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Stories

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Christo and the Great Tarp Experiment

son of ptbarnum Athletics Nation May 23 2013, 11:00a

Were the A’s correct to tarp off the upper deck of the Coliseum? Why did they do it? Could they have achieved a similar result in another, more creative way?

Top 100 Indians

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Top 100 Indians: #51 Charlie Jamieson

talonk Let's Go Tribe May 23 2013, 10:00a

Never spectacular, but always steady, we look at the seventh left fielder in Tribe history on this list.

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Game #48: Brought To You By The Letters L, O, & B

Alex Hall Athletics Nation May 22 2013, 6:25p

Oakland couldn't buy a hit with runners in scoring position, and they lost quietly to the Rangers, 3-1. At least Jarrod Parker pitched well.

382

Up From The Depths, Rangers Salvage 3-1 Win

ghostofErikThompson Lone Star Ball May 22 2013, 4:33p

Arooooooooooooooooooo!

AL West Standings

W L PCT GB STRK
Texas 30 17 .638 0 Won 1
Oakland 25 23 .520 5.5 Lost 1
Seattle 20 27 .425 10 Lost 6
Los Angeles 20 27 .425 10 Won 5

(updated 5.24.2013 at 5:12 AM EDT)

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Game 47 Game Day Thread 3

ghostofErikThompson Lone Star Ball May 22 2013, 4:10p

They call him Cotts because he's always there to give the bullpen a rest

StoryStream

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Game #48: Oakland Athletics at Texas Rangers

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Game 47 Game Day Thread 2

ghostofErikThompson Lone Star Ball May 22 2013, 3:06p

Arooooooooo!

MLB

7

Let's draw the Oakland A's logo from memory!

Bill Hanstock May 22 2013, 1:00p

Drawing a sports logo from memory is harder than it sounds. See how well we did and try it for yourself.

25

Introducing Three New Contributors

cuppingmaster Athletics Nation May 22 2013, 9:46a

Based on interest and the results of the front page writing contest, I have three new contributors I'm happy to say will be writing for AN on a weekly basis.

94

Great Debates: Do Hot Streaks Exist?

SamYam Athletics Nation May 22 2013, 9:27a

Can a player truly be "in the zone"? Or are hot streaks just random statistical variation? We examine the arguments of two prominent men in the baseball field.

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Fantasy Links of Interest from around the 'Net

Ray Guilfoyle Fake Teams May 22 2013, 8:00a

Here are some fantasy links of interest for your reading pleasure.

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Game #47: Bears Fly, A’s win 1-0

cuppingmaster Athletics Nation May 21 2013, 11:47p

Dan Straily outpitched Yu Davish today. Yoenis Cespedes hit a solo home run to dead center in the 3rd. And Sean Doolittle and Grant Balfour closed out a rare 1-0 victory deep in the heart of the Dallas metroplex.

