SF News Buh Bye Rich Harden, Hello Corey Maggette? We just found out the answer to the question of whether the A's were going to go for it and make a run at the playoffs or fold their tents for awhile-- they're
SF News The A's So Far Part I Well, effectively grading the A’s on their performance so far is like giving out report cards when half of the class has been out for most of the semester with mono. There
SF News The A's Will Win the West Beane, like Brian Sabean of SF Giants hype, makes his bones when it counts most-- during the trade deadline. This year, the flutter of butterfly wings could be heard from the A's camp.
SF News Springtime In February A large portion of Western literature doesn't make sense to California kids. Specifically, we don't get all those poems about springtime, because it just doesn't feel like that big a deal. This is
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: 41 Losses Never Felt So Good The Giants and the Mariners are bad this year. Here at A's Brand Baseball, we take no special pleasure in writing that, nor do we do so in order to taunt the other
SF News A's Brand Baseball: Some Of Our Best Friends Are From Boston The A's have lost 8 games in a row, and 11 of their last 12. The A's are 9 games below .500. The A's have been outscored, in 2005, by every team in
SF News A's Brand Baseball: Yeesh. Dear Oakland A’s, We get it. We understand that the team’s philosophy is very, very complicated, and involves math. It is not just about putting together a bunch of big, slow
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 Farewell, Huddy In breaking news, Billy Beane has shipped the Oakland A's ace, Tim Hudson, to the Atlanta Braves for three young players who, well, won't cost so much. From Atlanta's point of view, we
SF News Athletics Seesaw Into Tie With Angels Cries of "Chokeland" echoed forlornly off the empty facade of Mt. Davis as the A's lost to the hopeless Mariners four to two last night. Even though it was two dollar Wednesday, and
SF News Heart Attack and Nine Five games left, three back of the Dodgers, tied with the Cubs, a half game up on the Astros, and Milton Bradley losing his mind in LA. Does that say it all? Not