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 [...]

That’s BS as in blown save, of which the A’s had not one, not two, but THREE last night and still managed to win!
That is certainly not perfection but it counts just the same in the win column.
First it was Brad Ziegler in the 8th. The A’s were up 3-2 and he hit Michael Young [...]

This past week, when the A’s have been playing great baseball, I forgot that they actually have a pretty lousy offense.
Well that lousy offense reared its ugly head last night. Ryan Sweeney is still hitting third in this batting order, people. We should have known.
It took the A’s getting shut out by the Mariners – [...]

The A’s made their final roster moves as we head into Opening Day on Monday. And there were definitely a few surprises.
Designated Hitter
This was the biggest surprise move as the A’s designated Jack Cust for assignment, passing over him in favor of Eric Chavez as the team’s left-handed DH.
Cust will have to clear waivers (he [...]

I’ve got to hand it to Bobby Crosby. I was certain he was going to hit into an inning-ending double play when he came up in the top of the 4th with the bases loaded and one out. But he proved me wrong, lacing a 3-RBI triple and bringing the A’s within one after they [...]