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 [...]

During Spring Training, Trevor Cahill and Gio Gonzalez were in a battle for the A’s fifth starter spot.
Now that Justin Duchscherer is out for the season, Cahill has settled nicely into his spot at number four and now these two guys are pitching back-to-back.
Cahill pitched Thursday against the Angels and went a career-high eight innings. [...]

The A’s are such a roller coaster of a team.
Ten days ago they were just getting started on a five-game losing streak in which they scored only five runs. It was maddening; it was pathetic. Then the Mariners came to town and they kicked them around to the tune of 14 runs over two games. [...]

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 [...]