It’s definitely been tale of two seasons for the A’s – the non-Rajai half, and the Rajai half.
That Rajai has become the star of this team would have seemed hilarious to me on Opening Day. I mean, we had Matt Holliday and Jason Giambi! But after witnessing the struggles of the power guys, it makes [...]

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 [...]

Well, it happened. Part of me thought it wouldn’t happen, and we’d be getting a couple of draft picks come June 2010. But then the rumors really started to pick up steam over the last couple days, so I’m not very surprised. In fact, just last night, I looked up the Baseball Prospectus scouting report [...]

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 [...]