on March 10th, 2010 by tastelikedirt
I read that Nomar retired today. He didn’t do a whole lot last year, but he seemed like a nice guy.Above is a card I made and sent to spring training last year. He signed it and sent it right back within a couple weeks. I also sent him a card around 20…
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on March 3rd, 2010 by tastelikedirt
One thing they do in the left field bleachers in Oakland is offer up thier children as a sacrifice to the Gods. This usually happens when the game is on the line, not really in blow outs ‘cuz they don’t want to waste the kids.
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on February 18th, 2010 by tastelikedirt
Since there is no more fan fest in Oakland. Here’s a couple photos back from when there was. These photos are from various question and answer sessions held throughout the day.Milton Bradley, Mark Kotsay, Bobby Kielty, Adam Melhuse.Danny Haren, Chad Ga…
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on February 17th, 2010 by tastelikedirt
I updated My favorite card blog list section thing over down on the right side of the page here.I’ll maybe go into more depth later about each blog. A few of these I have been checkin’ out for what seems like years. At least one is more or less kinda n…
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on February 16th, 2010 by tastelikedirt
“Now 53 with 15 years of playing experience and six years of coaching under his belt, Lansford will join Comcast’s A’s pregame and postgame live shows as an analyst.”-A’s websiteCarney was a coach with the Giants last year. His son Jared is a pitcher i…
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on February 16th, 2010 by tastelikedirt
Can you still get a Value Deck at McDonalds?The value deck (third deck behind home) is open this year and the A’s website even tells you this is the “best value”. That’s where my opening day tickets are for.Value DeckNew in 2010, the Value Deck provide…
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on February 1st, 2010 by tastelikedirt
You will be happy to know that I got opening day tickets against the Mariners. The last couple seasons the A’s untarped a couple third deck sections behind home plate and made them $30.00 all you can eat seats. They used to be the cheapest seats in the…
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on January 22nd, 2010 by tastelikedirt
“Outfielder Grant Desme, who was named the MVP of the Arizona Fall League and was among the A’s top prospects, has decided to retire from baseball to pursue the priesthood.”-A’s.comDesme was the only 30-30 player in the Minors last year, earning 31 hom…
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on January 7th, 2010 by tastelikedirt
A’s sign Jack Cust for$2.65 million. With an additional $350,000 in performance bonuses, Cust’s annual salary could eclipse the $2.8 million he made in 2009. He can earn the full amount if he has 600 plate appearances in 2010. Cust was not tendered a c…
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on January 5th, 2010 by tastelikedirt
Scout.com made a list of Oakland A’s 2010 Top-50 Prospects.1. Michael Taylor2. Chris Carter3. Grant Green4. Adrian Cardenas5. Jemile Weeks6. Max Stassi7. Michael Ynoa8. Grant Desme9. Sean Doolittle10. Josh Donaldson11. Corey Brown12. Aaron Cunningham13…
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on January 1st, 2010 by tastelikedirt
Baseball Prospectus has a list of A’s top prospects for 2010.Five-Star Prospects1. Chris Carter, 1B2. Michael Taylor, LFFour-Star Prospects3. Michael Ynoa, RHP4. Grant Desme, CF5. Grant Green, SSThree-Star Prospects6. Max Stassi, C7. Jemile Weeks, 2B8….
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on January 1st, 2010 by tastelikedirt
Over at Minor League Ball John Sickels put together a list of the A’s top prospects for 2010.1) Chris Carter, 1B-OF, Grade A-2) Michael Taylor, OF, Grade B+: Borderline A-3) Grant Green, SS, Grade B+4) Grant Desme, OF, Grade B5) Adrian Cardenas, 2B, Gr…
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on December 22nd, 2009 by tastelikedirt
Sports Illustrated PhotoThere’s a bunch of reports on the internet saying that the A’s have signed outfielder Coco Crisp to a one year deal. He was on the Royals last year, but missed half the year with an injury. I think he was on the Red Sox before t…
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on December 16th, 2009 by tastelikedirt
Players not on the roster.Grant Desme – 2009 Arizona Fall League MVPDallas McPherson – Former Angels third basemanMarcus McBeth – Former Red relieverCedric Bowers – PitcherFernando Hernandez – PitcherMatt Wright – PitcherMatt Whitney – InfielderPlayers…
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