Yikes! This 2009 version of the Oakland Athletics is in a nosedive right now, and I’m not sure the pilot or co-pilot know what to do to straighten things out and get us flying again. Game after game, it’s miserable pounding after miserable pounding.
Where can we get some help?
Send Sean Gallagher down and bring Vin [...]

It was nice of Orlando Cabrera to hold a hitters-only meeting before last night’s game against the Royals to rally what has been a dreadful offense. And it was nice of the A’s to put eight runs on the board by the end of the second inning, not only for Trevor Cahill’s sake, but for [...]

Every now and then, I like to check out the A’s page on Baseball Prospectus to see who are the top three position players and top three pitchers by VORP. And even more interesting, sometimes, is the number of players who have positive VORP and negative VORP. So let’s check it out as it stands [...]

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 [...]

But man, has this been a rough stretch. Watching games just isn’t even much of a thought in my mind right now – though I may tune in to see a few innings of Gio Gonzalez tonight, as I missed his debut last week.
The A’s, as a team, slug at an AL-worst .366. Who on [...]