OK, Friday really has nothing to do with anything. That is just one of my favorite lines from the not-so-classic ’80s movie Vice Versa. But a lot’s happened since I last posted.
Ryan Sweeney landed on the DL and is out for the year. Ben Sheets landed on the DL and is probably out for the [...]

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 the A’s current record with Conor Jackson on the team. Of course they are 0-1 in games he has started, but that’s not his fault.
From the leadoff spot (!) last night, Jackson was 2-for-3 with two singles and a walk, and was on the front end of a perfectly executed hit-and-run with Daric Barton. [...]

This is the first time this season I’ve taken a look at the team’s VORP standings on Baseball Prospectus. If you don’t know what VORP is, it stands for Value Over Replacement Player and you can read more about it here.
Offense
Top three performers:
Daric Barton – 14.3
Kurt Suzuki – 8.8
Adam Rosales – 8.7
Barton at the top [...]

I haven’t posted in awhile because I’ve missed several games. Last night’s game was the first one I have been able to watch in awhile, and I watched it as long as I could before I had to go sleep, which was about four innings.
I had a dream that the A’s lost 8-2. Now I [...]