CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD!!! (Photo: Omar Gonzalez – Right Field Bleachers)
Hey folks, sorry for disappearing again for a bit this week, I just had to take some time off to study for finals and finish up my last week of school. I really can’t believe I’ve been at San Jose State for a year now, and I’m only a year away from getting my bachelor’s degree. It’s a great feeling to say the least. Continue reading
“That’s all we got, one goddamn hit?”
It’s been over 20 years since the Oakland A’s were the victim of a no-hitter. On July 13, 1991, Bob Milacki, Mike Flanagan, Mark Williamson, and Gregg Olson of the Baltimore Orioles combined to keep the A’s out of the hit column at the Coliseum. Yesterday, Ryan Vogelsong came within a soft single of no-hitting the A’s and making an even worse nightmare of their 4-0 loss to the Giants. Continue reading
“Jarrod, you just plain suck tonight.” (Photo: Ben Margot – AP)
It was former 49ers head coach Mike Singletary who once said, “I’m not a moral victory type of guy.” He also wasn’t much for getting actual victories either, but I share his sentiment about not enjoying “moral victories.” If my team loses, I’m not going to be happy about it at all. It’s not going to completely wreck my day either, but I don’t try to look for any silver lining after the A’s drop a game. I just process the result, and reassure myself and others that they’ll get it right tomorrow. Continue reading
“Dear Lord, please let somebody else come up with a solution for this shit.”
Nerd 2: What are you going to do, Mr. Simpson?
Homer: Actually, I’ve been working on a plan. During the exam, I’ll hide under some coats, and hope that somehow everything will work out.
The preceding quote is from one of my favorite episodes of The Simpsons entitled “Homer Goes To College.” Not only is it a classic Homer moment, it also perfectly sums up the way Bud Selig has handled the A’s stadium situation. Instead of being proactive, or active at all, Selig has been content to sit on his hands while the Oakland Coliseum continues to slowly fall apart and anger and resentment tear the fledging fan base to pieces. Continue reading
“You won’t be getting a Christmas card from me this year!!!!!!” (Photo: Jim Cowsert - US Presswire)
Through 39 games so far this year, the A’s have already played in four series’ that are only two games. The A’s split the first three evenly, and thankfully for us fans the fourth was no exception, as the A’s overcame a blown call in the sixth inning to capture their fourth extra inning victory in five tries, beating the Rangers by a score of 5-4. Continue reading
Josh Reddick is clearly pumped about the return of Life In Right.
Well, it’s only taken exactly a month, but I finally managed to come back to the blog. You’re probably wondering what the hell happened for me to go all Jimmy Hoffa, but it’s really just a combination of school, getting life priorities in order, and being lazy otherwise. I’m sorry that I don’t have an entertaining story about getting kidnapped by terrorists or having been engaged in the bender to end all benders. Perhaps next time. Continue reading
"Uhh, aren't we all supposed to have DIFFERENT numbers?!" (Photo: Ted S. Warren - AP)
The things that really stick out in my mind about last season—besides failing to make the playoffs again, depressing the hell out of me for another winter, and having yet another fire sale of talent—was the annual offensive ineptitude and the inability of our talented pitching staff to produce shutdown innings when the offense actually bothered to come alive.
It seemed like every single time the offense took the lead or tied the game, the pitching staff was all too anxious to wipe out the work of their teammates. Because of this, the batters seemed to collectively throw up a middle finger and say, “Thanks for screwing that up because that’s all you’re getting out of us,” before returning to their slumber. Despite plenty of new faces on the mound and in the batter’s box, these same issues plagued the A’s yesterday as they lost the game, and the series, to Seattle by a score of 5-3. Continue reading
