Новости за 23.09.2019

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It’s been a busy week for three of the Athletics’ most important people.

(*until postseason)

The sting of the A's loss to Texas was mitigated by the camaraderie of the AN fans. It was fun to reconnect with familiar friends and meet new ones!

I enjoyed taking photos and thanks to all of you for indulging me. I hope you enjoy seeing them.

Where I remember only real names and not screen names, I've not posted any name at all so please add your info in the comments and I will edit the post.

ThANks again to BillyFrijoles for organizing this!

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There are only 2 series left in the season, and the AL races are tight. Cleveland and Tampa are tied right now for the 2nd WC spot, and are 2 games behind your 1989 champions and never won since Oakland A's. In the battle of the 1st seed, the Bronx Bombers cheap home run hitters and the Houston "gonna be WS contenders for 15 years" Astros are separated by just half a game. It's almost a coin flip for both races, so assuming we are at home for the WC game, and assuming we make it to the ALDS, which teams would you want to play? Читать дальше...

Neville E. Guard-USA TODAY Sports

On a day where Tanner Roark didn’t have his best stuff, and the offense squandered many different run scoring opportunities throughout the middle and late innings, the final regular season game played at Rickey Henderson Field was a bleak and boring one.

Stan Szeto-USA TODAY Sports

Game Thread #1

The regular season home finale hasn’t gone as planned so far for the A’s, as Tanner Roark pitched 3 uninspiring innings in which he allowed 5 runs on three huge home runs. AJ Puk came in to relieve Roark in the 4th, wherein he allowed a couple of runs on of softly hit line drives.

The A’s haven’t done anything on offense yet, but have the heart of the order due up next inning. Mark Canha, Seth Brown, and Khris Davis are due up to hopefully spark an A’s rally! Читать дальше...