Oakland A’s UK Blog

  • Draft Environmental Impact Report for new A’s ballpark is published

    Draft Environmental Impact Report for new A’s ballpark is published

  • Podcast Season 2, Episode 4

    Podcast Season 2, Episode 4

    There’s been lots to catch up on with the A’s starting their Spring Training camp and the Front Office doing a great job of bringing in reinforcements. Our latest podcast episode reviews all the player moves.

  • Games to look forward to

    Games to look forward to

    Start times for most games in the upcoming 2021 MLB season were announced this past week, so I’ve started putting together a UK-time version of the A’s schedule that I’ll finalise when all provisional start times have been published.

  • One more on the KD trade

    One more on the KD trade

    My YouTube video was a one-take, initial reaction to it all. Thinking it through further, and surveying the various articles and comments about the trade, makes me think it all comes back to this:

  • A’s fans Khrushed, but Elvis enters the building

    A’s fans Khrushed, but Elvis enters the building

  • Were you dreaming of Deolis?

    Were you dreaming of Deolis?

    It’s a signing of sorts. The A’s have acquired right-handed pitcher Deolis Guerra today, possibly preparing us for the news of Joakim Soria and/or Yusmeiro Petit finding a new team in the near future (*).

  • MLB 2021 is on track (possibly)

    MLB 2021 is on track (possibly)

    There’s a hilarious line in MLB’s official statement about the Players Association rejecting their proposal to delay the start of the 2021 season. According to MLB, a clearly unbiased source in all of this, their proposal “was a good deal that reflected the best interests of everyone involved in the sport”. What conversations they had…

  • A’s sign Cole Irvin

    A’s sign Cole Irvin

    No, he’s not our new shortstop. At least I hope that’s not the plan.

  • We need a shortstop!

    We need a shortstop!

    As you would have seen or heard from out latest livestream/podcast, the news coming out of Oakland is far from encouraging for the 2021 season. Marcus Semien and Tommy La Stella have joined Liam Hendriks in finding new teams and leaving the A’s as free agents. We all knew that the A’s were unlikely to…

  • A’s News Catch-up

    A’s News Catch-up

    The so-called MLB off-season Hot Stove is still not exactly threatening to boil over. That said, we are starting to see some deals being completed and that includes a few that relate to the A’s.

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