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Johan Santana, YouTube and the making of Sean Manaea

A lot of us watched our favorite baseball players when we were kids. Sean Manaea became sort of obsessive about it.

By | January 31st, 2018|4 Comments

A’s Cotton agrees: Baseballs to blame for blisters

Giants manager Bruce Bochy and pitcher Johnny Cueto joined a national debate when they suggested Cueto’s blister problems are related to MLB baseballs. You can add Jharel Cotton to the chorus.

By | July 17th, 2017|1 Comment

From Mulder to Jake Sanchez, A’s door keeps revolving

A’s fans see a familiar, morose pattern: Develop young baseball players into stars, then trade those stars for prospects, then develop those prospects into stars, then trade those stars, etc.

By | September 22nd, 2016|7 Comments

Billy Beane’s moment of truth

The 2015 season will go a long way in defining Billy Beane’s legacy. And it’s Beane who signed himself up for this sort of professional scrutiny.

By | April 9th, 2015|3 Comments

Curse you, Oakland Athletics!

The Billy Goat? The Bambino? Those are nothing compared to the curse of the A's.

By | October 2nd, 2014|4 Comments

Vida understands pitch counts, but doesn’t like them

Vida Blue's philosophy of pitching: Hard as you could, as long as you could.

By | June 24th, 2014|9 Comments

Hey, pro sports teams… TMI!

Lately, instead of playing their natural role as flustered diplomats, sports teams seem to be taking another approach toward their athletes: If you can’t beat ’em, out-tweet ’em.

By | April 23rd, 2014|2 Comments

A’s staff, minus 1, has been amazing

Reinforcing how amazing the A’s pitching, minus Jim Johnson, has been through the first nine games of 2014.

By | April 10th, 2014|4 Comments