Yikes! 90 is an ugly number in the loss column, but Rob Neyer brought up the possibility today and it got me thinking how real that number could be for the 2008 A’s. Neyer thinks the A’s are more likely to lose around 85 than to hit the big nine-oh, but I’m not so sure. [...]

But man, has this been a rough stretch. Watching games just isn’t even much of a thought in my mind right now – though I may tune in to see a few innings of Gio Gonzalez tonight, as I missed his debut last week. The A’s, as a team, slug at an AL-worst .366. Who [...]