1. Oakland Athletics Poised to Make a Run, or Not?

    With a bit of pixie dust (Frank Thomas apearing out of nowhere) and a whole lot of pitching the Oakland Athletics find themselves at 38-31 and only 3 games behind the Angels. Their best record on this date, June 17th, since 2002 is 10 games over ...

    Raymond St. Martin Written by Raymond St. Martin about over 3 years ago 175 reads 0 comments

  2. Frank Thomas Is An A: Two Year Deal

    For all of the talk about how this team has been great with RISP and has been going from first to third and scoring from second better than ever, nothing can erase the fact that team's with NO power cannot sustain success...

    Raymond St. Martin Written by Raymond St. Martin about almost 4 years ago 309 reads 0 comments

  3. Big Hurt Will Be The Salve For What Bothers The A's

    Two seasons ago, The Big Hurt, Frank Thomas, carried the Athletics offense and led the team to the ALCS. His presence in the lineup made up for a slumping Eric Chavez and his home ...

    Raymond St. Martin Written by Raymond St. Martin about almost 4 years ago 379 reads 2 comments

  4. NBA Western Conference: Will the Warriors Take the Season to the Last Day?

    With three days left in the NBA season, the Golden State Warriors can prolong the best conference season of all-time by defeating the Phoenix Suns in Phoenix on Monday Night. It is STILL possible that a 50 win team will miss the playoffs...

    Raymond St. Martin Written by Raymond St. Martin about almost 4 years ago 677 reads 0 comments

  5. NBA Western Conference: Golden State Warriors and Denver Nuggets in Epic Battle

    When I bent my brain this morning as I pondered the many twists and turns that the playoff race for the eighth seed in the West may take, I was left with a headache...

    Raymond St. Martin Written by Raymond St. Martin about almost 4 years ago 10,598 reads 3 comments

  6. Rich Harden's Mechanics Lead to His Breakdown

    Once again, Rich Harden broke camp with the A's, and once again, his mechanics were the same that caused him pain in previous seasons. For years I have been saying that Rich Harden needed to watch tape of Tom Seaver to see how Seaver finished...

    Raymond St. Martin Written by Raymond St. Martin about almost 4 years ago 785 reads 4 comments

  7. Oakland Athletics: There Is No "O" in Oakland

    With the Athletics' dismal effort against the Red Sox in Oakland this week, perhaps we should take the "O" out of Oakland and just start calling our home "Aukland...

    Raymond St. Martin Written by Raymond St. Martin about almost 4 years ago 602 reads 0 comments