After getting swept by the Angels this weekend, the A’s are now riding a five-game losing streak and have scored a whopping total of five runs in those five games. That is the lowest total over a five-game span for the A’s since September 8-12, 1979. Those 1979 A’s lost 108 games.
These 2010 A’s are [...]

Yesterday afternoon I sat down and turned on the first A’s game I was able to watch since the final game of the Orioles series. It was in the third inning, and the A’s were already down 6-0.
Ben Sheets was ugly out there. He was throwing straight, batting practice fastballs and getting hammered. And judging [...]

When I went to an A’s game last month, I remember seeing a banner above one of the gates entering the stadium that shows a picture of Jason Giambi and the words, “100% Back.” I remember thinking to myself, “Well, it’s definitely not 100%. Maybe 40 or 50%.”
Well, now it’s zero percent, as the A’s [...]

Uh oh.
Losing a game is bad, but losing not one… not two… not three… but four! players to injury is much, much worse.
Say goodbye to both Mark Ellis and Nomar Garciaparra, who were placed on the disabled list with calf injuries sustained in Tuesday’s game. We’ve seen the Nomar injury coming, but Ellis’ was sudden. [...]

At what point do you say, “Let’s shake this up – what we’re doing right now is not working“?
Several guys are not hitting. Jason Giambi went 0-for-6 today, and is now two for his last 26. Yet he’s still be inserted into the third spot in the order every day.
Orlando Cabrera, firmly cemented in the [...]