During Spring Training, Trevor Cahill and Gio Gonzalez were in a battle for the A’s fifth starter spot. Now that Justin Duchscherer is out for the season, Cahill has settled nicely into his spot at number four and now these two guys are pitching back-to-back. Cahill pitched Thursday against the Angels and went a career-high [...]

I turned on today’s game in the bottom of the 4th inning. The A’s were just about to score two unearned runs off James Shields and take a 4-0 lead. I thought, this is cool. The A’s look like they’re going to win this series. And yes, I noticed when Dallas Braden took the hill [...]

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, [...]