All posts tagged "Oakland Athletics"
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8.0K4MLBBay Area sports year in review: 2016 was a massive tease
It was the crappiest great year, or the greatest crappy year. However you want to remember it, there’s no mistaking that the Bay...
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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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3.5K3Billy BeaneLast place A’s: Mike Gallego first to walk the plank
I remember reading an article on SFGate last summer concerning the shared complexities, triumphs and failures of Mike Gallego and Tim Flannery,...
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3.2K4Dan StrailyOakland is a baseball sanctuary for discarded players
Many of you know that the city of San Francisco has a controversial sanctuary policy concerning certain individuals. I have no intention...
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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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4.5K2495.7 FM The GameDamon Bruce on new A’s post-victory song: “I don’t think black people like it”
The song playing over the PA system took several fans and players by surprise after the Oakland A’s won 8-0 on Opening...
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2.5K5Cody RossWhy Cody Ross is a perfect fit for the A’s (and not the Giants)
Last night Susan Slusser reported the Oakland Athletics’ interest in Cody Ross, who’s famous around here for hitting five home runs in...
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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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2.9K10Coco CrispEight is Enough: Opening Night’s fresh faces
Being an A’s fan is great fun, but it’s not without its difficulties. Ever since Walter Haas sold the team, we’ve had...
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3.4K3Oakland AthleticsHow about Carlos Quentin in left field?
After all the wheeling and dealing by Billy Beane this winter (and by the way, he’s never actually done doing such a...
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3.3K4Oakland AthleticsIdeas for A’s promotional giveaways
The A’s recently revealed all the promotional items they’ll be handing out this season for selected games at the Coliseum. It used...
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3.5K4Billy BeaneBilly Beane: Please do not trade Matt Olson
Billy, throw us a bone here. Let us have one minor league stud to follow and drool over his talent. Allow A’s...
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3.0K14Oakland AthleticsOakland A’s FanFest is not for the faint of heart
This Sunday the A’s will hold their annual FanFest at the Coliseum complex, although I use the term “annual” liberally here. It...
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3.3K45Oakland Athletics
There’s nothing wrong with the Coliseum for baseball
There’s nothing wrong with the Oakland Coliseum. (I will NEVER refer to a stadium as its stupid, temporary sponsor name, by the...
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3.5K7Bob MelvinAthletics’ Wild Card collapse loss mirrors their 2014 season
I had a recap ready to go by the eighth inning. I was going to applaud the A’s for their resiliency, for...
