I haven’t posted in awhile because I’ve missed several games. Last night’s game was the first one I have been able to watch in awhile, and I watched it as long as I could before I had to go sleep, which was about four innings.
I had a dream that the A’s lost 8-2. Now I [...]

I did not see this coming.
This was supposed to be the 10-game road trip from hell, and the A’s – who were one of the worst in the league on the road – were supposed to get eaten alive by the opposition. I mostly feared the Detroit Tigers, who dispatched the A’s so easily last [...]

I love that the A’s won the first game of the Tigers series last night, and that they are 3-1 on the current road trip.
But man, that game had “frustrating loss” written all over it.
Dontrelle Willis was wild in the first inning. So wild, that Jim Leyland actually got the bullpen going with one out [...]

That’s the A’s record on this current road trip. And that’s cool, because it could have easily been 1-2 if Jake Fox’s ground ball to short didn’t eat up Julio Lugo, and if Kevin Kouzmanoff didn’t come through with one of the most clutch hits of the season.
A gapper with the bases loaded is one [...]

The A’s are such a roller coaster of a team.
Ten days ago they were just getting started on a five-game losing streak in which they scored only five runs. It was maddening; it was pathetic. Then the Mariners came to town and they kicked them around to the tune of 14 runs over two games. [...]