misc Goodbye Nick Swish It appears that the Billy Beane Player Emporium is still open for business as Beane just traded Nick Swisher to the White Sox for a bunch of prospects. The house-cleaning continues. Swisher batted
SF News The A's So Far- Part III Travis Buck (.265 AVG, .371 OBP, .538 SLG, 6HR, 17 RBI) - A- With the plethora of healthy outfielders at the start of Spring Training this year (my, how quickly things change), chances
SF News Spelling Bee Champ's Opening Pitch Hey, "A's" isn't that hard to spell! Spelling bee champ (and proud member of the BART family) Evan O'Dorney from Danville threw out the opening pitch at yesterday's A's/Red Sox game. The
SF News The Athletics Pounce on Twins: One to Go! The Oakland Athletics this afternoon showed why this year’s team is infinitely grittier and more determined than playoff teams of years past. This collection of misfits and guys barely above the legal
SF News A's Brand Baseball: We Got Game Like Parker Brothers After an unproductive week at the MLB winter meetings, the A's heated up the winter stove again: they traded minor league OF Andre Ethier to the Dodgers for major league OF Milton "Insert
SF News A's Brand Baseball Midseason Report: Bye Bye Byrnesie The All-Star break, which ends when games start today, is a time for the players to give back to the fans (or some such nonsense). It's also a time for baseball writers to
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
SF News A's Brand Baseball: The Cruelest Month The anemic run production—3 shutouts and an AL-worst 70 runs scored in 19 games—has caused some A’s fans to push the panic button, and frankly it doesn’t have SFist
SF News A's Brand Baseball: Good Seats Still Available We hope the crowds will start doing the same as nights at the Coliseum get warmer, as much as we enjoyed having the stadium to ourselves (announced attendance: 15,860). It's great baseball,
SF News Back To Oakland The promising new and/or young players have so far delivered upon their, uh, promise: Nick Swisher hit two home runs against the Orioles on Wednesday, Danny Haren struck out six in six
