I put on an A’s shirt this morning, and as I did so I thought about how pitchers and catchers are reporting to spring training in a week and that I haven’t written a single blog post this offseason. It’s not that I haven’t been paying attention to the moves that have been made, but… [...]

It’s the Battle of Vowels. The Battle of the “Best Story.” This weekend’s series with the Orioles wasn’t supposed to matter but it does. It matters immensely to both teams. And the A’s drew first blood, winning last night’s showdown in a nail-biter of a game, relying mostly on defense to get the win. The A’s turned [...]

When the A’s did nothing at the trade deadline, I knew there was still a chance that some waiver trades could be made in August, but one man I thought was staying put at least for the rest of this season was Kurt Suzuki, the team’s longest-tenured player. It seemed that they picked up George [...]

I watched just about every minute of every game of the A’s road trip through Toronto and Baltimore, thanks to optimal start times and no extra inning marathons. Winning all the time sure is nice, but a 4-2 road trip is never something to complain about. Overall I feel good with the way the weekend [...]

Minutes after Coco Crisp lined a single to right field in the 12th inning of Sunday’s game, driving in Derek Norris with the winning run to complete the four-game sweep of the Yankees, I said this to my brother: Dare I say, that not counting playoffs, this is the best stretch of great A’s baseball [...]