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 – [...]

Today’s game, the A’s had it all.
Stellar starting pitching? Check. Superb defense? Check. Good hitting and baserunning? Check. A rocky 9th inning? Check.
OK, so it wasn’t all good. But it was almost all good.
Starting pitcher Brett Anderson was on top of his game through six innings, allowing zero runs and only three hits. Looks like [...]

I’ve been waiting all day and the moment is finally here!
8:53 p.m. CDT: I’ve got MLB.tv loaded after a frustrating hour of not getting to work at all. Watched the final inning of the Giants/Astros game and now I’m just waiting to see my green and gold buddies!
9:05 p.m. CDT: Yay! The game is starting [...]

Third base wasn’t supposed to be this big of a hole. I mean, this was the position of the guy we actually signed. And he’s a Gold Glover!
But alas, it is The Big Hole, even with Eric Chavez still employed as an Oakland Athletic. And it’s still The Big Hole, even with top prospect Brett [...]