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A’s Prevail 2-0 in Tightly Contested Pitching Duel
The Athletics opened their three-game series against the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. After suffering two consecutive losses to close out their previous series in Arizona, the “Green and Gold” got back in the win column, defeating the Twins 2-0 in one of the team’s best pitched games in recent memory. Starter Jacob Lopez turned […]
Game #103, Athletics at Twins Game Thread
The Athletics opened this weeklong road trip by losing two out of three to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Following an off day yesterday, the A’s are back in action today as they begin a three-game series against the Minnesota Twins, who at 51-53, are 4 1/2 games back of the American League Central lead and 2 […]
Elephant Rumblings: Weekend Series In The Twin Cities
Welcome to Friday A’s fans! We made it. After a day off the club is back at it tonight, this time in Minnesota set to take on the Twins for a three-game weekend series. The two clubs are in different spots heading into this weekend. While the Athletics have seen their playoff hopes evaporate over […]
Elephant Rumblings: What’s The Future At Third Base?
Good morning A’s fans. The squad couldn’t get out of Arizona with a series win, losing the last 2 to the Diamondbacks to drop the record to a tough 43-59. That’s a disappointing outcome after their strong start to the season, and the Green & Gold will be at home watching October baseball on their […]
A’s drop series finale in a big way, 15-5 to the Diamondbacks
The A’s took a second stab at a series win this afternoon at Chase Field in Phoenix against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Starting today for the Kelly-Green and Gold was Gage Jump. He went up against righty Merrill Kelly for the D-backs. The A’s scored first in the top of the third. With one out, Jonah […]
Game #102, Athletics vs. Diamondbacks Game Thread
The A’s will make a second stab at a series win this afternoon at Chase Field in Phoenix against the Arizona Diamondbacks. After taking the first game of the series 5-2 and then dropping last night’s matchup 6-5 in ten innings, the A’s will go for the win before heading to Minnesota to finish the […]
A’s roster moves: Ginn to IL, Barnett recalled
The A’s just can’t catch a break in the health department. The club announced that right-hander J.T. Ginn is the latest member of the squad to land on the 10-day IL, landing there because of a blister on his right middle finger: The loss hurts for the short-term but on the bright side this shouldn’t […]
Elephant Rumblings: A’s Road Trip Continues as Trade Deadline Looms
Happy Wednesday A’s fans! This afternoon, the Athletics will wrap up a three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks before flying to Minneapolis to take on the Minnesota Twins this weekend. While there is a chance first baseman Nick Kurtz could return during the second half of this road trip, the A’s will be without hot-hitting […]
A’sa fall in extra innings 6-5 to Arizona
Game two of the three-game series between the Athletics and the Arizona Diamondbacks took place tonight at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. Pitching for the Athletics was 26-year-old righty Jack Perkins against 26-year-old righthanded rookie Kohl Drake who made his major league debut tonight. Max Kepler gave the D-backs an early lead with a first […]
Game #101, Athletics vs. D-backs Game Thread
Game two of the three-game series between the Athletics and the Arizona Diamondbacks will take place tonight at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. The A’s took the opener last night 5-2 behind Joshua Kuroda-Grauer’s first MLB homer and a 4-5 night by Tommy White. Taking the mound tonight for the Athletics is 26-year-old righty Jack […]
Elephant Rumblings: A’s Ink All Top 10 Draft Picks
Happy Tuesday A’s fans! The club announced yesterday that the team and its first two picks in this year’s draft, Georgia Tech outfielder Drew Burress and second round left-hander Mason Edwards, have agreed to their first big league contracts, with both getting above-slot signing bonuses: The front office isn’t waiting around to get these two […]
A’s Beat Diamondbacks 5-2
The A’s got back in the win column on Monday evening in Arizona, beating the Diamondbacks 5-2 behind a solid performance from tonight’s starting pitcher, . On offense it was death by 13 singles plus a pair of home runs. Just how we all expected it to go. It was left-hander Jeffrey Springs on the […]
Game #100: A’s at Diamondbacks Game Thread
The A’s have hit the road, heading south to Arizona to take on the Diamondbacks in the first of three games. The A’s are on life support as far as the playoffs go so the panic button has been pressed multiple times at this point. If there’s a late surge in this team, it’s going […]
Hot Topic: Who Is The “Real Langeliers”?
