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Author: Brett Walker

A’s Offseason Deals yet to Inspire Confidence

January 7, 2023 Brett Walker Baseball, Team Contributors

Recently, I put together a round-up of the most note-worthy deals to have been struck so far during the offseason. Conspicuous by its absence was any mention of the deals that have been made by the Oakland A’s though. While

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Big spending and strong trading: The story of the offseason so far 

January 6, 2023 Brett Walker Baseball, Team Contributors

Happy New Year everyone. Hope you all enjoyed the Christmas and New Year season, and were able to find time for some rest and relaxation. Prior to the festivities, there was a flurry of activity to start the MLB off-season.

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Oakland Athletics: 2022 Season review

October 9, 2022 Brett Walker Baseball, Team Contributors

That’s another season in the books for the Oakland Athletics. How to describe the A’s season? BFN editor Gavin has already described it as “dismal”, while another A’s fan privately said to me that this article would need to be

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Boston: One heck of a sports town

October 1, 2022 Brett Walker Baseball, Team Contributors

I recently got back from a few days in the great city of Boston. Given the history attached to the ballpark, I made a point of going to a game at Fenway Park while I was there, taking in the

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Using a Tank to Drive the Team to Vegas Perhaps? – Oakland A’s Mid-Season Report 

July 18, 2022 Brett Walker Baseball, Team Contributors

The All-Star Game marks (roughly) the half-way point of the season for the MLB, so I thought I’d do a progress report on how the A’s are doing. Before the start of the season, I said in my season preview

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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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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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