Schedule

2013 Schedule

April
Seattle Mariners Monday, April 01 2013 loss 0 - 2 coverage
Seattle Mariners Tuesday, April 02 2013 loss 1 - 7 coverage
Seattle Mariners Wednesday, April 03 2013 win 6 - 2 coverage
Seattle Mariners Thursday, April 04 2013 win 8 - 2 coverage
@ Houston Astros Friday, April 05 2013 win 8 - 3 coverage
@ Houston Astros Saturday, April 06 2013 win 6 - 3 coverage
@ Houston Astros Sunday, April 07 2013 win 9 - 3 coverage
@ Los Angeles Angels Tuesday, April 09 2013 win 9 - 5 coverage
@ Los Angeles Angels Wednesday, April 10 2013 win 11 - 5 coverage
@ Los Angeles Angels Thursday, April 11 2013 win 8 - 1 coverage
Detroit Tigers Friday, April 12 2013 win 4 - 3 coverage
Detroit Tigers Saturday, April 13 2013 loss 3 - 7 coverage
Detroit Tigers Sunday, April 14 2013 loss 1 - 10 coverage
Houston Astros Monday, April 15 2013 win 11 - 2 coverage
Houston Astros Tuesday, April 16 2013 win 4 - 3 coverage
Houston Astros Wednesday, April 17 2013 win 7 - 5 coverage
@ Tampa Bay Rays Friday, April 19 2013 loss 3 - 8 coverage
@ Tampa Bay Rays Saturday, April 20 2013 loss 0 - 1 coverage
@ Tampa Bay Rays Sunday, April 21 2013 loss 1 - 8 coverage
@ Boston Red Sox Monday, April 22 2013 loss 6 - 9 coverage
@ Boston Red Sox Tuesday, April 23 2013 win 13 - 0 coverage
@ Boston Red Sox Wednesday, April 24 2013 loss 5 - 6 coverage
Baltimore Orioles Thursday, April 25 2013 loss 2 - 10 coverage
Baltimore Orioles Friday, April 26 2013 loss 0 - 3 coverage
Baltimore Orioles Saturday, April 27 2013 loss 3 - 7 coverage
Baltimore Orioles Sunday, April 28 2013 win 9 - 8 coverage
Los Angeles Angels Monday, April 29 2013 win 10 - 8 coverage
Los Angeles Angels Tuesday, April 30 2013 win 10 - 6 coverage
May
Los Angeles Angels Wednesday, May 01 2013 loss 4 - 5 coverage
@ New York Yankees Friday, May 03 2013 win 2 - 0 coverage
@ New York Yankees Saturday, May 04 2013 loss 2 - 4 coverage
@ New York Yankees Sunday, May 05 2013 win 5 - 4 coverage
@ Cleveland Indians Monday, May 06 2013 loss 3 - 7 coverage
@ Cleveland Indians Tuesday, May 07 2013 loss 0 - 1 coverage
@ Cleveland Indians Wednesday, May 08 2013 loss 3 - 4 coverage
@ Cleveland Indians Thursday, May 09 2013 loss 2 - 9 coverage
@ Seattle Mariners Friday, May 10 2013 loss 3 - 6 coverage
@ Seattle Mariners Saturday, May 11 2013 win 4 - 3 coverage
@ Seattle Mariners Sunday, May 12 2013 loss 1 - 6 coverage
Texas Rangers Monday, May 13 2013 win 5 - 1 coverage
Texas Rangers Tuesday, May 14 2013 loss 5 - 6 coverage
Texas Rangers Wednesday, May 15 2013 loss 2 - 6 coverage
Kansas City Royals Friday, May 17 2013 win 2 - 1 coverage
Kansas City Royals Saturday, May 18 2013 win 2 - 1 coverage
Kansas City Royals Sunday, May 19 2013 win 4 - 3 coverage
@ Texas Rangers Monday, May 20 2013 win 9 - 2 coverage
@ Texas Rangers Tuesday, May 21 2013 win 1 - 0 coverage
@ Texas Rangers Wednesday, May 22 2013 loss 1 - 3 coverage
@ Houston Astros Friday, May 24 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Houston Astros Saturday, May 25 2013 7:15 PM EDT coverage
@ Houston Astros Sunday, May 26 2013 2:10 PM EDT coverage
San Francisco Giants Monday, May 27 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
San Francisco Giants Tuesday, May 28 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
@ San Francisco Giants Wednesday, May 29 2013 10:15 PM EDT coverage
@ San Francisco Giants Thursday, May 30 2013 3:45 PM EDT coverage
Chicago White Sox Friday, May 31 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
June
Chicago White Sox Saturday, June 01 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
Chicago White Sox Sunday, June 02 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Milwaukee Brewers Monday, June 03 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday, June 04 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Milwaukee Brewers Wednesday, June 05 2013 2:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Chicago White Sox Thursday, June 06 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Chicago White Sox Friday, June 07 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Chicago White Sox Saturday, June 08 2013 4:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Chicago White Sox Sunday, June 09 2013 2:10 PM EDT coverage
New York Yankees Tuesday, June 11 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
New York Yankees Wednesday, June 12 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
New York Yankees Thursday, June 13 2013 3:35 PM EDT coverage
Seattle Mariners Friday, June 14 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Seattle Mariners Saturday, June 15 2013 7:15 PM EDT coverage
Seattle Mariners Sunday, June 16 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Texas Rangers Monday, June 17 2013 8:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Texas Rangers Tuesday, June 18 2013 8:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Texas Rangers Wednesday, June 19 2013 8:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Texas Rangers Thursday, June 20 2013 3:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Seattle Mariners Friday, June 21 2013 10:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Seattle Mariners Saturday, June 22 2013 10:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Seattle Mariners Sunday, June 23 2013 4:10 PM EDT coverage
Cincinnati Reds Tuesday, June 25 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Cincinnati Reds Wednesday, June 26 2013 3:35 PM EDT coverage
St. Louis Cardinals Friday, June 28 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
St. Louis Cardinals Saturday, June 29 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
St. Louis Cardinals Sunday, June 30 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
July
