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Elephant Rumblings: A’s Bullpen Exposed in the Big Apple
Entering the season, the concern among Athletics’ fans and baseball experts was that the team had not done enough to improve their bullpen sans closer Mason Miller. Through ten games, that concern is fully warranted. It is likely that good players with a history of success did not want to sign with the A’s to […]
A’s Bullpen Blows Yet Another Game
After a short three-game home stand, the Athletics flew back across the country to begin a three-game series against the New York Yankees. While it is still very early in the season, how the A’s play over the next few days against the perennial postseason contender Yankees could predict how they will fare the rest […]
Game #10: Athletics at Yankees Game Thread
This past weekend, the Athletics won their first series of the season, taking two of three at home. The A’s and Houston Astros traded blowout wins in the first two games of the weekend series before the hosts clinched the series with a win on Easter Sunday. Designated hitter Brent Rooker’s three-run, walk-off home run […]
Elephant Rumblings: The Caray Call
It’ll exist in my mind as simply iconic. Though after an intense scouring of the internet, I’ve come to realize that Chris Caray’s walk-off home run call from Sunday has garnered mixed reviews. Personally, I loved the in-the-moment nature of him screaming along with the ball as it slammed off of Brent Rooker’s bat and […]
Luis Morales Optioned to Triple-A
Well good morning A’s fans. Unfortunately, we got word last night that starter Luis Morales was headed to Triple-A: It’s not yet officially confirmed but it’s happening. Frankly it’s unsurprising considering his struggles this spring plus his first two starts of the year. The 23-year-old has allowed five runs in each of his first two […]
Armchair 101: The Challenge Of Judging Decisions In Real Time
Hindsight in 20/20 and hindsight analysis is 20 times as annoying as my Uncle Perv trying to play the bagpipes. What is the art of sitting back as a fan and judging the difficult decisions a manager, a base coach, or a player have to make long before the metrics tell you what his odds […]
Elephant Rumblings: Off-Day Before New York, Plus Checking In On The Farm
Morning A’s fans and welcome to the start of another week! The Athletics’ first home stand of the season results in a series win over the Houston Astros. After starting the first game with a blowout win they followed than up by getting blown out themselves. It looked like the A’s were about to drop […]
A’s Walk-off Astros, Win First Series of 2026
If you were curious to what the “2026 A’s experience” was going to be like, you should’ve attended these past three games in West Sac like I did. Over the course of a 72-hour period, they blew out a division rival, got blown out by a division rival, went eleven innings deep against a division […]
Game #9: Astros at Athletics Game Thread
Our A’s and the Astros traded blowout wins in the first two games of the series. Today’s rubber match will determine who takes the series. The Athletics have an excellent chance to win their first of the year and get on the right foot before heading to New York. Left-hander Jacob Lopez is set to […]
Easter Elephant Has Been Hiding Wins
He lays huge eggs and bounds around the garden hiding them while trumpeting loudly and splashing in the water from the nearby sprinkler. Yes he’s the famous and beloved Easter Elephant and the A’s are but 2-6 as the calendar hits his special day. Let’s go inside a couple numbers to see why or how […]
A’s Pitching and Defense Implode in Blowout Loss to the Astros
The Athletics’ second home game of 2026 was exactly the opposite of its first game. After the A’s blew out the Houston Astros 11-4 in yesterday’s series-opener, the Astros responded with a blowout win of their own, taking advantage of porous A’s pitching and defense to win 11-0. Playing in front of a crowd full […]
Game #8: Astros at Athletics Game Thread
Following six games of offensive ineptitude, the Athletics’ offense erupted last night in the team’s home opener in front of a sold-out crowd at West Sacramento’s Sutter Health Park. The team defeated the Houston Astros 11-4, all of the A’s runs coming with two outs. Third baseman Max Muncy finished a triple shy of the […]
Blowout! A’s Demolish Astros 11-4 in Divisional Matchup
We got our second win of the season folks! The A’s throttled the Astros on Friday evening, opening their home stand with a win against a squad that is expected to compete for the division crown. Springs dominates Lefty Jeffrey Springs got the call for the first home game of the season. After having some […]
Game #7: Astros at Athletics Game Thread
Home game! First of the year everyone. The A’s are back in West Sacramento for their first series of the year in front of the home crowd. The starting pitcher for the home team is going to be Jeffrey Springs. Set to make his second start of the season he’ll be looking for more of […]
Elephant Rumblings: A’s Back in Sac For First Game at Home Tonight
Happy Friday A’s fans! The Athletics wrapped up their season-opening road trip this week with a series loss to the Atlanta Braves. Combined with the sweep to open the year up in Toronto against the Blue Jays and the A’s are already behind the eight ball with a 1-5 record to begin the year, sitting […]
Extensions To Colt Emerson And Konnor Griffin A New Trend?
