Tag Archives: oakland athletics
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How Cute!: Young A’s Fan Throws Back His Souvenir Baseball (Video)
Handing a foul ball to a young fan seated nearby seems to be the cool thing to do these days at Major League ballparks. But are these toddlers really all that interested in taking home some dirty baseball that they know absolutely nothing about? To be honest, they probably aren’t any more interested in keeping that ball [...]
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Stat Line Of The Night — 10/9/12 — Brett Anderson
With their season on the line, the Oakland Athletics sent Brett Anderson to the mound to start Game 3 of the ALDS. The 24-year-old lefty started just six games during the regular season, but he didn’t buckle under the pressure during what was easily the most important start of his Major League career. The Athletics’ [...]
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Josh Hamilton Error Hands the AL West Crown to the Oakland Athletics (Video)
The Oakland Athletics were 13 games behind the Texas Rangers on June 30. Then they lost three starting pitchers from their rotation in the span of a month, with one of them—Brandon McCarthy—suffering a terrifying, life-threatening injury. So what happened to the A’s after that? They went 17-8 down the home stretch, putting together two [...]
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Stat Line Of The Night — 9/12/12 — A.J. Griffin
The Oakland Athletics have been quite the pleasant surprise this season, and the same can certainly be said about their 24-year-old starting pitcher, A.J. Griffin. While the A's entered last night's game with an impressive 81-60 record (good enough for sole possession of the first AL Wild Card spot), Griffin entered the contest with an [...]
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Jeff Francoeur Sponsored The Second Annual Bacon Tuesday In Oakland (Video)
Last year the fans in section 149 of the Oakland Coliseum held the first ever Bacon Tuesday. During that game, they offered Kansas City Royals’ right fielder Jeff Francoeur a plate of bacon. In return, Francoeur tossed the men a baseball with a $100 bill wrapped around it and told them “beer or bacon dog [...]
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This Day In Sports History (September 23rd) — Jose Canseco
It was on this day in 1988 that Jose Canseco became the inaugural member of baseball’s 40/40 club. Canseco finished the season with 42 home runs and 40 stolen bases. Jose Canseco enjoyed his best statistical season in 1988. To go along with the 42 home runs and 40 stolen bases, Canseco had 124 RBI’s, [...]
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Watch Victor Martinez Dance Around Kurt Suzuki’s Tag At Home Plate (Video)
Some baseball players prefer to run over the catcher during a close play at the plate. Others would rather avoid all contact by simply hurdling over the catcher. And then there is Victor Martinez of the Detroit Tigers, who has an entirely different technique for dodging tags at home plate. As a catcher himself, one [...]
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Fan Dies After Fatal Fall At Rangers Ballpark In Arlington (Video)
Tragedy struck Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Thursday night as a fan fell over a railing in the left field bleachers while trying to catch a souvenir. After a Conor Jackson foul ball ricocheted off a seat and onto the field, Rangers left fielder Josh Hamilton picked the ball up and tossed it to some fans [...]
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Check Out The Trailer For “Moneyball” (Video)
When it was first announced that those in the movie industry were going to take a shot at recreating the story of Billy Beane’s economic theory on the game of baseball, a.k.a. “Moneyball,” many wondered what the final product might look like. We still don’t have a complete answer to that question, but we do [...]
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Watch This Drunk Fan At The A’s Game Fall Out Of His Chair (Video)
Very little, if anything, excites me about Major League Baseball in the months of April and May. Just a bunch of teams playing the first 40 games of their 162 game schedule. Should we really care? But with that being said, May is still a great month to head to the ballpark, grab some cheap [...]
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Can Someone Explain To Me What Justin Verlander Was Thinking Here? (Video)
With a runner on first and no outs in the bottom of the fifth inning during Saturday’s game against the Oakland Athletics, the mind of Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander seemed to be thinking “pickoff attempt,” while his body was thinking “pitch to home plate.” What would ensue appeared to be a hybrid of both, as [...]
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The Oakland A’s Are Pulling A Beer Scam Of Their Own (Video)
Earlier this year we provided you with video evidence that beer vendors at Qwest Field in Seattle had been selling Seahawks fans two differently-shaped cups of beer with the same volume for two different prices. Thankfully, they were able to prove that rather than ripping off those who had bought the bigger 20 oz. beers, [...]
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Kurt Suzuki Joins The “I Can Jump Out Of A Pool” Club (Video)
Boy has the ability to jump out of a pool lost its luster over the past year. It was amazing the first time we saw New York Jets’ defensive lineman Jarron Gilbert perform this feat during his days with San Jose State; and it was still impressive when former UFC champion B.J. Penn executed it [...]
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A’s Ball Boy Kevin Fennel Gets The Date He Was Looking For
When Oakland A’s ball boy Kevin Fennell showed up to his stool along the third baseline at the Coliseum, he had one thing on his mind: Get the digits of the beautiful redhead in the second row. And after sharing foul ball after foul ball with the lovely Jacki Lynch, he finally got what he [...]
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The Stat Line of the Night – 8/24/10 – Gio Gonzalez
The Oakland Athletics have had some of the best pitching in all of baseball this year. Unfortunately their offense has been unable to come through when its needed most, or come through at all for that matter. Last night was a different story. With Gio Gonzalez on the mound dealing, the A’s bats finally came [...]
