Overt the last five seasons, the A’s have ranked near the bottom of the league in slugging percentage.
2009: Last in the AL, 25th in MLB with a .397 slugging percentage.
2008: Dead last in all of MLB with a .369 slugging percentage.
2007: 11th in the AL, 23rd in MLB with a .407 slugging percentage.
2006: 13th in [...]

Well, it happened. Part of me thought it wouldn’t happen, and we’d be getting a couple of draft picks come June 2010. But then the rumors really started to pick up steam over the last couple days, so I’m not very surprised. In fact, just last night, I looked up the Baseball Prospectus scouting report [...]

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 [...]

My brother has a story from a 2006 interleague game between the Rockies and A’s at Coors Field that we often retell and joke about. He was sitting in the bleachers for this low-scoring game – I believe the A’s were down 2-1 in the ninth. A fan next to him was confident the Rockies [...]