Oakland A's to Oakland: We're just not that into you any more
mercurynews.com 3/13/2009 — The Oakland A's have 'exhausted' their time and resources with the city in a search for a new home, and have 'no interest in covering old ground again,' A's owner Lew Wolff said in a statement released early Friday

Guide Preview: Oakland Athletics
wezen-ball.com 3/24/2009 — Continuing our look at the American League West, we come next to the Oakland A's. It's been a few years now since Michael Lewis' Moneyball was published, but it's still hard not to see them as anything but "the Moneyball team". The funny thing about that actually - and I'm not the first one to ...

Fantasy Baseball 2009: The Oakland A's
mvn.com 2/17/2009 — In this Tuesday edition of my series taking a look at the potential fantasy value of players on teams that are largely under the radar, I will put the Oakland Athletics under the microscope. Here are the top five A's that I feel could be undervalued on draft day. 1.  2B Mark Ellis  ...

Ryan Sweeney Profile, Blog Posts, Stats, Photos - Oakland Athletics - MLB
sbnation.com 4/9/2009 — 45 AN Interviews Oakland A's GM Billy Beane: Spring Training 09 Edition Part II by Blez from Athletics Nation on Mar 24, 2009 9:00 AM EDT Athletics Nation's second part of the exclusive interview with Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane. Top ...

A’s to Oakland: Drop Dead
baseballprospectus.com 3/17/2009 — During my chat a couple of weeks back, I wrote of the Oakland A’s future now that their Fremont stadium plans are dead : I still say the most likely scenario is [owner Lew] Wolff stays put in Oakland for the next few years, and hopes either ...

Tragedy in Oakland
hardballtimes.com 3/23/2009 — The nightmare that unfolded in Oakland over the weekend hit particularly close to home for the A's organization : Two of the officers, Dunakin and Hege, often worked A's games at the Oakland Coliseum, according to David Rinetti, the team's vice president of stadium operations. "It hit me ...

mercurynews.com 2/23/2009 — Following thunderous community opposition, the owner of the Oakland A's has moved to the brink of abandoning plans for a new stadium in Fremont, leaving at least one San Jose councilman hopeful that the major league baseball team will turn to his ...

Better Know A Rival: Oakland
lookoutlanding.com 4/2/2009 — Status: Division contender Projected Offense: C: Suzuki 1B: Giambi 2B: Ellis SS: Cabrera 3B: Chavez LF: Holliday CF: Sweeney RF: Buck DH: Cust The A's didn't have an easy time scoring runs in 2008, finishing with the worst offense in baseball. ...

Should the Athletics Sign Pedro Martinez or Odalis Perez?
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 3/30/2009 — Uh-oh. Bad news for Athletics fans over the weekend: MLB.com: " A's right-hander Justin Duchscherer, a 2008 All-Star and Oakland's projected Opening Day starter when Spring Training opened last month, is headed for surgery on his ailing right elbow and will start the season on the disabled ...

Wolff to Oakland: “buh-bye!”
hardballtimes.com 3/16/2009 — Lew Wolff has given what seems like the final kiss-off to Oakland : The Oakland A's have "exhausted" their time and resources with the city of Oakland in a search for a new home, and have "no interest in covering old ground again," A's owner Lew Wolff said in a statement released Friday . . ...

Plenty of cheers, not so many fans — SFGate: Top Sports Stories 4/6/2009
Jason Giambi walked to the plate at the Coliseum on Saturday, and the thunderous boos he heard since 2002 had disappeared. If it was any indication, A's fans seem willing to let that whole Yankees thing slide and chalk it up as a seven-year pinstripe ...

A'S / Nothing aged about Oakland's pitchers — SFGate: Top Sports Stories 4/6/2009
The old man of the A's rotation takes the hill tonight in Anaheim to begin the 2009 season. Dallas Braden is 25. He's two months older than Dana Eveland, who has the most experience in the rotation: 35 big-league starts. Josh Outman, the fifth ...

Buy and Sell: MLB Team Values — Bleacher Report - MLB 4/6/2009
The Counselor is IN: In fantasy baseball, some teams have great hitting and some have great pitching, so it is important to know, whether you are drafting or picking up new players, which teams have which. For example, there is a player like ...

Sweethearts or Sweet Tarts: Should You Sour on The A's? — Bleacher Report - MLB 4/6/2009
Did they go from sweethearts to sweet tarts in the matter of a spring?   The Oakland A’s, who became a very trendy pick to unseat the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in 2009, had a very interesting spring.   The team’s ...

Cleaning the Fantasy Baseball Litterbox — Bleacher Report - MLB 4/6/2009
Each week on RotoExperts.com , I write a column called Slumps and Dumps where I scoop the turds from the fantasy baseball litterbox by looking at the players who are tanking and consequently dragging your team down with them. Part of that ...