Well, the A’s are about to get more interesting. It sounds like Chris Carter is on his way to Seattle to join the A’s tonight, along with infielder Jeff Larish.
Despite the fact that this move is a result of Daric Barton being pulled from yesterday’s game with injury, I am thrilled about this move. Let’s [...]

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 [...]

That is the great thing about baseball. You can be scuffling along, with little to no offensive output for nearly a week, and then BAM! Seven runs in three innings. 15 hits and 8 total runs in the game. From the Oakland A’s!
Just as everyone said that the A’s coming to town was just what [...]

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 [...]