In taking the last two out of three games against the Minnesota Twins this weekend, the A’s have won their first series of 2011 and officially have what we can call a winning streak. What a nice feeling! It’s been awhile. After suffering a heartbreaking 2-1 loss behind a stellar pitching performance by Brett Anderson [...]

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 [...]

OK, I know I’ve been MIA for awhile. But I really couldn’t wait for that horrid season to be over with. Now that it is, and we’re looking clearly toward ’09 and not back at yucky ’08, let’s talk some A’s. 1. So I read online this morning that the White Sox are aggresively shopping [...]

1. What? Bobby Crosby is on the DL now? It was just a week or two ago when I read an article online in which he was referred to as the A’s “Iron Man.” Unfortunatley, there is no such thing on this Oakland A’s team. The other two players who have played almost as much [...]