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Brett Anderson's Left Elbow Seeks Medical Review
As many on AN have speculated, given Brett Anderson's visible loss in velocity and struggles to get opposing hitters out over the last several starts, the pitcher's left elbow is going to be examined by doctors (just our team's or external, not quite clear yet) and he has already left the team,...
I Was a Cosmic Kid in Full Costume Dress: Next Series Pitchers Preview
This weekend, 8-10 May, the Jays find themselves in Philadelphia Kansas City the San Francisco Bay area to take on the Athletics. Some folks thought the offseason trade for Matt Holiday and free agent signings of Jason Giambi and Orlando Cabrera would make the A's a strong candidate to win the...
AN Visits with MLB.com's Mychael Urban Part I
Mychael Urban is the beat reporter for oaklandathletics.com. He's been a good friend of AN for quite a while despite some of the beatings he takes from members here. I like to check in with the A's beat reporters from time to time and I figured that with all the changes around the team this...
Breaking Down Trevor Cahill's Delivery
Driveline Mechanics is a pretty awesome blog. My buddy Kyle runs it and he does these excellent pieces on pitching deliveries. Today, with my suggestion, he broke down Trevor Cahill's delivery and arm action. Kyle has this to say: It's really tough to say, so I have to give him an Incomplete...
The 2009 Oakland A's Starting Pitchers?
It's been the unlucky 13 for the Oakland Athletics in 2008. The A's have had 13 different pitchers start at least one game for the A's this year. You ready for this list? Joe Blanton, Rich Harden, Justin Duchscherer, Gio Gonzalez, Kirk Saarloos, Lenny DiNardo, Chad Gaudin, Dan Meyer, Josh...
AN Visits with Minor League Expert John Sickels
SportsBlogs Nation is really fortunate as we have John Sickels writing the best minor league blog on the Web in Minor League Ball. Sickels does excellent work at that blog and I suggest you make it part of your daily reading. I figured it was a great time to check in with him since that's what...
A Reason to Watch USA Olympic Baseball
I'm not the biggest Olympic fan in the world. I really only like watching certain team sports like soccer and during the Winter Olympics, hockey. I'm not really one to get into the badminton, swimming and all the other random sports that the Summer Olympics bring. But for obvious reasons, I...
It's Really Not As Bad As We Think
Well, maybe it is. At least right now. But I never really thought the A's were going to compete for the AL West in 2008. I thought this was a team that Billy Beane was building for the future while hoping it wouldn't be a complete failure on the field this season. A lot things happened to make...
Athletics Nation Interviews MLB Minor League Writer Jonathan Mayo
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