This is the Jason Hammel the A’s traded for. There’s no palpable reason why he went 0-4 with an ERA over 9.00 in his first four starts with the A’s after posting a stellar sub-3.00 ERA in 17 starts with the Cubs, but he finally broke through Tuesday night. Hammel labored through 5.2 scoreless innings […]
Hey, at least the Giants got a run tonight. Tyler Colvin’s solo homer in the seventh inning was the lone positive moment in yet another uninspiring performance by the Giants, who fell to the A’s 6-1 on Tuesday night. As is the norm lately for both clubs, the A’s took advantage of miscues and rode […]
At some point, I guess the A’s were due to be on the wrong end of a blowout. You don’t just lose two-fifths of your starting rotation (Jarrod Parker and A.J. Griffin) and plug in two unproven pitchers (Drew Pomeranz and Jesse Chavez) without having a few hiccups down the road. Monday night, Pomeranz came […]
Lights out at the Oakland Coliseum. Where the #Athletics don’t need a new stadium. (CC: Bud Selig) pic.twitter.com/bJjd22X68q — Casey Pratt (@CaseyPrattCSN) June 15, 2014 The A’s are probably used to quirky issues at the Coliseum at this point. After all, they’ve dealt with everything from sewage flooding to the tarp not being on the […]
The July 31st Major League Baseball trade deadline is fast approaching, and, for the first time in a long time, the A’s are in a position to get a player to help them win now rather than a package of players for later. Say what you will about the hot streak the A’s are on, […]
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 all too easy to write off Lincecum’s chances of starting another game in June during the 1st inning, even though he wasn’t exactly getting rocked. But making mountains out of 10-inch mounds is […]
Now that everyone’s joined me on the “Giants and Jimmy Rollins are destined for each other” bandwagon, I’m going to have to...
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One team says there’s “magic inside,” and the other team, well, they have pretty funny commercials (sigh). Regardless, the San Francisco Giants...