Category: baseball
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Gambling is the Third Rail of Baseball, But…
“Without integrity, the game of baseball will cease to exist,” he said. “Without integrity, how will fans ever trust the purity of the game itself ever again? A purity built on the principle of fair play.” – Marcus Giamatti (son of A. Bartlett Giamatti – MLB Commissioner, 1989) A couple…
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The Debut of the (Sacramento) A’s
I’m sure the few people who read my blog are tired of me pissing all over John Fisher and my ex-favorite team. “The A’s are even closer now! They are in our hometown!” Or “I was never an A’s fan, but now I can see Major League teams play here…
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I’ll believe any of these when one happens
Don’t get me wrong, I have a lot of respect for Brody Brazil. I just wonder if this is more wishful thinking than anything else.
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Reggie Jackson, Racism, and MLB’s Corruption
I got Reggie Jackson’s autograph when I was about twelve years old. I had no idea who he was or any of the Oakland A’s players who signed my program from a banquet my father, brother, and I attended. I wish I had kept the program with autographs to the…
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D. A. Strikes Again
I keep saying I’ve said my piece about John Fisher and Rob Manfred, but I’ll always share what D.A. has to say about this travesty.
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Hometown Pride
“Anyone who doesn’t think the best hamburger place in the world is in his hometown is a sissy… and probably a security risk.” — Calvin Trillin I was reminded of the above truism by Joe Posnanski, arguably the best writer in baseball, the author of two of my favorite books on the…
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Field of Schemes*
With the Sacramento Bee running a positive article on the A’s temporary move to Sacramento (including what I only hoped was an ironic “Play Ball” headline in apocalyptic font size; and Marcos Bretón’s accompanying commentary calling the move “smart.” (Smart for whom, Marcos?) I felt the need to throw a…
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Year End Wrap Up for the A’s
I thought I wasn’t going to post about the A’s anymore unless something significant happened. I lied. Here’s a bitter-sweet piece by Brodie Brazil I thought was worth re-posting. Nothing new here, just a Thank You from one of the Bay Area’s biggest A’s fan to all the A’s fans…
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Goodbye A’s. Hello B’s!
Oakland is getting another baseball team. No, there has not been any talkabout Oakland getting an expansion team. Oakland is getting the Ballers. TheOakland Ballers have obtained $2 million in initial funding from 50 investorslinked to Oakland and the wider East Bay region. In addition, ownershipwill soon have a crowdsourcing site…
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A Date That Will Live in Infamy
Well, they did it. The billionaire baseball owners voted unanimously to move the Athletics to Las Vegas. Barring any surprises, the team will be the Las Vegas Athletics by 2028. Sickening. Though, there’s still controversies: the proposed 33,000-seat ballpark that would be located on only 9 acres, architects claim that…
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