After reading the headline you were probably wondering how long it would take for me to mention Leo De Vries. The answer was, apparently, 18 words. Let’s take a look at two trends that are on collision course unless they aren’t: 1. The A’s have gone wild lately with regard to extensions, inking not one, […]
Elephant Rumblings: No Hit Parade (yet) for the A’s
Well, the A’s are six games into the season and the power surge that we saw in spring training seems just like a Desert Mirage. The team that averaged 7.0 runs per game in Arizona can barely manage 2.8 now that the regular season has started. To be fair, it’s unreasonable to expect the same […]
A’s Drop Another Series in 5-1 Defeat to Braves
Not much to write home about here after yet another series dropped to begin the 2026 campaign. Luis Severino took the bump. His second start of the season, following an outing on opening day where he pitched…fine. Across five frames against the Blue Jays he gave up 2 ER while striking out three. Everything would […]
Game #6: Athletics at Braves Game Thread
Rise and shine everyone! We got an early one today as the Athletics wrap up their first road trip of the year. Toronto was not kind to us but Atlanta has been a bit better after yesterday’s first victory of the year. Another win today and we’ll also have our first series win of the […]
Elephant Rumblings: New Month Means New Opportunities
Happy Wednesday A’s fans! News flash: the Athletics return to Oakland and catapult to the top of the American League. April Fools! But the A’s did get their first win of the season yesterday, defeating the Atlanta Braves 5-2. April 1st starts the first full-month of the regular-season. Perhaps it will be the beginning of […]
Athletics defeat Braves 5-2 in Atlanta
The Athletics continued their interleague series with the Braves today at Truist Park in Atlanta. Making his first official start of the season for the A’s was 30-year-old righty Aaron Civale. He was 4-9 with a 4.85 ERA last season for three MLB ball clubs. Civale matched up against 28-year-old lefty José Suarez for the […]
Game #5, Athletics vs. Braves Game Thread
The Athletics continue their interleague series with the Atlanta Braves today. The 3-1 Braves will take on the 0-4 A’s at Truist Park in Atlanta. Making his first official start of the season for the A’s is Aaron Civale. The 30-year-old righty was 4-9 with a 4.85 ERA last season with three different teams: the […]
There Is An “A” In “GrAvediggers”
29 teams have now celebrated their first win of the season now and then there’s the A’s. 0-4 and continuing what is now a disturbing trend of digging an early grave and then spending precious time trying to dig out. The last winning season the A’s had was 2021 and that season they opened 0-6. […]
Elephant Rumblings: Slow start for Swingin’ A’s
Well of course the A’s would begin their 2026 season with a four game skid. The first season sine 2021 that had any bit of real promise behind it, albeit with plenty of caveats. It’s almost like they’ve been spooked. I don’t know by what, but maybe the stage they found themselves on last Friday, […]
A’s Offensive Struggles Continue in 4-0 Loss to Braves
Following a season-opening sweep against the Toronto Blue Jays, the Athletics began their second series against the Atlanta Braves hoping to finally get in the win column this season. Alas, that will have to wait another day as the Braves shut out the A’s 4-0, extending the visitors’ losing streak to four games. Making his […]
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