ampsportsduo.blogspot.com - 7/14/2009
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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 ...
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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MLB Road Trip: Oakland Athletics, White Sox West
thesportsbank.net 8/13/2009 —
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. ...
Wilhite going to the big leagues
fromthedugout.freedomblogging.com 7/16/2009 — It was an emotional moment recently when Jon Wilhite — the lone survivor of the April 9 crash that killed Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart and Henry Pearson — threw out the first pitch at an Orange County Flyers game, on his former college ...
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 ...
Billy Beane’s Bandwagon is Diminishing
thebiglead.com 7/28/2009 — In October 2006, Billy Beane’s Oakland Athletics won the first playoff series of his tenure. Jim Caple wrote , “Amid our ‘You’re Exactly as Smart as This Year’s Winning Precentage’ sports culture, here’s a general manager who annually – and ...
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 ...
Lewis on the Athletics
baseballmusings.com 6/1/2009 — Via Deadspin , an interview with Michael Lewis :
Q: We’re six years removed from the publication of “Moneyball.” People are still talking about it, and it would appear that just about every team — to some degree — has adopted its principles. How would you assess its impact today?
A: It’s ...
A's First Game of B.B. Series
baysportsjournal.blogspot.com 6/23/2009 — For a few years in the middle of the decade there, the Giants absolutely could not figure out the A's in inter-league play, but they're hoping to get even this year. After getting swept by the Giants in San Francisco earlier in the month, the A's beat the Giants in the first of a 3-game set in ...
Oakland in last now, but building for the future
homeruntrot.blogspot.com 5/24/2009 — Continuing with yesterday's "building for the future" theme, today I present the Oakland Athletics. The A's are 15-25 this season, last in the AL West. Given that Billy Beane is their GM, the whole roster could change between today and the beginning of the 2010 season. Unlike with most other ...
Geren, A's Stumble Into Tough Second Half —
Bleacher Report - MLB 7/14/2009
Heading into the 2009 season, the Oakland A's were expected to be major contenders in the weak American League West. However, with the Angels and Rangers controlling the West, the A's are left to dwell in the cellar for the first time since '97.
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A's are a franchise coasting nowhere —
SFGate: Top Sports Stories 7/14/2009
Meanwhile, back in Oakland, where torpid despair is Job One, the A's are on the job tomorrow against the Angels, trying to repair the damage of a first half that has chased away all but the hardiest of souls. And while we have all floated the notion ...
Selig stands by territorial rights —
SFGate: Top Sports Stories 7/14/2009
ST. LOUIS - If the A's want to move to San Jose, they must overcome baseball's territorial-rights issue, and Commissioner Bud Selig said Tuesday they remain enforceable even in a struggling economy. "Territorial rights are always sacred," Selig said ...
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