Chicago Cubs Tuesday, July 02 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Chicago Cubs Wednesday, July 03 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Chicago Cubs Thursday, July 04 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Kansas City Royals Friday, July 05 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Kansas City Royals Saturday, July 06 2013 2:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Kansas City Royals Sunday, July 07 2013 2:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Pittsburgh Pirates Monday, July 08 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday, July 09 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday, July 10 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
Boston Red Sox Friday, July 12 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Boston Red Sox Saturday, July 13 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Boston Red Sox Sunday, July 14 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Los Angeles Angels Friday, July 19 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Los Angeles Angels Saturday, July 20 2013 9:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Los Angeles Angels Sunday, July 21 2013 3:35 PM EDT coverage
@ Houston Astros Monday, July 22 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Houston Astros Tuesday, July 23 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Houston Astros Wednesday, July 24 2013 2:10 PM EDT coverage
Los Angeles Angels Thursday, July 25 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Los Angeles Angels Friday, July 26 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Los Angeles Angels Saturday, July 27 2013 9:05 PM EDT coverage
Los Angeles Angels Sunday, July 28 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
Toronto Blue Jays Monday, July 29 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Toronto Blue Jays Tuesday, July 30 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Toronto Blue Jays Wednesday, July 31 2013 3:35 PM EDT coverage
August
Texas Rangers Friday, August 02 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Texas Rangers Saturday, August 03 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
Texas Rangers Sunday, August 04 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Cincinnati Reds Tuesday, August 06 2013 7:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Cincinnati Reds Wednesday, August 07 2013 12:35 PM EDT coverage
@ Toronto Blue Jays Friday, August 09 2013 7:07 PM EDT coverage
@ Toronto Blue Jays Saturday, August 10 2013 1:07 PM EDT coverage
@ Toronto Blue Jays Sunday, August 11 2013 1:07 PM EDT coverage
@ Toronto Blue Jays Monday, August 12 2013 12:37 PM EDT coverage
Houston Astros Tuesday, August 13 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Houston Astros Wednesday, August 14 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Houston Astros Thursday, August 15 2013 3:35 PM EDT coverage
Cleveland Indians Friday, August 16 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Cleveland Indians Saturday, August 17 2013 9:05 PM EDT coverage
Cleveland Indians Sunday, August 18 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
Seattle Mariners Monday, August 19 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Seattle Mariners Tuesday, August 20 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Seattle Mariners Wednesday, August 21 2013 3:35 PM EDT coverage
@ Baltimore Orioles Friday, August 23 2013 7:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Baltimore Orioles Saturday, August 24 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Baltimore Orioles Sunday, August 25 2013 1:35 PM EDT coverage
@ Detroit Tigers Monday, August 26 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
@ Detroit Tigers Tuesday, August 27 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
@ Detroit Tigers Wednesday, August 28 2013 7:08 PM EDT coverage
@ Detroit Tigers Thursday, August 29 2013 1:08 PM EDT coverage
Tampa Bay Rays Friday, August 30 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Tampa Bay Rays Saturday, August 31 2013 9:05 PM EDT coverage
September
Tampa Bay Rays Sunday, September 01 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
Texas Rangers Monday, September 02 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
Texas Rangers Tuesday, September 03 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Texas Rangers Wednesday, September 04 2013 3:35 PM EDT coverage
Houston Astros Thursday, September 05 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Houston Astros Friday, September 06 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Houston Astros Saturday, September 07 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
Houston Astros Sunday, September 08 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Minnesota Twins Tuesday, September 10 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Minnesota Twins Wednesday, September 11 2013 8:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Minnesota Twins Thursday, September 12 2013 1:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Texas Rangers Friday, September 13 2013 8:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Texas Rangers Saturday, September 14 2013 8:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Texas Rangers Sunday, September 15 2013 3:05 PM EDT coverage
Los Angeles Angels Monday, September 16 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Los Angeles Angels Tuesday, September 17 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Los Angeles Angels Wednesday, September 18 2013 3:35 PM EDT coverage
Minnesota Twins Thursday, September 19 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Minnesota Twins Friday, September 20 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
Minnesota Twins Saturday, September 21 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
Minnesota Twins Sunday, September 22 2013 4:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Los Angeles Angels Monday, September 23 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Los Angeles Angels Tuesday, September 24 2013 10:05 PM EDT coverage
@ Los Angeles Angels Wednesday, September 25 2013 3:35 PM EDT coverage
@ Seattle Mariners Friday, September 27 2013 10:10 PM EDT coverage
@ Seattle Mariners Saturday, September 28 2013 TBA coverage
@ Seattle Mariners Sunday, September 29 2013 4:10 PM EDT coverage

