What Do the A’s Do With Chris Carter?

I read a real brief statement about this and it got me thinking about Chris Carter. What a weird situation this guy has been in. He is from Redwood City, California. He was traded from the Chicago White Sox to the Diamondbacks for Carlos Quentin, then two weeks later was traded to the A’s and [...]

Do the A’s Still Have a Chance to Land Beltre?

According to the LA Times two days ago, it sounds as if the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have pulled their free agent offer to Adrian Beltre. Sounds like they were offering somewhere in the neighborhood of 5-years, $70 million – which was about $6 million more than the Oakland A’s original offer. But, because [...]

A’s Offense Gets Another Boost

Well, one thing we know for sure is that Billy Beane has not checked out yet for the holidays. Quite the opposite in fact. So far this offseason, the Oakland A’s have traded for David DeJesus, signed DH Hideki Matsui, and pitchers Rich Harden and Brandon McCarthy. Just to add icing on the cake, today [...]

The Invasion of Godzilla

The Oakland A’s finally made a rumbling in free agency by agreeing to a one-year contract with Hideki Matsui for somewhere in the neighborhood of $7 million. Not too bad when you think about the fact that the Oakland A’s were paying Eric Chavez about $12 million last year to sit on the bench and [...]

Can the Oakland A’s Seal the Deal with Godzilla?

Sounds like the Oakland A’s could be on the verge of landing one of their top DH targets this offseason. Hideki Matsui, former Yankee and Angel, is expected to make his decision as quickly as tomorrow and it sounds like the Oakland A’s are the front runners. If true, this would be a nice boost [...]

The AL West DH Merry-Go-Round

The good news for Oakland A’s pitchers is that they have a chance to significantly improve upon their strike out totals this year as they face former Oakland A’s designated hitter, Jack Cust, who signed with the Seattle Mariners. Cust is the first AL West DH to switch addresses. There are still DH vacancies on [...]

Oakland A’s Free Agent Possibilities and Pipe Dreams

I know that there are some folks who tune out the rumors. After all, for the most part that is what they are… a bunch of rumors. Many of them have to stock whatsoever and often times just get fans excited for a big letdown. I am in the camp of following every rumor intently. [...]

Winter Meetings Leaving the A’s Out in the Cold

So it looks like the big Oakland A’s news out of the winter meetings from both Billy Beane and Bob Geren is that the Oakland A’s are looking for more ‘pop’ in their lineup. Ummm… I thought we already knew that. The A’s have definitely been active at least in conversations today. But, nothing has [...]

DH Options for Oakland A’s Are Dropping Like Flies

Remember when the Oakland A’s had all of those options for designated hitter this offseason? There was Adam Dunn, Lance Berkman, Adrian Beltre, and Edwin Encarnacion. Those were the days huh? Let’s take a quick assessment of where we are today, shall we? Adam Dunn is a Chicago White Sock (is sock singular for sox?); [...]

Jon Gruden won’t coach college football, period.

Jon Gruden will not be coaching the Miami Hurricanes, or any other college team. Gruden, since being fired by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers has been linked to jobs in the college circles at Notre Dame and Tennessee. He won’t be showing up at any of the above listed campuses. Not this year. Gruden is under [...]