With last night’s win, the A’s are 15-7 when playing at home. They’re 5-13 on the road, leaving them at an even 20-20 on the season.
Too bad they can’t play at home more, but unfortunately 81 games at home is the only fair thing to do (or 78 if you’re the Toronto Blue Jays or [...]

Yesterday afternoon I sat down and turned on the first A’s game I was able to watch since the final game of the Orioles series. It was in the third inning, and the A’s were already down 6-0.
Ben Sheets was ugly out there. He was throwing straight, batting practice fastballs and getting hammered. And judging [...]

Yesterday was May Day, and it was a good day for the A’s. They won, Gio Gonzalez pitched well, and new callup Josh Donaldson hit a 2-run home run in his first major league at bat.
But the past week has not been so kind to the A’s. If you had asked me who are the [...]

Well here we go again – another great pitching performance wasted by a lack of offense. Dallas Braden is going to win most games when he gives up one earned run in 7 1/3 innings. Well, as long as he’s not pitching for the Oakland Athletics.
I mean really – is there something about being an [...]

It was only a matter of time once Dan Giese entered today’s game in the 10th inning that the Blue Jays would score. It was his game from that point on, and they A’s just needed to scratch across a run or two before the Toronto did. They just didn’t do it fast enough.
The A’s [...]