Overt the last five seasons, the A’s have ranked near the bottom of the league in slugging percentage.
2009: Last in the AL, 25th in MLB with a .397 slugging percentage.
2008: Dead last in all of MLB with a .369 slugging percentage.
2007: 11th in the AL, 23rd in MLB with a .407 slugging percentage.
2006: 13th in [...]

Everyone who lived in the Bay Area on this date remembers where they were at 5:04 p.m.
I was a 12-year-old in Castro Valley, sitting on my bed with the TV on, ready to watch Game 3 of the World Series. And then it hit. And in the aftermath of the quake, over the course of [...]