There are many difficult decisions in life, but what the Oakland A's should do with recently called up top prospect Jemile Weeks when starting 2B Mark Ellis comes off the DL is not one of them. To make myself clear, when ... (Continue reading)
After the Warriors hired Mark Jackson as their 11th coach in the last 17 seasons (yikes!), internet real estate—including here at Bleacher Report—was filled with flattering and uncritical sentiments. Reactions to the Jackson hire, generally, along with the other changes ... (Continue reading)
In the midst of their (still) ongoing 10-game losing streak, adding players outside the organization to the roster doesn't seem to be an option at this point. But with a new manager, lineup adjustments and utilizing their farm system—including entertaining trades ... (Continue reading)
In an unexpected move, recently acquired left-handed reliever David Purcey was dealt to the Detroit Tigers for second baseman Scott Sizemore.Sizemore, who was the Tigers minor league player of the year in 2009, was immediately sent to Triple-A Sacramento. The most ... (Continue reading)
It is not uncommon for managers to make strategic errors or to lose the trust of his players due to a lack of communication. It is far less common for a manager, as Oakland A's manager Bob Geren has done, ... (Continue reading)
What has been the strength of the Oakland A's team—starting pitching—has been bitten by the injury bug once again.Less than a week after announcing starting pitcher Dallas Braden will be out the rest of the season, the pitching depth of ... (Continue reading)
With last year's closer Andrew Bailey set to begin a rehab assignment at AAA Sacramento on Friday and Joey Devine, a dominant reliever who missed all of 2010 recovering from Tommy John surgery, resembling his former self in the minors, ... (Continue reading)
When the Golden State Warriors fired Keith Smart after just one year, they weren't doing anything out of the ordinary. But the culture of NBA's "coaching carousel" is a dubious one that neglects the very real fact head coaches have ... (Continue reading)
The activation on Monday of relief pitcher Michael Wuertz from the 15-day DL, which sent pitcher Bobby Cramer down to Triple-A Sacramento, is just the beginning of what will be some interesting roster decisions by the Oakland A’s in the ... (Continue reading)
The Oakland A’s were embarking upon their fourth straight postseason appearance in 2003 when Michael Lewis’ Moneyball exalted their general manager, Billy Beane, and the revolutionary idea of applying research and analysis to a game traditionally conceived as a business ... (Continue reading)