5. A’s defeat the Twins in Game 3 of the 2006 ALDS to advance to the ALCS for the first time since 1992. 4. A’s defeat the Giants in Game 4 of the 1989 World Series to win their first title since 1974. 3. A’s win their A.L. record-setting 20th game in a row on [...]

Well today’s 12-7 win over the Cleveland Indians certainly wasn’t pretty, but it counts all the same in the standings. By completing the four-game sweep of the Tribe, the A’s have extended their winning streak to six games, are leading the #1 Wild Card spot by a game over Baltimore, and have closed the gap [...]

I haven’t written about the A’s in awhile, but that’s summer for you. You just go along watching some games here and there and going about life and the next thing you know the A’s are 47-44, tied for a Wild Card spot and 8-2 in their last 10 games. I actually got to see [...]

The other night I was watching Game 3 of the NLCS between the Brewers and the Cardinals. Former A Mark Kotsay plays for the Brewers as a fourth/fifth outfielder, but he got the start in Game 3 based on matchups and other guys struggling. Anyway, Kotsay homered in his second at-bat of the game. It [...]

We all knew it was coming. We’ve known it for awhile. Still, yesterday’s news was that Mark Ellis was traded to the Colorado Rockies was a little sad for me. Sure, the guy was hitting .217. But it doesn’t have to do with what he was doing now, this season. It has to do with [...]