JJ
- joined Feb 12, 2008
- last login May 25, 2013
- posts 41
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I love baseball and numbers - what luck that my childhood favorite team ended up being the perfect love of both of these obsessions! The origin of my childhood love of the A's began when I was a newborn and my dad caught a ball at a game.
Having spent the majority of the past 18 years of my life in Cincinnati, I have overcome my initial hatred of the Reds that began when I moved to Cinci in 1990 to have my A's swept at the hands of the Reds. I have overcome this first impression and am also a big Reds fan.
I now live in Portland, unfortunately away from the MLB market - I have to rely on SB Nation to fill my baseball appetite!
A Fan Of...
- mlb Oakland Athletics
- nba Utah Jazz
- ncaaf BYU Cougars
- ncaab BYU Cougars
- soccer Benfica, Portugal, and Brazil
- tennis Sampras and Becker
Will the real pitching staff please stand up?
I posted a few numbers during yesterday's game thread, but thought AN may be interested. We've seen a bit of a Dr. Jekyl, Mr. Hyde in our pitching staff this year. Check out these monthly...
Pennington to Kane County tomorrow-- Let the career begin!
http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050621&content_id=12134&vkey=p r_milb&fext=.jsp GENEVA, Ill. -- The Kane County Cougars, in conjunction with the Oakland Athletics,...
Duchscherer--- should he be signed to a multi-year contract?
It seems to me that in all the talk of Zito or Kotsay being traded or signed long term, we've overlooked how valuable Justin Duchscherer is to the A's. So, I was just wondering about his contract...
Who should be our 5th starter, take 2
After the wheels fell off the Glynn express, the questions begs to be asked: Who should be our 5th starter? Glynn- hmmm, maybe there was a reason Toronto sold him to us Juan Cruz- We get nervous in...
Gammons weighs in
Ryan (Philly): Any truth to the Zito to the phillies Rumor? what would the phils need to give up to get him? Peter Gammons: (12:48 PM ET ) No. Laura (PA): Are the A's going to hold onto...
Zito to San Diego-- anyone heard this one?
This is one from Rotowire and I haven't heard it yet. Anyone know names or details??? http://fantasysports.yahoo.com/analysis/news?slug=rotowire-arryitoumoredinradet&prov=rotowire&am...
Daydreaming
As I was driving to school earlier this week, I began imagining myself on the mound in Oakland pitching for the A's. If the A's could find a pitcher like I was in my daydreams, we'd win the...
A day at the ballpark
On Friday night, after 20 interesting hours on a greyhound, I went to see the A's play for the first time since my family moved from the bay area in 1986. Yes, we lost the game. But, it was one...
Proposed AN lineup!!!
I just got to thinking with all the proposed lineups, where's AN's lineup? Well ladies and gentlemen, with my relative inexperience, I have chosen my AN lineup. With respect to the thousands of...
2005 Payrolls
New York Yankees $205,938,439 Boston Red Sox $121,311,945 New York Mets $104,770,139 Philadelphia Phillies $95,337,908 Los Angeles Angels $95,337,908 St. Louis Cardinals $93,319,842 San...
Saarloos
Interesting ESPN article from 2002 about Saarloos: Saarloos, who turned 23 last week, was a closer for his first three years at Cal. State-Fullerton before he went 15-2 with a 2.18 ERA as a senior...
