[The Elephant Walk is my somewhat regular column on Oakland Athletics baseball. Results, performances, transactions or other thoughts I might have about the A’s]
Douchebag Watch
Obviously there can’t be a whole helluva lot to report back on when it comes to the A’s… although the biggest news is probably that the team somewhat likely to consider […]

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Okay, so it brings us to the conclusion that we may be able to prove that Barry took steroids knowingly. Compare this to our current level of information: according to Game of Shadows we know that Barry admitted to taking a substance that he did not think was steroids… which turned out to be, […]

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I don’t really want to generalize, and I know the answer is ultimately to get people to read their columns.. because more readers means more advertising revenues… but I really have to say that I think Yahoo!’s Dan Wetzel went way too far in his column, No excuses for Rockies’ bush-league mistake. In it, […]

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Readers, I have gone to hell and back and lived to tell the tale. Yes, I actually ventured to the Denver Post website, and more specifically to the address for Woody Paige’s columns to see if I was right. I wanted to prove a point, and unfortunately I was completely correct.
One step back, […]

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You know, I did this a while back for the NBA… predicted, or rather incorrectly predicted the NBA playoffs using the mascots to determine the winner of each round. It was such a rousing failure on so many levels that I thought I’d do it again.
American League
vs
Wally the Green Monster vs Rally […]

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Sports fans… pray for this if you are not too busy praying to the porcelain gods tonight:
Mets win tomorrow
Phillies win tomorrow
Padres lose tomorrow
Rockies win today and tomorrow
Why? Because then the Mets, Phils, Pads, and Rox would all finish the season at 89-72 and four teams would be vying for 2 playoff spots with one […]

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Honestly, for most sports fans one loss in a day and you are upset. Two losses and let’s face it: you pick fights, you are not pleasant to be around, food tastes worse, beer isn’t as refreshing. So yesterday was by far the worst sports day of my entire life. Between the […]

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[The Elephant Walk is my somewhat regular column on Oakland Athletics baseball. Results, performances, transactions or other thoughts I might have about the A’s]
My faith in Billy Beane is being challenged… really being challenged. This season I’ve not been on board for all of his trades and have been disappointed that he was not […]

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Okay, so harsh. Yea, but not my words. I’m of course quoting Brett Myers who will certainly get his share of media backlash after yesterday’s locker room mishap:
When Myers was asked about the two home runs, he said they were really “just pop ups.”
A reporter from the Philadelphia Inquirer questioned whether Myers really […]

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[The Elephant Walk is my somewhat regular column on Oakland Athletics baseball. Results, performances, transactions or other thoughts I might have about the A’s]
Sweet merciful crap. What a season so far. I think the total number of players who have been on the DL this year is up at 22? I believe […]

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