The long wait is nearly over. Since last night, there is actual regular season baseball being played, and I’m watching some of it on MLB.tv while waiting eight more hours for the A’s. It’s been nearly six months since we saw meaningful baseball being played by the green and gold. (I don’t count spring training. [...]

One down, two to go. After a brutal two games in Detroit, the A’s returned home to the friendly confines of the O.co Coliseum. And they looked all the part of one of the toughest teams to beat at home in all of baseball, cruising to a 2-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers in Game [...]

When the A’s did nothing at the trade deadline, I knew there was still a chance that some waiver trades could be made in August, but one man I thought was staying put at least for the rest of this season was Kurt Suzuki, the team’s longest-tenured player. It seemed that they picked up George [...]