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After 10 games full of surprises to begin 2019 MLB season, this much we know to be certain: the Oakland Athletics will once again hit a lot of home runs.

A’s Coverage:

• Hall: Stephen Piscotty gets hot, Laureano throws out another runner as A’s down Red Sox...
• Shea: A’s beat Red Sox again, huge day for Stephen Piscotty...
• Shea: Red Sox kept running on A’s Ramon Laureano, he kept throwing ’em out...
• Haft: Chapman returns from injury with flourish at 3B...
• Shea: A’s Matt Olson dealing with rare injury rehab - ‘I’m bored, honestly’....

Best of AN:

• baseballgirl: Game #10 - A’s... Читать дальше...

It’s hard to argue with 6-2, especially when it comes first against a division rival and next against the reigning world champions. Without question, this was a homestand that went far to erasing the sting of an 0-2 start suffered while we were sleeping.

I texted my good friend the other day, who is a lifelong Yankees fan, I’d say after the first game against the Red Sox when they had dominated in the first run through the rotation, and I said something to the effect of "this is the A’s year."

What would it cost the A’s to lock up their superstar third baseman?

Matt Chapman is, without a doubt, the Oakland A’s best player. He is the best defender on the planet, an above-average hitter and a bona fide MVP candidate. Despite his slow start to the spring, he has been hot out of the gate in the young 2019 season and has cemented himself as Oakland’s number-two hitter.

Players like that are good to have around. So it should go without saying that, if the A’s and Chapman can agree on a price... Читать дальше...

And OF COURSE there was another Laureano throw.

Game Thread #1

Game Thread #2

SO EXCITING! The A’s come back from a 3-0 deficit today to win the game 7-3, thanks in large part to Stephen Piscotty’s big day; notching 5 RBI. And did I mention there was another throw? THERE WAS ANOTHER THROW! (Also, why are the Red Sox running on Laureano? Unclear.)

The game actually started very ominously for the green and gold, as contrary to every other start so far by the starters... Читать дальше...

Original Game Thread Here

Well, this afternoon’s game did not have the best start; the A’s fell behind 2-0 early and 3-0 by the third, but they rallied back thanks to a terrific game by Stephen Piscotty; with a third inning home run that tied the game, and after a Grossman double to take the lead, a two-run double to give the A’s the 6-3 lead. Anderson has finished five innings as the A’s make a bid to take 3 of 4 in what has been a great series. We go to the bottom of the fifth.

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