Official Oakland Athletics 2012 Season Thread (94-68) AL WEST CHAMPIONS

[jumpmanfromdabay]

The Coliseum as of today

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

Cannot wait for the A's to move and the Raiders either tear down/restore the Coliseum to a football-only facility. Hate seeing them share the same field and having the A's deal with ****ed up grass.

 

[smokey1212]

Originally Posted by Th3RealF0lkBlu3s

Cannot wait for the A's to move and the Raiders either tear down/restore the Coliseum to a football-only facility. Hate seeing them share the same field and having the A's deal with ****ed up grass.

Preach

 

[grusumm18]

cespedes media day tomorrow

dallas and manny bff for the year
how he goes from matsui to manny speaks volumes to the personality of "209" (manny already calls him that all the time)

 

[jumpmanfromdabay]

Looking forward to my free tickets in the lower level all year

 

[jumpmanfromdabay]

MLB likely to uphold San Francisco Giants' territorial rights in San Jose, leaving the A's stuck in Oakland
Baseball to tell Oakland ... no way, San Jose



TAMPA - After a whirlwind winter of wheeling and dealing, in which he traded three All-Star pitchers and signed both Cuban expatriate, Yoenis Cespedes, and MLB renegade Manny Ramirez, Billy Beane went to Hollywood for the Oscars last week as a guest of Brad Pitt (who played him in a 2011 film) and Sony Pictures, with visions of one day soon taking his revised on-field version of “Moneyball

 

[urb]

Edit: A's beat the Cubs 12-10 today. Even though it's Spring Training Brandon Allen went 2/5, HR, Double 7RBI 

. Chris Carter 2/4. 

Best friends, 

. 14 year difference.

 

[urb]

Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes finds instant friendship with Manny Ramirez at A’s camp:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_y...oenis_cespedes_athletics_manny_ramirez_030412

 

[nooera]

Manny

LETSGO

He still has to sit out that 50 though right

Hopefully he can come back and start raking

 

[nooera]

I don't know how to embed but this Cespedes vid ?

Dude is a monster.

 

[johnson1]

^ dude should be playing safety for the Raiders

I hope Brandon Allen can become a player one day

 

[ricerocket1]

Originally Posted by JumpmanFromDaBay

The Coliseum as of today

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[urb]

Anyone going to opening day?

 

[jumpmanfromdabay]

Originally Posted by urbano wears nikes

Anyone going to opening day?

If my cousin gives them to me. Then I am

 

[GreenNGold89]

Originally Posted by WearinTheFourFive

We didn't get rid of Devine, right? He should be our closer.

If he can stay healthy.

 

[jumpmanfromdabay]

As of today

 

[wearinthefourfive]

I wish I was home so I could watch the Cespedes debut today, too bad MLB.TV doesn't have a 1 day subscription option.


Oh well, back to studying for finals.

 

[grusumm18]

a walk then rbi single in 2nd

 

[grusumm18]

CUBANO

 

[wearinthefourfive]

I'm really hoping I can get a stream for the tape delay of the game on MLBN tonight, I want to see that BOMBA.

 

[GreenNGold89]

2-2 with a walk, single, and a homer.

 

[grusumm18]

cespanity (from brandon mccarthy tweet)

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/...4697437895879369273-1039

 

[urb]

Originally Posted by grusumm18

cespanity (from brandon mccarthy tweet)

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/...4697437895879369273-1039

 that was a monster.

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

Can't wait to see Cespedes doing his thing in the regular season. Makes me wish his contract had another year attached to it.

 

[GreenNGold89]

Heading to AZ Fri morning.

Can't wait.