Bartolo Colon
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Series Preview: A's take on the evil empire
The A’s managed a split against the first place Rangers and now get to face off against the team with the best record in baseball. Facing the best teams sure isn’t easy but it does give the A’s a chance to prove that they are real contenders. If they managed to split a series against […]
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A's split series in dramatic fashion
After a 6-1 drubbing by the bats of the first-place Texas Rangers Tuesday, the Oakland Athletics looked like they were in for a reality check during this tough week in their schedule. But Wednesday was a different story. While trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the seventh, Josh Reddick shot a double to score Brandon […]
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Mid-season Progress Report: Despite dearth of talent, A's could be contenders
It is the traditional midpoint (even if it isn’t the mathematical midpoint) of the season, which means there is no better time to give both Bay Area teams progress reports. We’ll start by looking at the A’s. Offense: The A’s have scored the fewest runs in the American League and third fewest in all of […]
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Series Preview: A’s vs Rangers
The A’s managed to take care of business against the Mariners but did it by the narrowest of margins, scoring just five...
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Series Preview: A’s vs Yankees
The A’s have lost two series in a row and dropped below .500, so who do they draw to try to get things going again … none other than the Evil Empire. At least they Yankees are struggling too, with some whispers that maybe they are too old. Based on the name value of the Yankees I […]
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What’s wrong with Tim Lincecum?
Tim Lincecum struck out the side in the first inning with a walk mixed in. In the second inning, after Daric Barton ran the count to 3-1, Lincecum struck him out on an 84 mph changeup that brought to mind the 2010 postseason. Lincecum looked as good as he has all year until Jemile Weeks […]
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Series Preview: A’s vs Giants
The Bay Bridge series is back! Both teams come in after hovering around .500 all season and on paper are very evenly matched. They both follow the “score just enough runs and hope the pitching is good enough to make it stand up” model. The A’s are doing a little better than expected and the […]
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Series Preview: A’s vs Angels
Last week I introduced the first in what I am hoping to be a regular feature here at Bay Area Sports...
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Bartolo Colon pounds the strike zone
If you missed the A’s game last night because you were too busy watching the masterpiece of a pitching duel between Matt...
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MLB changes its mind, will now televise tonight’s A’s game live from Japan
In an earlier post, Scott Willis added to the chorus of people complaining that the Oakland Athletics’ FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON wasn’t...
