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• A’s Spank Giants and Win 3 of 4.

  

  I see him almost everyday hanging out in front of the taco stand. He is an old man, probably around 70 years old with a funky sort of style. Today he is... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• The Oakland A’s and Their June Swoon.

  

  I had what can be called a perfect summer evening last night: I watched Star Wars on a 60 foot screen on top of a 6 story building with the stars twinkling... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Reggie Jackson and His Place in the Cosmos of My Mind.

  

  Say what you want about Mr. Jackson and his brash attitude and high strikeout rates, yet without my grandfathers’ fondness for the man I would have never found... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Summer is Here….and the A’s Stink.

  

  Some random hipster representing my own personal hell.The California summer heat wave is about to begin; and long-time readers of this blog know that in the pas... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• The End of the Innocence. (not a Don Henley Reference!)

  

  The great Ernie YoungAround 1993-1995 I completely lost interest in baseball. Being in my early 20’s my childhood interests waned, as they tend to do, and in... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Ben Sheets Got Me Drunk.

  

  Enabler.On January 26, 2010, Ben Sheets agreed to a one year, $10 million with an additional $2 million in incentives, contract with the Oakland Athletics. “Ok,... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• A’s Are Stinkier Than Diarrhea So Far This Season.

  

  This is not very far off from my actual reaction last night . I gave up after 3 innings of internal frustration and outward cursing. Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Bartolo Colon Breaks Records and Does Time Travel.

  

  “I grow old … I grow old … I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.” –T.S. EliotBartolo “Big Sexy” Colon went yard Saturday night becoming the oldest... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• The ‘Fro Gives the Week in Review.

  

  My buddy, Jonesy chillin’ and listening to Prince.We’re all excited But we don’t know why Maybe it’s ’cause We’re all gonna die And when we do What’s it all... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Brian Kingman Talks About His Career and His Troubles with Billy Martin.

  

  CCA: On page 209 of Nancy Finley’s new book “Finley Ball,” she writes that manager Billy Martin started dating Jill, who he eventually married. Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Giants Continue to Pilfer Bandwagon Fans.

  

  “We tend to think of true fandom as a virtue and of bandwagon jumping as a vice. But why? What’s so great about pulling for a team even when it does poorly?... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Dodger Stadium and the All You Can Eat Section.

  

  I’m not sure if I believe in chakras or not but mine certainly weren’t aligned Friday night as I stepped into Dodger Stadium to watch the Blue Crew take on the... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Goose Gossage Proves the Term “douche Bag” Has No Age Limit.

  

  Dear, Goose: I’m going to make this short and sweet. Are you kidding me? Dude, you were a CLOSER, arguably one of the most over-rated positions in the sports... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Ex-marine Uncovers Reptilian Aliens Who Turn out to Be A’s Fans.

  

  Ubbesk seems harmless enough.Ex-marine Kyle Odom was arrested on Tuesday after shooting a prominent preacher twelve times in Idaho after claiming that the... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Hippy Harry and His Oakland A’s Spring Training Report.

  

  A very uncanny Simpsons version of Harry.Harry was one of those flower children from the 60’s who hitch-hiked to Height and Ashbury from an Iowa cornfield and... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Khris Davis, Noodles and Los Angeles.

  

  “Noodle Arm”The man sits regally and casually; wearing old style European clothing. Perhaps I felt this way because I was sitting in a park that reminded me of... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• My Mother Hated Brian Fuentes.

  

  “Goddamn it, they put his dumb ass in there again… I’m going to bed!” my mother says as she jumps out of her La-Z-Boy and tosses the remote control at me. Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• More Self-absorbed Baseball Reminiscing.

  

  I’m assuming the penis and cigarette has lowered the value quite dramatically. Perhaps done by a jilted Reds or Dodgers fan?At 12 years old my interests were th... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Dennis Eckersley and the Ubiquitous Baseball Mustache of the 80’s.

  

  Here’s Eck posing for Playboy in 1980.America’s hipsters and post-ironic trust fund kids may be growing out their mustaches now, but baseball players of the 70’... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Gettin’ Slammed at the Ol’ Yard.

  

  People wax nostalgic about baseball with its poetic and graceful nuances; and I understand the feeling as I often do the same, yet there is a darker underbelly... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS