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 [...]

That is the great thing about baseball. You can be scuffling along, with little to no offensive output for nearly a week, and then BAM! Seven runs in three innings. 15 hits and 8 total runs in the game. From the Oakland A’s!
Just as everyone said that the A’s coming to town was just what [...]

Today was the first of many Saturday A’s games that I will miss, thanks to FOX’s Game of the Week. Because it’s a national broadcast, all of mlb.tv’s games are blacked out while that game is airing.
So unfortunately I missed the big walkoff win. However, I was able to watch the final inning once it [...]

The Orioles showed up to Oakland at just the right time.
The A’s were riding a season-high two-game losing streak (hey, it’s notable) and Ben Sheets, after two mediocre starts, really needed to get himself going with a win, as he has the Yankees next time out.
So thanks, Orioles, for coming to town. Ben and the [...]

Oh yeah, this is a lot of fun.
The A’s continued their streak of good, timely offense and aggressive baserunning last night in a 10-4 drubbing of the sputtering Angels.

Sure, they did this against Matt Palmer, the Angels’ sixth starter (in the rotation in place of the injured Scott Kazmir), but timely hitting is timely hitting.
And [...]