1. Now that the streak has been broken, will the A’s fall back in line in a good way or a bad way? Tonight, Dallas Braden will try to pick up where either Josh Outman or Brett Anderson left off (hopefully the former) against the very unscary Francisco Liriano (2-7, 6.12 ERA).
2. Speaking of Josh [...]

Let me remind you that in the past two weeks, the A’s haven’ t traded a single hitter. Sure, they’ve traded away three pitchers, but all the position players that were on those “contending” Oakland A’s of April and May 2008 are still in green and gold.
OK, so some of them are on the DL. [...]

So Joe Blanton doesn’t get the chance to remain the A’s #1 starter going into the second half, as he’s now a Philadelphia Phillie.
I’m a lot more OK with this one right off the bat than I was with the Rich Harden trade. I mean really, the A’s do not get worse by handing the [...]

Well today is the A’s much-needed day off after three days off. I mean, those guys are tired from all that resting. They need a day off from it. It certainly wouldn’t have been better served in August when they have a twenty-day stretch with nary a day off. They really need it today.
Well it [...]

1. What? Bobby Crosby is on the DL now? It was just a week or two ago when I read an article online in which he was referred to as the A’s “Iron Man.” Unfortunatley, there is no such thing on this Oakland A’s team. The other two players who have played almost as much [...]