The Oakland Athletics have been famous over the past decade or two for being able to spend frugally while finding good players who can perform where others might not have realized it. The formula has gotten them to the postseason many times, although the team never appears truly great. Well,...
THE OAKLAND ATHLETICSandSeattle Marinersare playing a baseball game on a Tuesday night in Oakland, and it's difficult to describe the silence. There are maybe 1,000 people in the stands at first pitch, and few of them have the energy or the inclination to make any noise. The team is th...
Oakland Athletics, also called Oakland A's, American professional baseball team based in Oakland, California, that plays in the American League (AL). The Athletics—who are often simply referred to as the “A's”—have wonnine World Series championshipsand 15 AL pennants. ...
The Oakland Coliseum is a legendary sports venue that has been the home of the Oakland Athletics baseball team and the Oakland Raiders football team for decades. Catching a game at this iconic stadium is a must for sports fans visiting Oakland. Feel the excitement as you join the roaring crow...
A baseball publication that embraces the absurdity of life, the 8-1 putout, and the history of the OAKLAND Athletics (cococrispafro@gmail.com)
broke Lou Brock's record by 939th base in his career in 1991. The record was deemed as one of the most famous records in the history of baseball and was outdone just by one base. If you are a fan, catch up all the action by being at the next game with your Oakland Athletics ...
The specific: his excitement over his new project, a film adaptation of "Moneyball," the Michael Lewis bestseller that catapulted Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane into the most outsized, polarizing and potentially wealthy general manager in baseball. Not long before his speech, ...
located right near Oakland’s famous Jack London Square. And to the southwest, there’sAlameda, an island in the bay that’s got adorable little stucco duplexes, some attractive Spanish California style single family homes, and some spectacular waterfront palaces with remarkable views across the ...
(16-11, 2.83). Philadelphia lost the series to the New York Giants 4-1, a bitter pill to swallow since it was Giant manager John McGraw who had disparagingly labeled the Athletics as "White Elephants" when they were formed, a less-than-generous evaluation of the team and Mack's ability...
in which the Bell brothers, a little older and wiser now, try to reconcile their foreshortened dreams with the national preoccupation with muscles, manhood, heroism, athletics, competitiveness, victory, and what Chris Bell sees as an “explosion of ass-kicking in America” while he and his bro...