Well I’m a bit belated on talking about that 19-inning game that the A’s played four days ago, but I was belated on watching the game itself. This season I have been watching west coast night games the next day. I have my MLB.tv At Bat app set to “hide scores” so I won’t see [...]

Thank you, Justin Verlander, for making it quick and somewhat painless. There was no heartbreaking moment at the end of this one. This was not a one-run game with a gut-wrenching foul popout with a runner on second or a called third strike with the bases loaded. This was just Verlander pitching like what he [...]

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 [...]

The A’s are 19-16 this season when Yoenis Cespedes plays. They are 7-18 when he does not play. I know that Cespedes couldn’t have stopped Brian Fuentes from giving up a three-run bomb to end Friday’s game. And he couldn’t have made the umpires make better calls in yesterday’s loss to the D’Backs. But 60 [...]

What a great day to decide to watch an A’s game in its entirety. Late start times and bad timing meant I hadn’t watched a full A’s game in over a week, but I was able to catch all 14 innings of today’s crazy game with the White Sox. Of course, being that it was [...]