Thank goodness. It’s time to go back to Oakland and, more importantly, go back to playing by American League rules.
A few thoughts from the weekend series with St. Louis:
1. What does Matt Holliday have against Oakland? First he played like crap when he was with the A’s. And then he kicks our asses to the [...]

This is the first time this season I’ve taken a look at the team’s VORP standings on Baseball Prospectus. If you don’t know what VORP is, it stands for Value Over Replacement Player and you can read more about it here.
Offense
Top three performers:
Daric Barton – 14.3
Kurt Suzuki – 8.8
Adam Rosales – 8.7
Barton at the top [...]

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 eight innings. [...]

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. [...]

A few weeks ago I said that Eric Patterson is lucky to be a major league roster. Last night I had a dream that Eric Patterson finished the season with 26 home runs.
The reality is the happy medium of the two, in that Patterson is playing regularly and playing well, including his golf shot home [...]