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 [...]

Apparently Adam Rosales is wearing Bobby Crosby’s old #7, and he looks a lot like the now Pirates shortstop.
This is not a compliment, nor is it funny!
“Oh my gosh, it’s unbelievable,” said second baseman Mark Ellis, who played alongside Crosby for his entire time with Oakland and counts Crosby among his best friend. “The first [...]

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 [...]

1. Now that the streak has been broken, will the A’s fall back in line in a good way or a bad way? Tonight, Dallas Braden will try to pick up where either Josh Outman or Brett Anderson left off (hopefully the former) against the very unscary Francisco Liriano (2-7, 6.12 ERA).
2. Speaking of Josh [...]

Yikes! This 2009 version of the Oakland Athletics is in a nosedive right now, and I’m not sure the pilot or co-pilot know what to do to straighten things out and get us flying again. Game after game, it’s miserable pounding after miserable pounding.
Where can we get some help?
Send Sean Gallagher down and bring Vin [...]