At the start of April, I wrote an article calling for the Athletics’ front office to make their stadium plans clear. A couple of weeks ago, they finally seemed to hear the call, announcing that the organisation had entered into
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Episode 313 – Oakland No More and Early Overreactions
John, Rob and Ben talk about two of the biggest stories of the week: the Oakland A’s long-awaited announcement of their departure for Las Vegas and Madison Bumgarner’s release from the Diamondbacks. They then dive into some early season overreactions
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Stick or Twist? : We’re no closer to knowing if the A’s are leaving for Las Vegas
Last week, I shared my preview of the Oakland Athletics ahead of the 2023 season. However, I didn’t address one very important issue; hanging over the start of yet another season is the continuing uncertainty over where the Athletics will
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Gav’s 30 Boldish Predictions: One for each MLB Team (2023 edition)
Before we start, I want to make it clear that I will not be using this article just to remind everyone that in this post last year, I predicted Aaron Judge would win AL MVP. Although I will remind you
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Now the dust has settled, who won the Sean Murphy trade?
On 14 March 2022, the Oakland Athletics were “excited” to land Braves’ top prospects Cristian Pache and Shea Langeliers in the deal which sent stud first baseman Matt Olson to Atlanta. Martin Gallegos, Oakland’s beat reporter for MLB, described Pache
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Oakland Athletics 2023 season preview: Mediocrity maybe?
Now that the World Baseball Classic has finished, everything is gearing up for the MLB regular season, with Opening Day this Thursday (30 March). When thinking about how the Athletics will do this season, the indications thus far haven’t been
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A’s Offseason Deals yet to Inspire Confidence
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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Episode 302 – American League Offseason Review
It is two months since the last podcast! We can neither confirm nor deny that John McGee refused to pod until the Boston Red Sox made a positive move. John, Rob, Darius, and Russell are back from their temporary hiatus
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What an offseason! AL West edition
Some offseasons drag on with very few transactions until the New Year celebration headaches have abated, but this year we have had so much action, it’s difficult to keep on top of all of the deals. Don’t worry, Bat Flips
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Oakland Athletics: 2022 Season review
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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