All posts tagged "Rick Tittle"
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4.5K1Coco CrispA lost season for Coco Crisp
Almost all of us would have to say we had a pretty good year of employment if we earned $11 million. But...
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3.2K4Billy BeanePostcard from Dodger Stadium
I hate the Dodgers. It has nothing to do with any Giants connection because I’m not a Giants fan (what a shocker.)...
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3.3K1MLBBobby Crosby returns for a good cause
Every team seems to have one: a guy who gets all the blame, receives non-stop derision, and can do nothing right. Whether...
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2.3K5Billy BeaneAnother false dawn or a turnaround for the A’s?
There have been very few moments this season when the A’s have made overtures toward turning their awful season into something more...
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3.0K3Jose CansecoI love Jose Canseco
I remember I once went to an A’s game in September of 1985 with my Dad. Playing left field that night was...
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2.6K1Oakland AthleticsBilly Burns seizing opportunity with Oakland A’s
The list of “nearly” men in baseball is a long one. Countless thousands of fantastic players, guys who dominated at the high...
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2.6K2Billy BeaneAre the A’s really this bad and the Astros really this good?
Are the A’s really this bad? Yes. Sorry, but they stink. Are the Astros really this good? No. But I wanted to...
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2.4K6Bob MelvinThe second-guessing of Bob Melvin
Managers can never really win. The only time a skipper can escape blame is if he wins a World Series, but even...
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3.0K3Bob Melvin10 things that are actually going right for the Oakland A’s
The temptation to lash out in this space again and point a finger at the shortcomings and general malaise of the A’s...
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2.8K2Oakland AthleticsOakland A’s bullpen is a dumpster fire
Yesterday the A’s won a series for the first time in what seems like ages when they beat the Rangers in Arlington,...
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4.1K1Oakland AthleticsStephen Vogt: Life begins at 30
I would bet there aren’t too many everyday MLB players who hadn’t had their first big league hit until they were 28...
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3.2K3Josh ReddickA’s begin with losing homestand: No excuses
The A’s open their road portion of the 2015 schedule tonight in Houston after finishing a very up-and-down homestand which concluded with...
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2.1K17Oakland AthleticsKeep the Bay Bridge Series
On Tuesday in the San Jose Mercury News, sports columnist Mark Purdy wrote a story headlined, “Cancel Bay Bridge Series.” He explained...
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2.6K2Oakland AthleticsIs Grant Green a bust?
The June amateur draft is, and always will be, a crapshoot. It’s nothing like the NFL or even the NBA draft: there...
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3.0K10Oakland Athletics20 years of catching mediocrity in Oakland
Ever since Terry Steinbach, World Series winner and All-Star Game MVP, last played for the A’s in 1996, the team has gone...
