thesportsbank.net - 8/13/2009
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By Paul M. Banks
Thou shall not be a sports bigamist- that is one of the ten sports fan commandments. You got one team and you stick with them. But I often bend this rule. Sure, whenever my Chicago White Sox play anybody, the Sox are the good guys and the other team, they’re the bad guys. ...
Oakland Athletics : The Drumbeat : Giambi released
sfgate.com 8/7/2009 — Jason Giambi has been released by the A's, ending his failed return to the team with which he started out a star-crossed career. Here is the team's press release: OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Oakland Athletics have released Jason Giambi, the five-time ...
A's to San Jose Brings $130 Million a Year to South Bay
thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com 9/4/2009 — A's owner Lew Wolf is a man in search of a home. Oakland draws the second fewest fans in the majors behind only the Florida Marlins and Wolf is convinced that baseball is no longer economically viable in Oakland. He tried to build a stadium in Fremont, but that fell through earlier this year. He ...
Fan Gets Tased At Oakland A’s Game: Video
sportsrubbish.com 8/5/2009 —
Crowds at Oakland A’s games this season have been quiet. However, stadium officials may have found a way to get the crowd to make some noise: just tase one of them.
The incident occurred during the 7th inning of last night’s game between the Athletics and the Texas Rangers. ...
Beane Not a Good Judge of Talent
dugoutcentral.com 8/3/2009 — Wow. What a shocker. Oakland General Manager Billy Beane traded slugger Matt Holliday to St. Louis for three prospects. The same Matt Holliday (whom by the way had a whopping 400 plate appearances in his storied Oakland career) Beane traded two young ...
Scrapbook Memories 1989, Chapter 5
athleticsnation.com 7/6/2009 — Scrapbook Memories celebrates the 20th anniversary of Oakland's last World Series triumph. We near the halfway point of the season with the still-hurting A's clinging ever so precariously to the top spot in the dangerous American League West.
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What Does This Hot September Mean?
athleticsnation.com 9/24/2009 — Rob Neyer quotes Ken Rosenthal in his piece yesterday :
The A's are not just a September flash. They're 34-30 since the All- Star break, and entered Monday's play ranked fourth in the AL in runs per game during that time. The increased offense is ...
5 Questions with Athletics Nation
pinstripealley.com 7/23/2009 —
The Yankees take on Oakland tonight at Yankee Stadium to open a four-game series. Here's a quick set of '5 questions' with '67Marquez' of our Oakland blog, Athletics Nation , to help you get to know the A's a bit.
Pinstripe Alley: The Yanks always seem to struggle against pitchers they ...
Moneyball: A Retrospective
ampsportsduo.blogspot.com 7/14/2009 — It has been seven years since the fateful 2002 season of the Oakland Athletics was chronicled by Michael Lewis in the now famous bestseller Moneyball . I was fully aware of the concepts of the book but had never actually read it. About a month ago it was plopped into my lap at the cost of 50 ...
Who Do You Want To Be A 2010 Athletic?
athleticsnation.com 9/30/2009 — HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my baseballdad! Love you!
AN General Consensus on 2010 starting pitching: Weed out the best starters from this season and call it a rotation. See if Duchscherer can/will come back. Maybe add a veteran starter.
AN General ...
A'S ON DECK —
SFGate: Top Sports Stories 8/13/2009
Today Off Friday vs. White Sox 7:05 p.m., CSNCA Contreras (4-11) vs. Anderson (7-8) Saturday vs. White Sox 1:05 p.m., no TV Floyd (9-7) vs. Gonzalez (4-2)...
Top prospect Jones sticks with it —
Major League Baseball News 8/13/2009
With the recent trade of third baseman Brett Wallace to Oakland for Matt Holliday, Daryl Jones became the Cardinals' top offensive prospect. But it looks like Jones and the Cardinals may have made a mistake by letting him play in the All-Star Futures ...
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