Oakland A's
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Yonder Alonso: Late Bloomer or Lame Duck?
Earlier today, the Oakland A's traded pitchers Drew Pomeranz , Jose Torres , and a player to be named later to the San Diego Padres for first baseman Yonder Alonso and reliever Marc Rzepczynski . Initial reactions lean…
MLB Attendance Trends
One month into the season, let's check out the early returns from box offices around the league. Similar to other statistical analysis, we are dealing with a small sample that could potentially skew results, for…
MLB Ballplayers on Vine
A couple of weeks before getting traded from Oakland to Houston, Travis Blackley set off his first Vine. It was a simple film, six stages of his iced coffee. In other clips, Blackley shares candid moments with his A's…
Grading the Trade Deadline of 2008
Everyone says you can't judge trade deadline, or draft class, winners and losers immediately, but baseball pundits still crank them our for major publications, like Sports Illustrated or ESPN . The reasons for the…
Regards to Brett Anderson
Get Well Soon, Brett Anderson . He's one of our favorites, as is the awesome Susan Slusser. From her SF Chronicle piece : Genevieve Ross / AP Brett Anderson's left elbow didn't respond to rest, rehab and platelet-rich…
Why Not Travis Banwart?
The Oakland A's rotation has taken a big hit in the last few days. We've been picking the A's to win this year since the start of the season. They lost Dallas Braden for the season over a month ago. In the past couple…
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