Indians 7 A's 2- The Indians ended the A's four game winning streak by routing Dan Haren. Haren's been pitching really well, but he's been hit hard by the Tribe in his career. In May, he gave up five runs in 5 2/3 innings and last night he gave up seven runs in 4 2/3. Overall, he has a 6.45 career ERA against them. The Angels didn't play, however, so the magic number remains at 7. The A's also play the Angels at home this weekend so if there's ever a time to do some jumping around and celebrating, it'll be this weekend. ...

In May, while the A's struggled along 8 1/2 games behind Los Los Angeles Angeles de Anaheim Anaheim in the American League West, A's Brand Baseball promised not to mention the division standings any more until school started in the fall. It was hard to imagine, back then, that the A's would be playing meaningful games when schoolkids were buying pencil boxes and new backpacks, but here's this (Go Bears!), and here's this. After......

In May, when the A's were busy losing twenty of twenty-four games, and trotting out starting pitchers that even A's bloggers didn't know were affiliated with the organization, we here at A's Brand Baseball were considering a change in strategery. Not "giving up on the season," exactly--more like emphasizing reasons to care about the A's that didn't involve hoping they would actually win baseball games. We'd have instituted a Rickey Watch (.302/.494/.397, 1 HR,......

Police have identified the most recent victim of a hit-and-run on 19th Avenue as Tu-Cuong Tran. Tran, aged 26, was found lying on 19th near Lincoln at around 12:30 this morning. Read the SF Chronicle brief here....

Last week, according to the Oakland Tribune, the Emeryville City Council voted unanimously to put two community-initiated referenda regarding Pixar's planned expansion on the November ballot instead of waiting until sometime in 2005, as had previously been expected....

In the past decade, the closing of many of the small, single-screen movie theaters has been a serious blow to SF's neighborhoods--not to mention those folks who feel nauseous at the thought of the multiplex. It's not all bad news, though: In May, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to make the New Mission Theatre - once the largest movie theater on the West Coast - a city landmark; its new owner, Gus Murad & Associates, has indicated a willingness to preserve the theater as part of the redevelopment plans....