OK, Friday really has nothing to do with anything. That is just one of my favorite lines from the not-so-classic ’80s movie Vice Versa. But a lot’s happened since I last posted.
Ryan Sweeney landed on the DL and is out for the year. Ben Sheets landed on the DL and is probably out for the [...]

Now that we’re at the All Star break, here’s what I’d like to see happen from July through September this year:
1. Ben Sheets traded. I know he won’t bring much, but there isn’t much reason for the A’s to hang onto him anymore. If the A’s have to pay the rest of his 2010 salary [...]

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 [...]

1. Gio Gonzalez is a very predictable pitcher. Glen Kuiper and Ray Fosse were talking about this on the A’s broadcast, and they were right – he was following a pattern to every batter. With two strikes and fewer than three balls, he’d throw a breaking ball. With a 3-2 count, he’d throw a fastball, [...]