2009 MLB Draft:
If you’ve followed the blog for a number of years, you probably realize that MLB Draft day(s) is the equivalent to Christmas for us, blogging on the A’s picks the entire two days, and getting up-to-the minute interviews with the latest draftees (as in Tyson Ross from last year).  Instead of the usual [...]

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An up and down season has come to an end for the Vancouver Canadians faithful, with more downs, than ups.  Not to say this year was a ‘wash’ year, because that might be an over-reaction, but it’s safe to say this year won’t go down as the best in Canadians short-season history.  Just be thankful [...]

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When you’re five runs down before you even swing a bat, the tendency for many baseball teams would be to take your foot off the gas and ride it out. So if there’s a positive to come from yet another Ryne Tacker pitching implosion last night, it would be that the C’s didn’t give up, [...]

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Don’t you hate those days when you go to a ballgame, all excited that your team is going to do really well, and then they get beat up by their opponents early in the game so you have to sit there for nine innings thinking ‘well, hopefully I’ll see a homerun… or someone has a [...]

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In the glory days of the Harlem Globe Trotters, the famous basketball team would travel the world putting on a show, night after night, in which they’d absolutely dominate their opponents with tricks and ploys and comedy routines designed to embarrass and humiliate the other team for the giggles of the crowd.
But in order to [...]

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The A’s aren’t waiting around to get their contract signing taken care of; ten players have dropped their John Hancock’s on a contract thus far, and more pour in every day.
Those signed so far (with their first draft nicknames for the season):
8th round: OF Jeremy Barfield [seen right]9th round: C Mitchell ‘Two-Beer’ LeVier14th round: [...]

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A 14th round draft pick of the A’s, CF David Thomas is expected to sign with the Oakland club this week.  From Catawba College, Thomas is a College Senior, and according to the Salisbury Post, in North Carolina, he’s excited.
Here’s a bit of the article:
Thomas wasn’t just a four-year starter; he was a four-year superstar.
His [...]

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