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Loading ...Open Thread: Game 123 - A’s vs. White Sox (Athletics Nation: Front Page Posts)
Posted August 17, 2008 at 1:00 pmThe A’s have to win another series sometime, right…right? Well, they’ll go for their 11th try in the last 12 series and in a few hours we’ll know the answer to that question one way or the other. At this point in the season, I think we’ve all come to the realization that the remainder of the year won’t be about contention or really even …
Tags: Bobby Crosby, Carlos Gonzalez, Curt Young, Daric Barton, Emil Brown, Jack Cust, Jack Hannahan, Kurt Suzuki (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Harden And Gaudin To Cubs For Four Players (cont.) (Athletics Nation: Front Page Posts)
Posted July 8, 2008 at 4:49 pmRich Harden and Chad Gaudin have been traded to the Chicago Cubs for pitcher Sean Gallagher, outfielder Matt Murton, and minor leaguers Eric Patterson and John Donaldson.
Seemed like a new thread might be in order, so I thought I’d offer one with a few stray thoughts (bullets not available for 5 days in California – but bullet points are!):• The …
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...A’s Lay the Smack Down on Angels (Athletics Nation)
Posted June 30, 2008 at 10:07 pmThe A’s rode Greg Smith’s second career complete game to victory tonight, 6-1. They received some timely hits off of Jon Garland to support Smith’s stellar effort. Smith was fantastic tonight, working in a curve ball more often than I have seen him do in his young career. Perhaps that was something that Curt Young and company scouted ahead about the Angels and …
Tags: AL West, Angels, Carlos Gonzalez, Curt Young, Daric Barton, Eric Chavez, Greg Smith, Kurt Suzuki, Ryan Sweeney (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Dude… We Got So Slammed. (Athletics Nation)
Posted June 12, 2008 at 9:41 pmHappy birthday, Hideki Matsui. Enjoy this gift-wrapped Yankees win as a present, courtesy of the Oakland Athletics.
Looking back on tonight’s game, it’s hard to remember we once had the lead. Carlos Gonzalez, in a rare non-double for him, singled in Mark Ellis in the 2nd inning, putting the A’s up 1-0. Blanton was throwing zeroes, retiring 8 straight from the 1st through …
Tags: Carlos Gonzalez, Curt Young, Mark Ellis (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Young At Heart (SFGate Sports: Oakland A's)
Posted May 13, 2008 at 1:07 amCurt Young has lived his professional life in the background, and he’s fine with that. So are the A’s. On those dynamic late-’80s Oakland teams, he was a No. 5 starter and often had his turn in the rotation skipped so the top pitchers could throw on normal…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Young quietly works wonders with A’s pitchers (SFGate Sports: Oakland A's)
Posted May 13, 2008 at 1:00 amCurt Young has lived his professional life in the background, and he’s fine with that. So are the A’s. On those dynamic late-’80s Oakland teams, he was a No. 5 starter and often had his turn in the rotation skipped so the top pitchers could throw on normal…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...April If You May (Athletic Supporters)
Posted May 1, 2008 at 6:45 pmBefore I get going, I will note that the A’s season started in March, but for the sake of this post I am going to clump those two games in Tokyo as taking place during April.
April is in the books for the A’s, and I must say this was an unexpected opening month for the [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Clubhouse Hijinx + Celebrity Guests (A's Thru Z)
Posted May 1, 2008 at 6:22 pmThe A’s have always been known for having a very open clubhouse, with a very warm, fun feel to it. Every clubhouse is unique, but the A’s, for any number of reasons, have always have one of the better clubhouse…
Tags: Andrew Brown, Bob Geren, Curt Young, Jack Cust, Keith Foulke, Tony Defrancesco, Travis Buck (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Frozen tundra (Chin Music)
Posted April 14, 2008 at 6:17 pmRecovering from a medical procedure today, so getting a nice opportunity to just veg on the couch on watch ball. Happy to see that snowflakes aren’t falling in Chicago, but it does look frigid. Hardly recognized Nick Swisher in his Chicago White Sox uniform and with such a well-groomed facial appearance.
Saw none of Sunday’s games, but [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The Same Routine is Always New… (A's Thru Z)
Posted April 14, 2008 at 4:18 pmWe’ve departed the opening series in Tokyo and now we’re back home. While every day is different at the ballpark, there’s a certain sameness to some of it…Here we have Huston Street and Andrew Brown. This chess game has been…
Tags: Andrew Brown, Bullpen, Curt Young, Emil Brown, Huston Street, Kurt Suzuki, Rich Harden