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July 8, 2009 3:53 am
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From OaklandAthletics.com:
The A's designated pitcher Dana Eveland for assignment following Tuesday night's 5-2 loss in Boston.
Eveland remains on the A's 40-man roster and will be optioned to Triple-A Sacramento if he clears waivers. A corresponding roster move will be announced on Wedn
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July 6, 2009 1:00 am
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From rotoworld:
Athletics acquired outfielder Scott Hairston from the Padres for RHP Craig Italiano, RHP Ryan Webb and a player to be n
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July 9, 2009 7:00 pm
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So my lady sent me this link saying that the movie MONEYBALL is going to be produced with a different director.
Sad thing is she sent me this TMZ link: http://perezhilton.com/2009-07-09-b
rad-pitts-ball-is-rolling - sorry you have to hear from that site first....
Anyways, here i
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June 25, 2009 4:28 am
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Thought I'd share with everyone the site I use to find player contracts. Too many of the major media outlets do a poor job on this and the this site I use is very detailed and accurate. The more people around here with knowledge of our contracts, the quality of the posts go up as people become more knowledgable. Here we are. Enjoy.
Players with salaries not listed are probably
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June 24, 2009 1:47 pm
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First of all, I'm sorry I have to bring the topic up because I thought this might be the year Jack Cust would be able to improve some of the weaker areas of his game. And by all indications through the first month-and-a-half or so, it seemed he had turned a corner. No one expected him to become a contact hitter and/or a gold gl
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June 29, 2009 1:36 am
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This blows...
Athletics transferred LHP Josh Outman from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list.
The San Francisco Chronicle says Tommy John surgery is a possibility, which is a real shame. Outman was beginning to look like a
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June 22, 2009 4:10 pm
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Dallas Braden has been awesome for the Athletics this year. Not having Justin Duchscherer for the first half of the season and basically going with 4 rookies to round out the rotation -
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July 5, 2009 4:40 pm
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So i was looking around the web at some A's stuff and noticed that the team was called the "white elephants" by owner John Mcgraw. Then the A's incorporated it and now its our mascot. But a white elephant is a valuable possesion of which its owner cannot dispose and whose cost of upkeep is out of proportion to its usefulness. So..... um..... ya..... Why the hell is that our mascot lol?
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June 29, 2009 1:20 am
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I have written this thread now for the third season in a row, and I cannot help but wonder whether the A's manager and pitching coach ever think about this? Why is it that for hitting the manager will try to split up the left and right, but will not do the same when it comes to the pitching staff? If you are trying to offensively give your team an advantage by not grouping hitters
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June 28, 2009 10:54 pm
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I am just wondering why this guy still gets to play so much? I am not an A's fan but my best friend is and he is constantly telling me that Crosby is the worst every day player he has ever seen. I know Crosby doesnt literally play every day but why in the hell does he get so much playing time? Why don't the A's just cut ties with him already and give someone else a chance?
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June 26, 2009 8:01 am
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Here is a quote from a story in the Denver Post from Carlos Gonzalez:
“I think we have more talented players and a better team (than Oakland),” Gonzalez told the paper. “I know what it’s like to play over there. Here we expect to win every game. I think we are going to d
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June 23, 2009 1:39 am
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From Rotoworld:
Mark Ellis (calf) is scheduled to come off the disabled list Sunday.
Ellis is six games into his 10-game rehab stint. Unfortunately he is batting just .190 during the stint. He was batting .206 prior to suffering a serious strained left calf muscle in late April, so d
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July 1, 2009 1:04 pm
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(POLL)
It's July 1st. We're in last place going nowhere, at least contending-wise. In all likelihood, a month from now (or earlier) Matt Holliday will be wearing a different uniform. We're aware of it. The organization is aware of it. Other teams are aware of it. Matt Holliday is aware of it. I'm not even going to get into who/what
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June 26, 2009 5:20 am
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The following is a link to the original Moneyball script before the rewrite. It's a pretty big .pdf document, but it's interesting to read and see how they were going to make this book into a movie:
Click Here to read the script.
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June 26, 2009 4:39 am
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By Danny Wild
MLB.com
Sometimes you just have to settle for a career day at the plate.
Matt Sulentic came to bat in the ninth inning with one goal in mind: a double. Up the line, in the gap, off the wall... anywhere.
"Honestly, I was like, I don't care where it goes, I'm running to second," he said.
The former t
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