“#95, your hit is ready.” | Denny Medley-Imagn Images We have endured some mediocre A’s teams in between the fun runs of winning teams. The “Geren Years” of 2007-11 were trying (but was the team?) and 2015-17 not much fun either. Those squads, though, were very different from the 2025 A’s — who may be one of the more frustrating teams and certainly had the worst 1/5th … [Read more...] about 2025 A’s: “Bad” And “Boring” Are Not The Same Thing
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Game #72: A’s at Royals Game Thread
Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images Back-to-back wins in store for the good guys? The A’s are riding high after yesterday’s close 6-5 win over the Royals. They’ll now try to make it two in a row against Kansas City as the team goes for its 28th win of the year. Left-hander Jacob Lopez will take to the mound for his ninth appearance in an A’s uniform. The club teamed him up … [Read more...] about Game #72: A’s at Royals Game Thread
Casey at the bat
William Navarro-Imagn Images But this one didn’t blow it. Casey Schmitt goofed a grounder in the 9th inning of the Colorado Rockies series, allowing for their dismal division rivals to work a tables-turning comeback on Thursday and spoil a perfectly pleasant series. Despite his performance at the plate that loss could be hung on Schmitt. That screaming baby of regret, … [Read more...] about Casey at the bat
Saturday BP: Who is your pick for Player of the Week?
Photo by Andy Kuno/San Francisco Giants/Getty Images Another week of Giants baseball is coming to a close, so it’s time to find out who Giants fans think was the Player of the Week! Good morning, baseball fans! We’re coming to the end of another week of San Francisco Giants baseball, which means it’s time to take a look back at the week that was and make our picks for … [Read more...] about Saturday BP: Who is your pick for Player of the Week?