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Tag: Oakland Athletics

The Curious Case of Selecting an A’s All-Star 

June 28, 2022 Brett Walker Baseball, Team Contributors

In recent weeks, the A’s social media channels, along with Glen Kuiper and Dallas Braden during the A’s game broadcasts on NBC Sports California, have been encouraging fans to vote on which A’s player should go to the All-Star game.

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A month in baseball. MLB Review: May 2022

June 4, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

Indulge me with five minutes of your time, and we will review the month in MLB together. Which team led MLB with 46 homers? Full marks if you said the Milwaukee Brewers, just ahead of the Los Angeles Angels with

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Episode 281 – Cory Gearrin Joins the Show

May 19, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

Nine-year big leaguer across seven franchises, Cory Gearrin, joins John to talk about his storied career in the bigs and his re-birth as a baseball and mental health guru on Twitter. His path includes a journey through the minors with

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Watching the Oakland Athletics should not be this difficult

April 18, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Team Contributors

As a founding member of the Jorge Mateo fan club, I was very excited when the Athletics home opener against the Orioles (Mateo’s team) coincided with my trip to the bay area. Blessed, as I am with two daughters, I

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Episode 271 – 2022 AL West Preview

April 14, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

For the fourth of our 2022 MLB Previews, we focus on the AL West and are joined by: Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle on the Astros Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register on the Angels Steve Berman of

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30 BOLDish predictions: One for each MLB team

April 7, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

AL WEST Houston Astros Jeremy Pena debuts for the Astros and creates an unstoppable middle-infield pairing with Jose Altuve. Both players hit over .300, and there’s not a single banged trashcan to be heard. Los Angeles Angels Injuries disrupt Mike

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2022 season preview – Oakland Athletics:  There’s a rebuild on the horizon

April 2, 2022 Brett Walker Baseball, Team Contributors

The A’s might surprise some people this season  It looked unlikely at times, but we are actually going to get some major league baseball in 2022 after the league and the MLBPA kicked the can down the road for a

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Is the potential move to Las Vegas worth the gamble?

March 23, 2022 Brett Walker Baseball, Team Contributors

It’s starting look more likely that the Oakland Athletics aren’t going to be in Oakland for much longer; last week, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission’s Seaport Planning Advisory Committee voted 5-4-1 against removing port priority use at

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Hey, Big Spenders: What the free agent moves mean for the league

February 24, 2022 Brett Walker Baseball, Team Contributors

The off-season is usually a hotbed of free agency activity, and we should now be gearing up for the start of pre-season training. However, all of that continues to be on hold due to the ongoing lockout. Perhaps in anticipation

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Athletics find their replacement for Bob Melvin

December 23, 2021 Brett Walker Baseball, Team Contributors

It’s official; The Oakland Athletics have confirmed their new manager, and it’s Mark Kotsay. Fellow A’s fans will remember Kotsay from his role as third-base coach last season, furiously waving players to home base or calling them back to third.

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