The Oakland Athletics 2013 Season Thread

[Johnny_Cakes]

THE OAKLAND ATHLETICS​

REIGNING AL WEST CHAMPIONS​

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ADDITIONS:
Chris Resop
John Jaso
Hideki Okajima
Pat Neshek
Chris Young
Jed Lowrie
Nate Freiman​

SUBTRACTIONS:
Brandon McCarthy
Stephen Drew
Dallas Braden
Brandon Hicks
Jim Miller
Colin Cowgill
AJ Cole
George Kottaras
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[shaunhillftw49]

Anderson start us of with a win

 

[johnson1]

Crisp
Jaso
Reddick
Cespedes
Lowrie
Moss
Donaldson
Smith
Sogard



Let's make it happen, get to Felix early.

 

[an dee 51o]

Checking in

Cespedes, man. Such a beast. My pops predicts MVP-quality year from Yoenis. Really hope he's right.

 

[eagle 0n]

Let's go A's!

 

[jumpmanfromdabay]

Not an A's fan but I root for y'all when not playing my Giants

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

Lineup for Opening Day

Crisp CF,
Jaso C,
Reddick RF,
Cespedes LF,
Lowrie SS,
Moss 1B,
Donaldson 3B,
Smith DH,
Sogard 2B

Anderson P

Still waiting for the Mariners to release theirs.

 

[captain charisma]

Woot Woot.

I'm really excited to see what Cespedes could do after a year of experience under his belt.

 

[johnson1]

^ for sure

I just hope he can get thru the year without any PED suspensions ha!!

 

[eagle 0n]

I haven't copped an A's jersey in forever, but Cespy might be the one.

 

[jumpmanfromdabay]

I haven't copped an A's jersey in forever, but Cespy might be the one.

My boy got a Gold Cespy on eBay for 170 and it was legit

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

You know what I want?

A re-release of the green and white A's cap that they wore in the 80s.

Like this:

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[jumpmanfromdabay]

I wish they would ditch the all green hat with gold a's logo and go back to the gold bill on the road

 

[GreenNGold89]

Game time. Baseball is back baby.

 

[GreenNGold89]

Now that's how you start the season Brett.

 

[GreenNGold89]

Looks like it's going to be 9 straight loses on opening day. :x

I really hope we can figure out how to manufacture runs against top pitchers this year.

 

[eagle 0n]

Man, we just need to avoid facing Felix every opening day and what seems like a bazillion times during the season

 

[GreenNGold89]

Why call on Norris? I didn't like that move by Melvin.

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

Went to the game, was disappointed we didn't get the win but the fans were great. Awesome atmosphere, very cordial for the most part (two friends who were sitting with each other were about to fight one another for no apparent reason ).

I'll be there again tomorrow, hopefully watch us get our first win.

 

[johnson1]

Rough opener. This guy Felix just owns us.

Nice play up the middle by Sogard. Saved a run a early.



Going on Wednesday, heard it's sold out

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

Wednesday is sold out?? Damn, I wanted to go to three straight

 

[wearinthefourfive]

I'm hoping to be 6-2 after the first 2 series. I feel like I'll be saying this a lot going forward, but they need to be getting Chris Young his reps.

 

[johnson1]

I'm hoping to be 6-2 after the first 2 series. I feel like I'll be saying this a lot going forward, but they need to be getting Chris Young his reps.

I think BoMel was purely going with the matchups yesterday, Seth Smith has a decent history against Felix, and what do you know he went 2 for 3 yesterday.

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

Today's lineup:

Crisp
Jaso
Reddick
Cespedes
Lowrie
Moss
Donaldson
Smith
Sogard

Parker pitching

 

[wearinthefourfive]

Slusser said on Twitter that Young will be playing tomorrow, hopefully he shows off so he can get some more burn.