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Former Oakland A’s Player’s Up-And-Down Life on Full Display on Twitter
I will be the first to admit it. I like bad reality shows. Don’t believe me? How about Jersey Shore, the Real World, My Big Friggin’ Wedding? How do you like me now? Still don’t believe me… how about the all-time trashiest and my all-time favorite reality show… Temptation Island. I may try to start [...]
TweetWhat’s the Deal with Hisashi Iwakuma and the Oakland A’s?
Very interesting turn of events for the Oakland A’s in their attempt to sign Japanese Pitcher, Hisashi Iwakuma. You may have heard that the Oakland A’s essentially won the rights to bid exclusively for Iwakuma, the ace pitcher on the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. Basically, the A’s submitted the highest bid for the rights to [...]
TweetNew A’s Edwin Encarnacion Theme Song
I don’t know where this came from but I was reading about new Oakland A’s third baseman Edwin Encarnacion and this song popped in my head. Now, I cannot thinking of Encarnacion without singing this song so I thought I would make everyone else feel my pain. This is from the movie, Nacho Libre with [...]
TweetVote for A’s in 2010 This Year in Baseball Awards
The Oakland A’s may not have won their division. They may not have even made the playoffs or had a rookie of the year, Cy Young or MVP. But, that doesn’t mean there still isn’t a chance for one of your Oakland A’s to win a postseason baseball award. The 2010 MLB This Year in [...]
TweetOakland A’s NOT Bay Area’s Highest Paid Athletes
I was looking through the San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal yesterday and saw their list of the top 25 highest paid Bay Area athletes. Not too much to my surprise there is not one Oakland A’s player on the current roster that made the list. In fact, Eric Chavez was # 4 on the list [...]
TweetOakland A’s: How Many Third Basemen Does It Take…
So let me get this straight. The Oakland A’s started last season with A’s favorite Eric Chavez. We know Chavez got hurt so the Oakland A’s traded for former San Diego Padres third baseman, Kevin Kouzmanoff. Then, with Kouzmanoff still on board, the Oakland A’s picked up former Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Edwin Encarnacion. [...]
TweetRajai Davis Stolen Away
Well, my question about the A’s crowded outfield was answered today when the Oakland A’s traded away the 50 stolen bases man, Rajai Davis, to the Toronto Blue Jays for for minor league right-handers Trystan Magnuson and Daniel Farquhar. Or as I like to call them… T who and Daniel what? Davis was one of [...]
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