Probably going to be a long year because of the rebuilding process but here's to shocking the AL West....

16-7 Spring Training and 2-0 in the Japanese Exhibition games.

First game.
Oakland vs Boston, in Japan. Tuesday morning.

3/24/2008 2:58:50 PM

glad to see another A's fan around here...

we're about to see some beanie babies grow up

3/24/2008 6:11:49 PM

and then get traded to another team

3/24/2008 6:15:20 PM

We are really giving it to those Japs so far.

3/24/2008 8:47:10 PM

fuck the A's

they don't have a chance to win the AL West but you know who does....


































with the help of

3/24/2008 9:51:13 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlTvSUCCqPo

3/24/2008 9:58:41 PM

^hahaah

3/24/2008 10:00:55 PM

why does there have to be a thread for every baseball team?

3/25/2008 12:33:34 AM

Damnit... A's give up 3 in the Top of the 6th.

Kyle Snyder in for the Sox... Let's beat 'em up Oaktown.

3/25/2008 7:10:46 AM

2 RUN BOMB -- JACK HANNAHAN

let's hold on now

4-3 A's, Bottom 6th

Welcome to Japan Snyder

3/25/2008 7:13:40 AM

sweet.

gotta love foulke coming back to where he began to give us a crucial inning against the white man's walmart team....


^^?^^ I hope the M's win the AL West instead of the friggin Angels if we don't...

[Edited on March 25, 2008 at 7:48 AM. Reason : sp]

3/25/2008 7:47:17 AM

damn, nice catch by ellsbury. that might of just locked up the CF spot for the Sox and made Coco pack his bags for... Oakland?

Or it might of put Ellsbury on the DL.

Would be sweet to add one more here in the 8th but hopefully Huston is on top of his game in the 9th.

[Edited on March 25, 2008 at 7:50 AM. Reason : 1]

3/25/2008 7:49:14 AM

well there's the first BS for Huston of '08. HR by Brandon Moss.

4-4 Top 9th, 1 out.

3/25/2008 7:57:13 AM

here we go... 4-4 heading to the 10th.

Way to go Huston.

3/25/2008 8:15:45 AM

Almost gave Papelbon the L.

Way to give it away Oakland. Growing pains are going to be hard this year -- but wait, that was a vet who screwed up on the base path. Damnit Emil.

0-1... Harden vs Lester tomorrow.

3/25/2008 8:54:10 AM

ibtl

3/25/2008 10:41:44 AM

Embree looked pretty good last year when Street was injured...I figured they were going to trade Street but we're talking about the same franchise who sold out their playoff games 2 years ago but didn't open up upper deck seats for sale even though they obviously would've made money

3/25/2008 10:44:28 AM

i really hope oakland finds a way to bring in coco crisp. mlbtraderumors.com talks about the tigers wanting oakland, but i don't think the tigers have anything to offer.

hopefully one of our farm system guys gets groomed mighty quick to fill the closer role. street has really struggled. joey devine is down there...

3/25/2008 11:31:19 AM

don't get your hopes up -but then again this team has surprised after Beane's fire sales every time....

Seems to me that Beane is beefing up the farm system so that the A's will be decent/good team by the time they get into the new stadium in Fremont... That requires sacrifice for a few years.

3/25/2008 12:39:24 PM

game time. lookin for a blowout.

3/26/2008 5:03:10 AM

Emil Brown with a 3 run jack in the 3rd. Talk about redeeming yourself.

4-0 A's in the 3rd.

3/26/2008 6:16:06 AM

well damn... just win I was going to hype up Harden, Manny goes and hits a bomb.

Harden still looking good. 3 hits and 1 run given up to the Sox after 6.

4-1 A's heading to the Bottom half of the 6th. Need to tack on some more before we give way to our bullpen.

3/26/2008 6:56:15 AM

Good win for Oakland.

OAK - 5
BOS - 1

WP - Rich Harden, 6ip, 9ks
LP - Lester

HR - Oak: Brown (3run shot)
Bos: Manny (solo)

Goodbye Japan

3/26/2008 8:04:11 AM

Quote :

"game time. lookin for a blowout."

I'd say that 5-1 for an A's game is a blowout... good call!

I did draft Rich Harden in the 2nd to last round in fantasy
But, usually Rich Harden puts up 10-12 great games and then gets hurt somehow
When he is on.... he is one of the most dangerous pitchers in the game...

Could Rich Harden become the next Dan Haren for us?!?

3/26/2008 8:18:29 AM

Did the As and Royals pull a trade off this off season? I don't remember one, but with Sweeney and Emil Brown on the A's, I was wondering if they actually signed both of those guys as FAs.

3/26/2008 11:09:45 AM

For some reason, I believe they both signed with the A's as FA's at different times during the off-season. Brown was first and Sweeney was later... I think.

Harden is bigtime when he's on. He got tired today and it showed when he started leaving the ball up (Manny's HR, Lowell almost went back-to-back). Seems like he rushed through spring training and hopefully that won't hurt down the road.

