All posts tagged "Oakland Athletics"
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3.0K5Bartolo Colon
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...
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3.0K3Bartolo Colon
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...
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2.4K9Jemile Weeks
A's sweep Minnesota, now a season-high three games over .500
The momentum is certainly in Oakland’s favor. The Athletics trounced the Minnesota Twins 9-4 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep to begin...
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2.4K7Josh Reddick
The A's are above .500, but can they stay that way?
With a 6-3 win over the Minnesota Twins Friday, the Oakland Athletics moved to one game over .500 on the season with...
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Oakland Athletics
Series Preview: A’s vs Twins
The A’s are .500 at the break and just 2.5 back of the last wild card spot after the all star break....
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3.0K2Bartolo Colon
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...
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2.5K19Billy Beane
The A's can be a winning team even without a new stadium
It’s no secret the Oakland Athletics are trying to secure a new stadium. And, really, can you blame them? Hitters don’t want...
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4.7K15California Golden Bears
CSN Metrics: June 25-July 1
I have always found what Deadspin did with the “Bristolmetrics” pretty interesting, so I decided to take a page out of their...
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Bartolo Colon
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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MLB
Series Preview: A’s vs Mariners
The A’s were one out away from being swept over the weekend, yet played well enough that they were a couple of...
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2.3K5BASG giveaway
Rivals Week wrapup: giving out the last four shirts from DIE HARD
We’ve gave out six DIE HARD CO. shirts last week, and today it’s time to give four more — two from the...
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2.3K17Oakland Athletics
Bay Bridge Series: not as intense as Giants/Dodgers, but just as entertaining
If the Bay Area wasn’t electrified by this weekend, there’s something wrong. I was at O.co Coliseum Sunday, and I paid particular attention...
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1.9K4Buster Posey
Derek Norris walkoff HR salvages thrilling Bay Bridge series for A’s
Anyone who attended all three games got their money’s worth, and not just because tickets are cheaper at O.Co than they are...
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4.2K14BASG giveaway
Four A’s jokes, four Giants jokes – vote for one
Well, that was an interesting little experiment, asking for jokes about the Giants and A’s in the comments. It was pretty surprising to me...
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2.5K13Brandon Belt
Tim Lincecum turns things around after getting mad, talking to dad
It’s oh so tempting to exaggerate the importance of Friday’s start to Tim Lincecum’s season, career, psyche and father. It also seemed...
