It’s been awhile since I’ve posted, as it’s been awhile since I watched many  A’s games. But I tuned in for last night’s game against the Red Sox, and boy am I glad I did.
Last night One of the Six Players We Got in Return for Dan Haren dominated the Red Sox at Fenway. The [...]

A’s fans were really excited when Billy Beane traded for Matt Holliday in the offseason. He was supposed to carry this horrid offense to the top of American League. But now, he’s not worth his weight in white cleats to the A’s fans.
1. He’s not putting up big numbers. When they A’s traded for this [...]

Well for the second time in three seasons, we almost go no-hit by the Red Sox in a weekday day game at the Colliseum. Luckily this one didn’t get as far as the last one (Shannon Stewart broke up Curt Schilling’s no-no with two outs in the ninth inning), as Kurt Suzuki broke up Wakefield’s [...]

Well it took 11 innings for the A’s to score a run. Luckily they had already put five up in the first inning – chasing Daisuke Matsuzaka – and their 12th inning run was a game-winner.
I was long gone in dreamland by the time Travis Buck beat out and high, infield chopper with the bases [...]

I always go into an A’s/Red Sox game fearing being vastly overmatched. But these aren’t the usual Red Sox.
Manny is gone, and David Ortiz is far less intimidating since last season’s wrist injury. Dustin Pedroia is struggling and Mike Lowell and Jason Varitek are getting up there in years. There was nothing frightening about this [...]