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Does $$$ really talk?

Does $$$ really talk?

Chris Smith, Staff Writer October 10, 2012

The Oakland A’s have been a joke to many baseball fans in recent years. Some struggle to identify even one player on the team, which is part of the reason why the A’s are currently second to last in...

Addition of Boyd could pay dividends for the writhing As

Addition of Boyd could pay dividends for the writhing A’s

Jonny Glazier, Columnist June 5, 2012

As many of you may already know, Paly's own B.J. Boyd ('12) was drafted in the 4th round of the MLB Draft by the Oakland Athletics. Boyd, a dual-sport athlete, could add something that the A's have been...

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Shopping woes: The Oakland Athletics’ troubling obsession

Peter Dennis, Columnist October 19, 2011

In case you didn’t want to go back to my previous column, the point I’ll be making here is that the Oakland A’s: 2. Stick with prospects that have “proven” themselves in the farm system who...

Frank Thomas hits his first home-run as an A against the New York Yankees on Opening Night in 2006. Thomas might just be the best investment in old and battered goods the As have ever done. Photo used under Creative Commons from Ken Nakano.

Why Moneyball is flawed

Peter Dennis, Columnist October 14, 2011

As some of all you ‘avid’ readers out there may know, I am a Dodgers fan. No, I won’t pull a Brian Stow on anyone, that was completely and utterly horrific, but I can get into an argument about the...

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