A little Giambi goes a long way for Rockies

The Oakland Athletics joing the Cubs with a big first inning tonight. Jack Cust and Mark Ellis hit back-to-back home runs to drive in four of the five Oakland runs. The homer raises Cust’s slugging percentage to .413, not what a team wants from it’s designated hitter. It took Cust a long [...]

Gio Gonzalez needed a third pitch to go with his fastball and standout curveball. So he's been honing his changeup, using what he called a "secret" grip, and on Sunday, he used it to great effect in a big situation. With one run in and two men on base in the...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Ichiro Suzuki took Gio Gonzalez's first offering for a ball. He drilled the second pitch down the right field line for a double and his 2,000th career hit.

At this point in the season, the 61-76 Oakland A's have little to play for. As a columnist, this fact gives me rather little to write about them. There are no playoff aspirations at this point, and it doesn't really matter how well certain players do in the next few weeks. At the same time, there's no real need to go on some sort of rant against the team: I'm confident that the long...

By Joe StiglichOakland TribuneScott Hairston ended a day of frustration for A's hitters with a grand slam in the seventh inning Sunday to key the A's 5-2 win over the Seattle Mariners at the Oakland Coliseum.

Tonight's contribution comes from frequent commenter gojohn, who in a previous thread had some thoughts on the future makeup of a San Jose A's fanbase. I told him that it looked like he needed some room to flesh out the concept, so I gave him this post to do it. I'll add my own thoughts at the end of the post.Thanks to Marine Layer for allowing me to do this guest post. Half of it...

Jack Cust hit a three-run homer and Mark Ellis followed with a solo shot, fueling a five-run first inning and leading the Oakland A's to an 11-3 victory Tuesday night over the Chicago White Sox.

When examining the BALCO investigation, Troy Ellerman is one of the most compelling figures. The man who leaked the sealed grand jury transcripts regarding Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, Gary Sheffield, and sprinter Tim Montgomery to Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, became the topic of a series of articles in the San Francisco Chronicle, and a key element for the book Game of Shadows...