oakland-athletics

Last few games have been depressing as an A's fan. - Atul Arora

"The Phillies have reached an agreement with the Oakland Athletics to acquire right-handed pitcher Joe Blanton. Blanton is 5-12 this season after going 14-10 with a 3.95 ERA last season." - Mike Doeff from Bookmarklet

"Oakland – low-revenue Oakland, immortalized in the book “Moneyball,” about winning with a scrimp-and-save payroll – signed a 16-year-old named Michel Inoa on Wednesday. Along with his $4.25 million bonus, Inoa got an Anglicized name, Michael, and a ticket to the Dominican Summer League, where he can add weight to his lithe 6-foot-7 frame, throw his 94-mph fastball, unleash his polished breaking ball and work on his changeup." - Atul Arora from Bookmarklet

I run Thursdays on AN... and in between work, my blog, FriendFeed and everything else, sometimes I go "Ack!" and have to throw something up there. :-) Glad you like this one. - Louis Gray

"Brad Ziegler's first big-league diary: "After our team scored 5 runs in the top of the 9th Thursday night to beat Portland, our manager, Todd Steverson, called everyone into the clubhouse right away. He proceeded to tell us that 4 River Cats were headed to the big leagues, including 2 for the first time. Travis Buck, Kiko Calero (activated off the DL from his rehab stint), Carlos Gonzalez, and me were all going up."" - Louis Gray

The ANtics... are back. We'll see for how long. - Louis Gray

"Blez: "You've already read Part I .  Yesterday you read Part II .  Now, comes the conclusion of one of the longest interviews with Billy Beane I've ever conducted." - Louis Gray

Part two of AN's interview with Billy Beane. - Louis Gray

Let's Go Oakland! - Louis Gray

Okay... so the A's SWEEP the Red Sox, and all we get is that we weren't no hit? Bias this you East Coast bastards. - Louis Gray

If you're not on AN, you should be. Here's all my activity. - Louis Gray

We were there! Just got home. What a great game. - Louis Gray

Great outing by Duchscherer. - Mike Doeff