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 [...]

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 [...]

Uh oh.
Losing a game is bad, but losing not one… not two… not three… but four! players to injury is much, much worse.
Say goodbye to both Mark Ellis and Nomar Garciaparra, who were placed on the disabled list with calf injuries sustained in Tuesday’s game. We’ve seen the Nomar injury coming, but Ellis’ was sudden. [...]

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 [...]

I’ve been extremely bored with Spring Training this year. There wasn’t a whole lot to get excited about after seeing Matt Holliday and Jason Giambi officially suit up in green and gold, followed shortly by Nomar Garciaparra and Orlando Cabrera.
But five days from now, my boredom will be gone as we finally gear up for [...]