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Posted October 8, 2008 at 9:00 amIs good hitting contagious?
More to the point: Do hitters perform better when they are surrounded by other patient, proficient hitters?
Now if you’ve already decided where you stand on that question, you have probably also decided what you think the A’s should do this winter.
Billy Beane has already mentioned an interest in finding out how much better Jack Cust could be with some …
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Posted September 29, 2008 at 9:45 amThank goodness it’s over!
That’s about the best thing you can say about the A’s season, especially the second half. It’s been miserable to watch, so I can only imagine how much of a grind it’s been for the players involved. Incidentally, the final numbers: 75 victories (their fewest since 1998); 51 players used, including 24 [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Embree-O Miscarries A’s Back Into Third Place (Athletics Nation: Front Page Posts)
Posted September 23, 2008 at 7:57 pmRe-enacting a version of the childhood game “Duck…Duck…Goose!” Alan Embree retired the first two hitters in the bottom of the 7th with the A’s leading 4-3, before giving up a broken bat bleeder through the left side, a pop fly RBI single off the hands to left-center, and then a “no doubt about it” tie-breaking homerun to right: Dunk…Dunk…OOPS! And so the A’s, despite a …
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Posted September 20, 2008 at 4:22 pmHonestly, the only things missing from this game were a position player pitching and someone pulling off the hidden-ball trick.
We had lousy pitching, good pitching, and unlucky pitching; lousy hitting, good hitting, and lucky hitting; a handful of outstanding defensive plays; startling developments on the basepaths; A’s playing out of position and shifting all over the field; and all this in a see-saw …
Tags: Alan Embree, Baisley, baseball, Bill Miller, Carlos Gonzalez, Daric Barton, Jacric Barnahan, Jerry Blevins, Kirk Saarloos, Luis Valbuena, Rob Bowen, Yuniesky Betancourt (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Open (pre) Game Thread: Game 147 - A’s vs. Rangers (Athletics Nation: Front Page Posts)
Posted September 12, 2008 at 7:00 amThis thread will serve as a discussion board for today and then become the game thread once the action starts tonight.
The A’s face the Rangers in game two of a four game series tonight at 7:05 p.m. Greg Smith (7-14, 4.05 ERA) faces the Rangers’ Matt Harrison (7-3, 5.76 ERA).
Tonight’s starters provide an interesting glimpse at the limitations of evaluating Win-Loss stats for pitchers:
Among qualifiers, Smith …
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Posted September 5, 2008 at 7:13 amWhen this season began, the A’s boasted the veteran duo of Alan Embree and Keith Foulke handling setup duties in the bullpen.
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Tags: Alan Embree, Bullpen, Keith Foulke (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Decision 2009: Dallas Braden (Athletic Supporters)
Posted August 26, 2008 at 12:07 pmWith the losses piling up, all that is really left for the Oakland A’s in 2008 is to use the remainder of the season to evaluate players for the 2009 campaign. Over the next several weeks, I will take a look at some of the players that the A’s will have to make decisions about [...]
Tags: Alan Embree, Andrew Brown, Angels, Bullpen, Dallas Braden, Dan Meyer, Dana Eveland, Greg Smith, Henry Rodriguez, Huston Street, Jerry Blevins, Joe Blanton, Joey Devine, Justin Duchscherer, Santiago Casilla (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Embree hopes presence signals return in 2009 (SFGate Sports: Oakland A's)
Posted August 21, 2008 at 12:00 amWhen the A’s didn’t move left-hander Alan Embree before the trade deadline or after the Twins claimed him on waivers, he took that as a sign that perhaps the team plans to pick up his $3 million option for next year. “I don’t know, but I think they must be…
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...A’s notes: Embree hopes presence signals return in 2009 (SFGate Sports: Oakland A's)
Posted August 20, 2008 at 9:15 pmWhen the A’s didn’t move left-hander Alan Embree before the trade deadline or after the Twins claimed him on waivers, he took that as a sign that perhaps the team plans to pick up his $3 million option for next year. “I don’t know, but I think they must be…
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...From bad to worse (Chin Music)
Posted August 20, 2008 at 10:56 amOK, last night was extra bad. And in the context of what the A’s are doing lately, that’s really saying something.
In one park, you had Sean Gallagher getting lit up like a firecracker. In another, you had Rich Harden dominating. That just says so much about the state of the A’s, and why that state would [...]