Well the A’s got swept at home by the Yankees, and I can’t say I’m surprised.
I mean, we all saw how horrible this team was on that stretch through San Francisco, Chicago, and St. Louis, and then at home versus the NL-Central-leading Reds. Sure, they went on a 7-2 run against the doormats of baseball [...]

Wins, that is. Actual wins! From the Oakland A’s!
Of course, these four wins came from three with the Pirates and one with the Orioles. And the A’s had no business winning Sunday’s game versus Pittsburgh, with the three unearned runs and all. But we’ll take it any way we can get it.
I’m not sure if [...]

The A’s keep losing, and what can I say about it? They keep struggling to score runs. Their bullpen – besides Andrew Bailey and Craig Breslow – is awful. Their starting pitching has been only OK of late, and they need to be great for this putrid offense to squeak across a run or two [...]

That’s the A’s record on this current road trip. And that’s cool, because it could have easily been 1-2 if Jake Fox’s ground ball to short didn’t eat up Julio Lugo, and if Kevin Kouzmanoff didn’t come through with one of the most clutch hits of the season.
A gapper with the bases loaded is one [...]

Since we’re playing the Orioles this week, Orioles blogger Matt Sadler asked me a few questions about the A’s. In turn, I asked him a few about the Orioles.
AFL: Baseball fans always like to say, “If this, this, and this would happen, our team would be awesome!” What are this, this, and this for the [...]