Jason Giambi Has a Retirement Plan

It fits him well.

This year?s NCAA basketball tournament is apparently going to be the first one played without any #1 seeds, because nobody seems to want to claim any of them. This week, Pitt decided to be the latest top-ranked team to tank it, trailing by as many as 20 points in the second half in an 81-73 [...]

The Oakland Athletics have had plans on moving about a half hours drive south on I-880 to Fremont for quite a while now. After being unable to get a new stadium in Oakland, the team was prepared to make the move and play in the Bay Area's fourth largest town causing an uproar from Oakland fans ...

Former White Sox player and 1983 American League Rookie of the Year Ron Kittle says that he fears for Jose Canseco's safety.  Right, snitches and stitches and all that; Peyton Manning taught me all about it.  Here are some Kittle quotes from the Trib:   "My first thought was: 'I wonder who's going to be the first one to shoot him,' " Kittle said Monday. "I still think...

TBS announced today that they have signed MLB Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley to a multi-year extension to serve as an analyst for the network?s exclusive coverage of the MLB All-Star Selection Show and the MLB Postseason, including the League Division Series (LDS) and the League Championship Series (LCS). Financial terms were not released. Eckersley will also appear as a game analyst...

I have lived in near Fremont and i know where they wanted to put the new stadium and i thought the whole idea was crazy since the first time i heard it. Fremont is too small of a city to be holding a major league team. I say move the team to San Jose and everything will be fine. San Jose is just a little drive from where they play now and i wouldnt mind the drive.

Free agent left hander Mark Mulder will throw a bullpen session to interested teams in the next week, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The Athletics, Mulder's former team, will be in attendance and sources say they are interested in bringing him in. Mulder has consulted experts over the last two years and says he is arm angle is as good as ever. He may be a risky investment...

The MoonDog sees the light of content sports blogging, rather than going for the easy poon traffic. I'd like to support him in such an endeavor, and it's nice that he's going back to the salt mines of content writing... but, um, friend? No one twisted your arm and made you chase the poon for all ...

The Oakland Athletics are still reaching out to multiple veteran free agents, even with Spring Training underway. The players that are still being pursued include Nomar Garciaparra, Orlando Cabrera and Dennys Reyes. All could provide valuable depth and at a somewhat affordable price. Let’s look at the players involved and their chances [...]

Say goodbye to this grand design for the A's in Fremont, as the club officially ceased relocationefforts from Oakland to the market today.(CLICK TO SEE IN LARGER VIEW) The grand plans for a $1.8 billion ballpark village for Lewis Wolff and the Oakland Athletics in Fremont is officially dead. Today, Wolff released the following statement: "After much consideration, today...