After getting one-hit by C.C. Sabathia in New York this afternoon, the A’s are officially done with the Yankees this year. Thank goodness for that.
The Bronx Bombers won the season series versus the A’s 9-1. The A’s played the Yankees ten times in 2010 and beat them once. ONCE! And that one game, of course, [...]

Wins, that is. Actual wins! From the Oakland A’s!
Of course, these four wins came from three with the Pirates and one with the Orioles. And the A’s had no business winning Sunday’s game versus Pittsburgh, with the three unearned runs and all. But we’ll take it any way we can get it.
I’m not sure if [...]

The A’s keep losing, and what can I say about it? They keep struggling to score runs. Their bullpen – besides Andrew Bailey and Craig Breslow – is awful. Their starting pitching has been only OK of late, and they need to be great for this putrid offense to squeak across a run or two [...]

Thank goodness. It’s time to go back to Oakland and, more importantly, go back to playing by American League rules.
A few thoughts from the weekend series with St. Louis:
1. What does Matt Holliday have against Oakland? First he played like crap when he was with the A’s. And then he kicks our asses to the [...]

Bob, your starting pitcher was dealing today and had only thrown 83 pitches through 6 innings. He had retired the last seven batters he faced. But you pulled him.
Oh, I know, his spot was due up in the top of the 7th inning. Mark Ellis led off that inning with a home run to break [...]