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Tag Archives: Oakland A’s
Let's Go Oakland! (And Go and Go and Go -- A's Win in 19!)
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I attended the Oakland A's game last night. To be more precise, I attended most of the first half of the game. Thinking about my 5:30 a.m. wake-up time and the facts reflected on the scoreboard—the visiting and much unloved … Continue reading
Oakland A's and San Francisco Giants Open Baseball Season
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Baseball swings back to major league parks around the country on Monday, including the Bay Area. The Giants open on the road Monday afternoon against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The A's open at home in Oakland against the Seattle Mariners. … Continue reading
4 Ways Bay Area Baseball Fans Are Celebrating the A's and Giants
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Remember this? OK, so maybe it's a little early to start thinking about another Bay Bridge series. But Bay Area baseball fans have a lot to be excited about as the Major League Baseball postseason nears. On Wednesday, the Oakland … Continue reading
A.M. Splash: Berkeley Declares Bisexual Pride; SF Occupy Strikes Tents; A's Fans Defy Team Owners; Great Whites Spotted in Monterey Bay
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Berkeley ready to proclaim Bisexual Pride Day (Oakland Tribunte) Berkeley may become the nation's first city to officially proclaim Bisexual Pride Day. If approved by the City Council on Tuesday, Bisexual Pride Day would be celebrated on Sept. 23 when … Continue reading
Giants, A's Chances of Making Play-offs? Good. You Getting Tickets? Anyone's Guess
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Nothing's certain until it's certain, but according to Baseball Prospectus's Playoff Odds Report, the San Francisco Giants have a 99.4% chance of making the postseason, and the Oakland Athletics are not far behind at 92.9%. And so, both teams are … Continue reading
Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Lindsey Graham...Which Candidates Did Owners of Bay Area Sports Teams Support?
Tonight the San Francisco Giants will take the field against the Los Angeles Dodgers in what could be a bitter battle for first place in the National League West. Off the diamond, however, some in the teams' front offices are … Continue reading
Athletics Two-for-One Trade: Guillermo Moscoso and Josh Outman for Denver Rockies' Seth Smith
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DENVER (AP) The Colorado Rockies have traded outfielder Seth Smith to the Oakland Athletics for right-hander Guillermo Moscoso and left-hander Josh Outman. Monday's deal came a deal after Smith and the Rockies avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year contract … Continue reading
Oakland Proposes Two Sites For Sports Complex
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Update 1:20 p.m The press conference held by Jean Quan and other city officials is now over. One site, called Victory Court near Jack London Square, we've already heard about. The other is a very ambitious idea to redevelop the … Continue reading
A's, Giants Managers Reflect on Lack of October Baseball
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Major League Baseball’s playoffs begin today, and for only the second time since the current eight-team format debuted in 1995, there is no California team in the hunt for the World Series. Both the Giants and the A’s managers held … Continue reading
Tight Deadline Today for the Conversion Crew at the O.co Coliseum
Crews have been working all night at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum and are by now deep into the intensive process of converting the home of the Raiders… into the home of the A's. The Raiders kicked off their preseason last … Continue reading
