the perpetually insurgent OAKLAND A's (2019 edition)

Winners of 10 straight

one of my favorite AL teams, may they prosper

with Sndy Alderson as a senior advisor

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/27/sports/sandy-alderson-oakland-as.html

the A's is back

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-as-deserve-your-attention-again/

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- The Oakland Athletics are set to offer a special broadcast to fans who appreciate the game's analytics side.

On Thursday, the A's will feature simultaneous audio broadcasts for a game against Texas: their traditional broadcast as well as a "data-driven" version on A's Cast. The team announced the plan Monday, saying that A's general manager David Forst and scouting assistant Ben Lowry would be special guests on the streaming broadcast.

khris davis is gonna have to rally these last 2 months to get to his .247

Too expensive, unfortunately.

http://phildellio.tripod.com/247.jpg

(Unless you're American--sells for $24.70!)

doesn't look like he's going to make it to .247 this season unfortunately. he's having a pretty bad year.

If his playing time stays about the same, he'd have to hit almost .350 the rest of the way. The funny thing is, if he were having a great season, hitting .300 say, he'd have the same problem in reverse.

in virtual tie with Rays for WC2

i'm hoping Cleveland falls by the wayside

Homer Bailey 4 ER in 18.2 IP last three starts.

Won five games for them already!

when is montas allowed back from ped suspension & wonder what if any role hed have

hm well - https://www.sfchronicle.com/athletics/article/A-s-Ram-n-Laureano-gets-at-bats-against-14383003.php

KD to the PL (paternity leave)

mike fiers has had a weird career

Mike Fiers has gone 21 starts in a row without a loss (started with his no-hitter). He's 11-0 with a 2.59 ERA in that stretch. A's are 16-4 (and lead a suspended game).

— David Schoenfield (@dschoenfield) September 4, 2019

Somebody in our (ILB) fantasy league dropped him right at the start of that stretch, thank you again whomever that was.

Here is yesterday's story, with comments from Luzardo about his first ML callup: A's to call up top prospect Jesús Luzardo; Matt Harvey won't join team https://t.co/fXoMYAKXHE

— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) September 9, 2019

"I'M CALM NOW
I'VE CALMED DOWN
BUT I'M SHAKING"

i jinxed mike fiers

Yeah, I was on the fence about starting him in our fantasy league (RB had him at 49% start) but holy fuck was that a meltdown.

i don’t even know what’s happening

so,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Mike Fiers? pic.twitter.com/poWwpYSW2A

— Cespedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) September 15, 2019

^offseason magician gig upcoming

Oaktoon

People sleeping on A's? 13-2 last two weeks. 10-4 v HOU/NYY home and home last month. 71-35 since May 16-- best record in MLB. Manaea 18IP 6 H 1 R. Laureano healthy again. Puk and Luzardo up. Why can't they win the AL?

Jay Jaffe
12:40
In a short series, anything can happen, and it's not out of the question that they win the AL, but the odds suggest they have to beat both the Astros and Yankees to get to the World Series, which is a very tall order.

Exciting to see Luzardo up there

these guys hit a ton of HRs too, they just don't have the same name recognition. 5th in MLB behind the Twins, Yanks, Astros, and Dodgers.

They beat their single season home run record yesterday. (maybe not a big deal in 2019 lol)

every team's HR totals this year are going to need an asterisk

They beat their single season home run record yesterday. (maybe not a big deal in 2019 lol)

― brimstead, Monday, September 16, 2019 5:15 PM (fifty-eight minutes ago)

It is absolutely a big deal when you consider their history:

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Al7tG5fLThk/hqdefault.jpg
http://www.themoviemind.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/giambi-juiced.jpg

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Xj8AAOSwT6pVsSVA/s-l400.jpg

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/huDWalVTzo8/maxresdefault.jpg

This one was too awesome.

https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/352632930988_/Tony-ARMAS-Athletics-Outfield-FLEER-575-1981FREE.jpg

Carlos Santana undercover.

Lead the AL in HRs twice (once was in Boston and the other a strike year).

we don’t disagree, Albert, I was just bad-jokingly referring to the high number of home runs/“asterisk” narrative alluded to by The Cursed

Somebody in our (ILB) fantasy league dropped him right at the start of that stretch, thank you again whomever that was.

You're welcome! His first start of the season was good, but by the end of April he had something like a 6.50 ERA and was unplayable.

Jay Jaffe
12:40
In a short series, anything can happen, and it's not out of the question that they win the AL, but the odds suggest they have to beat both the Astros and Yankees to get to the World Series, which is a very tall order.

It is unlikely, but then again, it happened just last year.

Homer Bailey. Again.

Lots of "Marcus Semien for MVP" press. He's a hair behind Bregman for 2nd in AL bWAR.

I'd prefer WS MVP.

That Mike Trout might not get MVP is absolutely crazy to me.

Who do we think they start in the wild card? Bassit?

Loving seeing Homer having a comeback and finally just being healthy again. If Bailey is getting movement on his fastball, he is pretty hard to hit. He still throws hard. I'd love to see him have one really great year where he puts it all together and top it off with a third no no. That would be classic.