Jason Kendall - 2006 Stats: 143 games, 552 AB, 23 2B, 1 HR, 53 BB, 54 SO, 11 SB, .367 OBP, .342 SLG, .295 AVG The A’s starting catcher is the very definition of ‘light-hitter’; rarely does he get a hit greater than a double, and in his career with the A’s, he’s only managed one homerun, which barely cleared the fence, at that. Despite his obvious lack of power, Kendall is a very consistent......

We come to exhume Ken Macha--still, no praise. When A's Brand Baseball last appeared here, the A's and manager Ken Macha (right, not a recent photo) had broken off contract negotiations. $2.6 million over 3 years, with a team option for the 4th, was simply unacceptable to Macha, who became a free agent. The A's started conducting interviews for the vacancy, and our tone about the whole thing may have been somewhat cavalier. Imagine......