Oakland A's Days

Dallas Braden: Green Collar Hero

Amen to DB for ferociously taking on the great jerk A-Rod.  We hate to use this term, but A-Rod is a dbag.  And Braden is the best, craziest, A's-iest gamer out there.  We just couldn't love him anymore than we do right now.

Go Oakland!  Go Braden!

Gun Shy

Maybe it's because we've been so disappointed by the past couple of baseball seasons.  Maybe it's because we put stock in all the pre-season predictions that said the A's would finish last.  Or maybe it's rational because after all, it is only April 13.  But we are really nervous about getting too excited about this winning.  We find ourselves knocking on wood and wishing Ray Fosse would too.  We just don't want to get ahead of ourselves.  So when will it be okay to get really excited?  May?  June?  After the All-Star Break?  September?

Go Oakland! 

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Sorry Bugaloos

 

"Sometimes you're the bug, sometimes you're the windshield," Angels center fielder Torii Hunter said. "I guess we're the bug."
 
Go Oakland!

Enjoying the Present

The A's are in first place!  And we're going to enjoy it while it lasts.  Go Oakland!

Rag Tag Baseball

4 errors.  Coming back against Felix Hernandez and then blowing it.  A's fans booing Milton Bradley and Eric Byrnes.  The guy sitting in front of us who was passed out drunk in his seat by the middle of the 4th inning.  The parking lot that looked post-apocalyptic.  Waiting in line for the delicious sounding pork sliders, only to be told that they were unavailable because they were still frozen.  Getting our magnetic schedules and then realizing that the magnets are lower quality than in years past.  We are happy that baseball is back, we really are.  And nothing (not a cross country flight or a tiny baby) could have kept us away from the Coliseum last night.  But we have to say, things felt pretty shabby.  Here's hoping the A's straighten things out and beat the Mariners tonight.

Go A's!

p.s. One highlight was that Stomper was wearing a suit and tie.  Our only concern is that if Stomper isn't in uniform, what happens if the A's need him to pinch run?

Catching Up

Well, it is finally here.  Thank goodness.  Somehow we've made it through another long offseason and have the long summer to look forward to.  There have been some big changes here in OADland (including the birth of the first OADlet), so let us catch you up on where we stand on some important issues:

• We think that cancelling FanFest (the one day a year we get to see our dear friend Eugene) was the suckiest, lamest, most terrible thing.  
• We think getting Robert Buan off the radio was the exact opposite -- pure genius.  
• We think some of the A's prospects look good, but who really knows with prospects.  All we can say is that we hope they can hit.  
• We think Eric Chavez is going to have a good year at first base because at spring training he looked happy and loose.
• We think Green Collar Baseball is a great campaign.
• We think Bob Geren really has to put up or shut up this year.  We are tired of him and all the losing he brought with him.
• We think that designating Jack Cust was the right thing to do and we're not that sad about it.
• We think that Ronnie Wash's cocaine admission was the saddest thing.
• We think that the lack of any huge signings has made us kind of ambivalent about the twenty-ten A's, but after the massive disappointment that was Matt "How Can He Live With Himself" Holliday, maybe that isn't a bad thing.
• We think a Roy Steele bobblehead is awesome and we don't even like bobbleheads. 
• We think that this season has to be better.
• We think that even if it isn't, we are so happy the wait is over.

Go Oakland!