Game 141 wrapup: A’s spreading offense around
There’s an evolution taking place in the Oakland offense. They aren’t content to score in just one or two innings any more. The A’s are spreading their offense around, one of the reasons they’ve won...
View ArticleGame 143 wrapup: A’s offense roars back to life; Colon feeling better each...
There was a stretch in May and June when it seemed like the A’s offense was first-class. The A’s got away from that some in July and early August, but in the last few weeks the A’s seem to be back with...
View ArticleDon’t look for Brett Anderson to start again in 2013
Looking at the situation from the outside, it may seem as if they A’s are taking a risk in not finding a way to get Brett Anderson back into the starting rotation for the post-season. But as things...
View ArticleGame 144 wrapup: Melvin gives Parker added respect; A’s pen still among best...
It was the kind of thing you see in the middle of a playoff chase that you don’t see in the middle of a season A’s starter Jarrod Parker had given up a run, then loaded the bases with two out in the...
View ArticleMilone’s season not playing out like he’d hoped
This is not the way Tommy Milone envisioned his season winding down. Just two months ago he was a key member of one of the best young pitching staffs in the Major Leagues, and at 26 he was a...
View ArticleGame 145 wrapup: Reddick may be ready for a start; Gray has no problem...
A’s right fielder Josh Reddick may have played his way back into a start or two in the near future. Talking before the game, manager Bob Melvin said he was finding it difficult to put Reddick, who...
View ArticleAfter the Twins, Rangers series looms large for A’s
It will be interesting to see how the A’s play the final game of their series in Target Field. They are coming off their biggest blowout of the season, an 18-3 win over the Twins Wednesday. And on...
View ArticleGame 146 wrapup: It’s time to let Moss play against leftties; Donaldson likes...
Are the A’s about to play the Texas Rangers, their last competition in the American League West title fight, with one arm tied behind their back? Maybe. The Rangers are scheduled to start two...
View ArticleGame 147 wrapup: Balfour angry at being skipped? A’s pretty sure Rios was out...
The move was so by-the-book as to be automatic. The A’s had a one-run lead in the ninth inning. Closer Grant Balfour was up and loose in the Oakland bullpen. Balfour was coming into to close out...
View ArticleGame 148 wrapup: Moss, A’s impressed by Darvish; Magic number at 10; Rangers...
Brandon Moss homered in the first inning the last time he faced Yu Darvish, a two-run shot that led to what would become an 11-4 A’s win back on Sept. 4. So perhaps it should have been no surprise that...
View ArticleRosales, Blackley want Rangers to to follow A’s lead
Adam Rosales and Travis Blackley have been here before. Staring up at first place from way too far behind in second place. Only now the former member of the A’s are with the Rangers. Last year they...
View ArticleGame 149 wrapup: A’s powerball game working
The A’s hit six home runs in this weekend’s sweep of the Rangers. The Rangers hit none. As Texas manager Ron Washington said, “We didn’t punch the ball anywhere near the fence. They punched the ball...
View ArticleGame 151 wrapup: Wolff says he’s not complaining about fans; Reddick likes...
There is no timing quite like bad timing. And so it was for A’s managing general partner Lew Wolff, who took to the pages of USA Today Tuesday to talk about the low turnstile count at the Oakland...
View ArticleWhether it’s in Oakland or San Jose, A’s boss Lew Wolff sees a downtown...
Lew Wolff, the managing partner of the Oakland A’s, was on the field before Wednesday’s game with the Coliseum awash in sunshine and his team having a magic number of six to win the American League...
View ArticleGame 152 wrapup: A long, strange two games for Donaldson; Griffin’s tempo and...
To say that it was a strange 24 hours for Josh Donaldson may understate it some. In the ninth inning Tuesday he delivered a game-winning hit on an 0-2 pitch that cut the A’s magic number for winning...
View ArticleGeneralissimo Y takes center stage in Oakland
It’s way too early to know if there is a new Mr. October on Oakland’s horizon, but it’s at least worth keeping an eye on the A’s Yoenis Cespedes this month. In Game 1 of the American League Division...
View ArticleStephen Vogt does where Crash Davis never did
If you don’t think there is something wonderful and downright fun about baseball in the playoffs, then you haven’t met Stephen Vogt. And if you had seen Vogt six months ago, you wouldn’t have seen...
View ArticleMartinez-Balfour good theater, but not much else
There’s something about seeing the benches clear that elevates baseball. Or at least it seems to elevate interest in baseball, which isn’t exactly the same thing. The question is – should it? When...
View ArticleMelvin considering Gray over Colon for Game 5
UPDATED at 6:35 p.m. PT Is there a case to be made for Sonny Gray as the Game 5 starter if the A’s and Tigers wind up getting there? A’s manager Bob Melvin has to make that call in the next 48 hours...
View ArticleALDS Game 4: History seems against them, but A’s may react well to 2013′s...
Are the A’s headed for heartbreak again? The last nine times they’ve been in a playoff series, they’ve walked away a loser eight times. Since the 1990 World Series Oakland has played in a dozen games...
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