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Tag: Oakland Athletics

2022-02-012022-01-19 Matt Veasey BASEBALL

Charlie Finley and the Swingin’ A’s

Charlie Finley's years guiding the A's in Oakland resulted in a 1,091-1,005 cumulative regular season record, three World Series championships, and five American League West Division crowns. They were also some of the most colorful and controversial years in baseball history.

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2021-07-27 Matt Veasey BASEBALL

MLB flashback: Dennis Eckersley

Dennis Eckersley won 197 games and saved 390 over 24 seasons. The righty pitched in 1,071 games and threw 3,285.2 innings with 2,401 strikeouts. At the time of his retirement, Eck had appeared in more games than any pitcher in MLB history.

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2021-05-282021-10-30 Matt Veasey BASEBALL

MLB Power Ranking: Memorial Day 2021

Two months is now plenty of time to get a legitimate read on where the 30 teams of Major League Baseball stand. The season's first Power Rankings have been tabulated, with the NL's San Diego Padres and AL's Tampa Bay Rays sitting at the top.

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2020-09-292020-11-15 Matt Veasey BASEBALL

MLB 2020 Wildcard round: Why all lower seeds can win

There are legitimate reasons why every single one of the lower ranked teams could win and advance. The biggest is that those lower-seeded teams will all send starting pitchers to the mound who can win. And remember, each is only a best-of-three series.

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2020-09-28 Matt Veasey BASEBALL

MLB Power Ranking: 2020 Final

The most unusual regular season in the history of Major League Baseball has finally come to an end. It was 60 games (for most teams) filled with all of the usual action: big hits, shutdown pitching, outstanding defense.

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