I like the potential in this team a lot. If Buck continues to shit on himself then I could see Carlos Gonzalez getting the call real soon.

Casilla is going to be good out of the pen as well.

3/26/2008 11:40:43 AM

Red Sox AGAIN tomorrow night...

Blanton vs Dice-K AGAIN...

10:05est

3/31/2008 11:14:22 AM

Is it on TV around here? Does anyone have an MLB.TV sub they would be willing to share?

3/31/2008 11:23:13 AM

the MLB extra innings or whatever is free til march 6. you should be able to see pretty much every game this week.. around channel 740 on cable

3/31/2008 1:02:39 PM

ill be at the bar. go a's

3/31/2008 1:26:39 PM

W.


screw the indians

4/5/2008 2:18:47 AM

motherfucker said "screw"

4/5/2008 10:20:11 AM

i was trying to keep it clean. motherfucker

4/5/2008 11:02:37 AM

thats more like it

4/5/2008 11:32:17 AM

cleveland is a great club this year and C.C. is their best pitcher.

If this A's club featuring mostly unheard of beanie babies can show their potential like this so early,
then I am very about that....

Now... don't jump to conclusions.... thats the toughest part but every A's fan is like an NCSU fan already.... much the same ebb and flow to success I'm afriad...

4/6/2008 12:15:23 PM

new alternate uni's were badass the other night

4/6/2008 12:18:20 PM

They wore them yesterday as well, Sabathia should just forfeit against Oakland, especially in Oakland. I mentioned this a few days ago, but the team ERA is going to be top 3 in the AL but the young bats are going to have to come alive to win the west.

4/6/2008 2:55:58 PM

man, the Angels are beastly this year. Not like they havent been for awhile now though...
Seattle is looking better, but I am not buying them until they show consistency.
But I am convinced that Ron Washington is still working for Beane in Texas

If we win the AL West this year, I will fuc|<in fly out to Cali for some playoffs.
This young team will likely cave under pressure if they are unexpectedly successful.
But we do have the best GM in baseball running the club through a puppet manager.

Quote :

"In Beane we trust !"

4/6/2008 3:51:58 PM

a sweep of cleveland would of been sweet but 2/3 vs that crowd ain't bad at all.

road trip comin' up, day off tomorrow and then 8 road games in 8 days...lets see how the young guys react.

@ TOR, @ CLE, @ CWS then home to face those damn Mariners...

4/7/2008 12:51:39 AM

Yeha. I dont care about the tribe actually. i want them to win the central this year anyways.

Beat the Angels. Beat the Mariners. /all that matters....

4/7/2008 11:27:34 AM

where the hell did these bats come from?

Put 5 up on Burnett in the 2nd.

Even Buck had a RBI double... And Ellis had a triple.

6-3 A's over the Jay's... Bottom 2nd.

Keep it up

4/8/2008 7:48:10 PM

thats the huston we need all season... picked up the save tonight. a's win 9-8.

4/8/2008 10:27:18 PM

Tough seeing Big Hurt on Canadia, eh? He blasted that one in the 8th made me go

Gaudin not looking too great thus far, but I think he was rushed off of the DL...

4/9/2008 8:30:12 AM

hopefuly Gaudin pitching yesterday does not mean anything of Harden getting is start pushed back to today.

well shit... looks like it's true. http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080408&content_id=2505310&vkey=news_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak

greg smith gets the start tonight in TOR,, Harden "expects" to start Saturday vs Cleveland.

[Edited on April 9, 2008 at 9:36 AM. Reason : 1]

4/9/2008 9:32:47 AM

Quote :

""expects""

Here we go again with Rich Harden injuries....
that usually begins the downward spiral

Can we get ONE FULL YEAR FROM YOU?!?!?! PLEEEEASE!!!

4/9/2008 9:43:02 AM

Harden to the DL as expected.

A sweep in Toronto.. I'll take it.

Plus, Joey Devine picked up the W last night.

4/11/2008 9:14:15 AM

without Harden and Chavez, .500 is about all we can ask for, especially with the best pitcher and best fielder/leader on the shelf...tread water until they get back. Oh yea, Duke on the DL too, terrific....

4/11/2008 9:52:42 AM

well we've played pretty solid after 3 series' against pretty tough opponents. can't ask for much more at this point. taking 2/3 this weekend in cleveland would be huge.

really hope we can trade harden for some more young talent. harden's a stud but he ain't no good on the shelf. hopefully chavez either comes back healthy or retires an A.

4/11/2008 11:13:53 AM

Best Record in all of the AL. That is what I am talking about.

4/12/2008 9:11:32 AM

amen, bro. The best part about it is that our best players arent even the ones getting it done.

this is how is is going to have to happen if it is going to happen >
unknown guys stepping up out of nowhere to become leaders so we have a solid base that takes the edge off of the skilled players when they are returning from the DL...

In Beane we trust!

4/12/2008 5:10:33 PM