To hear it from some readers, Shea Langeliers is a top catcher in MLB worthy of the All-Star starting gig afforded him by a landslide of fan votes. To hear it from other readers, Langeliers is highly overrated and only reducing his value every month he takes the field and has his shortcomings further exposed. […]
Elephant Rumblings: Monday Roundup
What a crazy weekend it’s been. We kicked off the second half of the 2026 MLB Season with what could only be called a drubbing (or a pummeling as I called it in the wrap-up) on Friday night in front of a home crowd. Our pitching was disastrous and our hitting nonexistent. In phase 2a […]
A’s Drop Series Finale to Nats 5-2
The club dropped the final game of their weekend series to the Washington Nationals on Sunday afternoon, falling 5-2 to drop the A’s to 42-57. Left-hander Jacob Lopez got the ball for today’s start, his first real starting assignment at the big league level since being removed from the rotation in mid-May. He looked in […]
Game #99: Nationals at A’s Game Thread
Can we make it two in a row? One day after snapping the losing streak the Athletics have a chance to make it two in a row, something they haven’t done in a while. Lefty Jacob Lopez will return to the starting rotation beginning with this afternoon’s start. He’s getting another chance to prove he […]
A’s Snap Losing Streak in Style with Blowout 15–1 Victory
The Athletics took on the Washington Nationals in the second game of this three-game interleague series at West Sacramento’s Sutter Health Park. This game was a complete reversal of Friday night’s opener, as the A’s scored early and often en route to a 15–1 victory that had to feel good for a club that had […]
Game #98, Athletics vs. Nationals Game Thread
Last night, the Athletics kicked off the second half the same way they finished the first half, suffering an embarrassing 23-4 defeat to kick off this three-game series against the Washington Nationals. The team’s change at pitching coach did not provide an immediate boost, as several A’s pitchers combined to allow 18 runs in another […]
Free Fall 2.0 Puts The Front Office At A Crossroads
Too bad the crossroads seem to overlook a cliff on all sides, but which way do you want to go? This reminds me of a trip to Europe years ago in which Siri instructed, calmly, “turn left”. Only we were driving on a mountain road and for as long as the eye could see a […]
A’s get pummeled by Nationals to start the second half, 23-4
The “Second Half” of the 2026 MLB season began tonight for the Athletics against the Washington Nationals at Sutter Health Park in West Sac. After finishing the first half on a nine-game losing streak, the team hopes to get off on the right foot against the Nats. Gage Jump made the start for the A’s, […]
Game #97, Athletics vs. Nationals Game Thread
The “Second Half” of the 2026 MLB season begins tonight for the Athletics. They’ll pick up at home in West Sacramento against the Washington Nationals at 6:40 p.m. After finishing the first half on a nine-game losing streak, the team hopes to get off on the right foot against a Nationals team which sits in […]
Elephant Rumblings: Forst’s Thoughts; Second Half Starts Tonight
Welcome to Friday everyone! Yesterday General Manager David Forst spoke on the team before the start of the second half yesterday. The recent losing skid has all but eliminated the A’s from the postseason hunt as they now own the third-worst record in the American League, and he and the front office recognize that: It’s […]
Blogfather Saves The Day With Pearls Of Most Excellent Advice
If the A’s have a terrific second half reversing all bad trends, we will be able to look at this “unauthorized coaching” article as the springboard that vaulted the team back to relevancy. Obviously, if the team continues to sputter it’s not my fault — who reads junk on the internet anyway? The All-Star break […]
Elephant Rumblings: A’s Shaking things up heading out of the All-star break.
Elephant Rumblings: A’s Shaking things up heading out of the All-star break. Between the rash of injuries and the overall malaise that has taken over this team, it was time for some changes. In addition to replacing Pitching coach Scott Emerson with Bullpen coach Dan Hubbs, who will serve as interim pitching coach for the […]
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