Roster

Oakland Athletics Roster

pitchers # Pos. DOB W H B T
Grant Balfour 50 1 12/30/1977 200 6-2 right right
Jerry Blevins 13 1 9/6/1983 175 6-6 left left
Jesse Chavez 60 1 8/21/1983 160 6-2 right right
Bartolo Colon 40 1 5/24/1973 265 5-11 right right
Ryan Cook 48 1 6/30/1987 215 6-2 right right
Sean Doolittle 62 1 9/26/1986 210 6-3 left left
A.J. Griffin 64 1 1/28/1988 215 6-5 right right
Tommy Milone 57 1 2/16/1987 205 6-0 left left
Pat Neshek 47 1 9/4/1980 210 6-3 both right
Hideki Okajima 39 1 12/25/1975 195 6-1 left left
Jarrod Parker 11 1 11/24/1988 195 6-1 right right
Dan Straily 67 1 12/1/1988 215 6-2 right right
catchers # Pos. DOB W H B T
John Jaso 5 2 9/19/1983 205 6-2 left right
Luke Montz 22 2 7/7/1983 225 6-2 right right
Derek Norris 36 2 2/14/1989 210 6-0 right right
infielders # Pos. DOB W H B T
Josh Donaldson 20 5 12/8/1985 220 6-0 right right
Nate Freiman 7 3 12/31/1986 250 6-8 right right
Jed Lowrie 8 6 4/17/1984 180 6-0 both right
Brandon Moss 37 3 9/16/1983 210 6-0 left right
Adam Rosales 17 4 5/20/1983 195 6-2 right right
Eric Sogard 28 4 5/22/1986 190 5-10 left right
outfielders # Pos. DOB W H B T
Yoenis Cespedes 52 7 10/18/1985 210 5-10 right right
Coco Crisp 4 8 11/1/1979 185 5-10 both right
Chris Young 25 8 9/5/1983 190 6-2 right right
designated hitters # Pos. DOB W H B T
Seth Smith 15 DH 9/30/1982 210 6-3 left left

