Archive for the 'Athletics' Category

Are the Rays the A’s?
11/5/2010 -
6

Like Beane’s team of nine years ago, Tampa Bay tries to replace some big parts.

BOB:  Red Sox soccer purchase and Athletics land grabs
10/20/2010 -
1

The latest in the business of baseball.

BOB:  The attendance numbers are in
10/6/2010 -
5

The latest in the business of baseball.

BOB:  Dodgers divorce debacle
9/22/2010 -
3

The latest in the business of baseball.

What if Tom Yawkey had bought the A’s? (Part 2)
8/20/2010 -
13

That’s right: holding the Foxx-Cochrane-Grove nucleus together, and adding Cronin, Ferrell, and Newsom to it … how good would they be?

What if Tom Yawkey had bought the A’s? (Part 1)
8/13/2010 -
7

Thus transforming the Depression’s most desperate seller into its most prolific buyer.

BOB:  Rangers Sold
8/11/2010 -
1

The latest in the business of baseball.

BOB:  Rangers’ auction date draws near
7/27/2010 -
3

The latest in the business of baseball.

This annotated week in baseball history: June 27-July 3, 1962
7/1/2010 -
3

On June 28, 1962, Mickey Cochrane died. In honor of his passing, Richard looks back on the man known as “Black Mike.”

TUCK! sez: Every day’s a Holliday
6/24/2010 -
3

TUCK! brand toons, right here, every Thursday and Monday