I Don’t Know” Is On Third
Posted on 29 Feb 2012 by Josh Muller.
Coming into spring training, the Oakland A’s certainly had their fair share of positional battles to sort out. The outfield can come together in a multitude of combinations and the final two spots of the rotation, as well as the starting first base job are wide open. But one position that seemed to be as much of a certainty as any was third base. Billy Beane acquired Scott Sizemore, a guy he...
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