SF News Holy Cow! Macha Gets The Ax in Oakland However, A's fans really shouldn’t be surprised by this move. Macha has historically bugged certain players to the point of inspiring mutiny. Terrance Long, a very likable outfielder of the Giambi-led crew,
SF News Does Ken Macha Matter? And yet, we utter his name among baseball denizens and they shrug their shoulders and continue imbibing a cold, frosty one. Macha does little to capture the imagination of A's fans in general.
SF News SFist is Talking Baseball SFist Jackson: I'm predicting Oakland and New York in the ALCS this year, and am looking for the Phillies to take on the Cardinals in the NLCS. Oakland looks really strong this year,
SF News A's Brand Baseball: The Devil You Know 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
SF News A's Brand Baseball: Game Over, Man We've come to bury Ken Macha, not to praise him . . . 2005 was a down year for the A's, and they won 88 games. That's 3 fewer than they won in 2004--a year when
SF News A's Brand Baseball: The A's . . . Lose? The A's have lost four games in a row, to the Minnesota Twins and the Baltimore Orioles. They were defeated by A's Brand Baseball's two favorite Orioles, (in order) SS Miguel Tejada and
SF News A's Brand Baseball: Fools in the Rain Baseball is, like, so weird. A 6-game homestand that included Barry Zito’s first win since last July, Rich Harden’s first major league complete game and the catch of Eric Byrnes's life