Stats

Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG
Josh Donaldson 47 172 23 53 16 1 6 28 22 32 2 1 .308 .383 .517
Jed Lowrie 45 173 19 52 15 0 3 21 20 28 0 0 .301 .378 .439
Seth Smith 40 150 20 42 12 0 4 20 15 38 0 0 .280 .353 .440
Coco Crisp 30 121 28 33 11 1 5 15 19 11 9 1 .273 .366 .504
Adam Rosales 22 65 6 17 4 0 2 4 6 14 0 0 .262 .342 .415
John Jaso 39 119 12 30 5 0 1 11 15 28 0 0 .252 .341 .319
Eric Sogard 40 108 15 27 5 1 0 5 7 14 2 1 .250 .314 .315
Brandon Moss 44 146 22 36 4 2 6 25 20 51 1 0 .247 .351 .425
Nate Freiman 21 49 3 11 3 0 1 7 5 12 0 0 .224 .304 .347
Derek Norris 35 102 18 22 8 0 1 8 19 32 3 0 .216 .344 .324
Yoenis Cespedes 34 132 22 28 4 1 9 22 12 35 1 3 .212 .282 .462
Luke Montz 10 25 2 5 3 0 1 4 0 8 0 0 .200 .192 .440
Chris Young 27 101 13 17 5 1 4 16 13 25 5 0 .168 .267 .356
Scott Sizemore 2 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .167 .167 .333
Josh Reddick 29 92 10 14 6 0 1 14 14 25 5 0 .152 .266 .250
Daric Barton 8 21 3 3 0 0 1 3 1 7 0 0 .143 .217 .286
Shane Peterson 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 .143 .250 .143
Andy Parrino 9 24 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 .125 .192 .167
Michael Taylor 9 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 .043 .120 .043
Casper Wells 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Jerry Blevins 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Bartolo Colon 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Sean Doolittle 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Pat Neshek 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Hideki Okajima 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Tommy Milone 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Chris Resop 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Brett Anderson 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
A.J. Griffin 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Dan Straily 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Jarrod Parker 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Grant Balfour 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Evan Scribner 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Ryan Cook 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Jesse Chavez 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Pitching

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
Hideki Okajima 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 2.00
Sean Doolittle 3-0 21 0 0 0 0 1 20.0 9 2 2 2 3 21 0.90 .60
Grant Balfour 0-0 18 0 0 0 9 0 18.1 13 3 3 2 8 20 1.47 1.15
Ryan Cook 1-0 20 0 0 0 1 1 20.2 16 5 4 0 7 26 1.74 1.11
Jerry Blevins 3-0 22 0 0 0 0 2 22.2 14 5 5 2 1 20 1.99 .66
Pat Neshek 0-0 19 0 0 0 0 0 17.0 17 7 5 1 8 11 2.65 1.47
Tommy Milone 4-5 9 9 0 0 0 0 57.0 56 26 22 7 12 49 3.47 1.19
A.J. Griffin 4-3 9 9 0 0 0 0 57.2 54 26 23 8 16 44 3.59 1.21
Jesse Chavez 0-0 6 0 0 0 0 0 10.0 11 5 4 1 3 8 3.60 1.40
Bartolo Colon 4-2 9 9 1 1 0 0 54.1 56 26 26 7 4 30 4.31 1.10
Evan Scribner 0-0 12 0 0 0 0 0 18.2 19 11 11 3 5 10 5.30 1.29
Dan Straily 2-2 6 6 0 0 0 0 33.0 28 22 21 3 12 32 5.73 1.21
Jarrod Parker 2-6 10 10 0 0 0 0 54.2 63 36 35 11 25 40 5.76 1.61
Chris Resop 1-1 18 0 0 0 0 0 18.0 22 13 12 3 10 13 6.00 1.78
Brett Anderson 1-4 6 5 0 0 0 0 29.0 32 22 20 3 15 29 6.21 1.62
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