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Andre Ethier blasts his second home run on his 30th birthday

Posted by Carlos Parodi on 4/13/12
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Andre Ethier blasts his second home run on his 30th birthday

After a disappointing, injury-ridden 2011, Andre Ethier continued his hot start with his second home run of the season, on his 30th birthday no less. His knee issues appear to be a thing of the past and hitting behind Kemp all season, he should continue to get plenty of RBI opportunities. Check out the swing [...]

4/13/12 / No Comment

New A’s Outfielder Josh Reddick

Posted by Jim Meyerriecks on 12/28/11
Added to : Top Plays

New A’s Outfielder Josh Reddick

The A’s dealt Andrew Bailey and Ryan Sweeney to the Boston Red Sox for Josh Reddick and a pair of prospects. Reddick figures to have more of a chance to showcase his skills in Oakland than he would have in Boston, but let’s look back at what he showed us in 2011 for the Red [...]

12/28/11 / No Comment

A’s Add Slugger?

Posted by Jim Meyerriecks on 12/28/11
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A’s Add Slugger?

The Oakland A’s added three young pitchers and a slugging Catcher prospect in their deal with the Washington Nationals last week. This was not Derek Norris, but soft-tossing lefty Tom Milone hitting a home run on the first big league pitch he saw. We won’t get to see Milone do much hitting now that he’s [...]

12/28/11 / No Comment

That landing’s a doozy

Posted by Carlos Parodi on 11/30/11
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That landing’s a doozy

Tigers vs A’s game, date/year uncertain. Extra credit if you can name the IF and runner. Post your BEST caption!

11/30/11 / No Comment

Ozzie breaks it down

Posted by Carlos Parodi on 11/15/11
Added to : Instructional Top Plays

Ozzie breaks it down

Heckuva nice defensive breakdown from the Wizard.  The most interesting bit was the fundamentals regarding footwork… I can think of at least 10 major league shortstops who should be force fed those techniques. How many times have you seen a SS stab at a ball or drift in/back when a sprint straight to the ball’s [...]

11/15/11 / No Comment