A’s News
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Fair weather A’s fan blames playoff collapse on Ken Macha for not starting Barry Zito
Todd Shaw admittedly hadn’t watched an Oakland A’s game in six years. He assumed nothing had changed outside of wins and losses.
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Cespedes signed with A’s because he thought he’d get to work for Brad Pitt
Earlier this week, the Oakland A’s swooped in and basically stole coveted Cuban sensation OF Yoenis Cespedes, who accepted a four-year, $36 million deal. Of the teams apparently interested in signing him (the Cubs, White Sox, Marlins and Tigers among them) the Athletics were the surprise winner.
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Yankees deal Feliciano to A’s for office supplies
Three months after southpaw Pedro Feliciano’s left rotator cuff surgery, you wouldn’t expect there to be a market for his services. But then, you’d be underestimating the resourcefulness of Billy Beane.
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Spoiler Alert: ‘Moneyball’ ends with A’s winning 2002 World Series on walkoff Scott Hatteberg homer
The film “Moneyball” opens this weekend and is already receiving rave reviews from critics across the country, despite a major factual error that depicts the Oakland A’s winning the 2002 World Series over the Giants in highly dramatic, walk-off fashion.
