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Todd Van Poppel Rookie Card Retirement Plan Podcast – Episode Three
The third episode of the podcast has arrived and again I am as always joined by David Spencer (read him here) to talk about the only A’s news this week, the trade that resulted in the A’s netting Jed...
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Todd Van Poppel Rookie Card Retirement Plan Podcast – Episode Four
The fourth episode of the podcast is fresh out of the oven and I am as always joined by David Spencer (read him here) to talk about the only A’s in advance of the start of spring training. We talk...
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BBTN Top 500: Athletics Edition
ESPN does a cool thing, the top 500 baseball players in the game ranked 1-thru-500 prior to each season (the link brings you to 401-500). Let’s first talk about this idea as a whole, obviously it is...
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Todd Van Poppel Rookie Card Retirement Plan Podcast – Episode Six
The sixth episode of the podcast is complete and here for your listening pleasure. As always, I am joined by David Spencer (read him here) and we talk about the upcoming season and our predictions for...
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Recap: A’s @ Astros Game 5
Wrap: Oakland 8, Houston 3. A’s 3-2 (2nd Place (tie), 1/2 game back) The A’s played their first ever American League game versus their new division foe Houston Astros. The Astros and A’s have a lot of...
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Cespedes to 15-Day DL; Taylor to Oakland
Yoenis Cespedes has landed himself on the 15-day disabled list with a strained muscle in his left hand. Cespedes seemingly injured it during an awkward slide in Friday night’s ballgame. This is his...
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Recap: Astros @ A’s Game 16
Wrap: Oakland 7, Houston 5. A’s 12-4 (1st Place, 2 games ahead) The A’s certainly like playing the Houston Astros as they complete their second sweep of them within a month. This game was put in the...
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Recap: A’s @ Mariners Game 38
Wrap: Oakland 4, Seattle 3. A’s 19-19 (2nd Place, 5 games back) After five straight nights of losing the A’s winning is a nice change. The game brings the A’s back up to .500 again which also is a nice...
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A’s Acquire Callaspo from the Angels
On Twitter earlier, I had commented that if I were Billy Beane I wouldn’t be afraid of trading with the Angels and that Erick Aybar or Howie Kendrick would be nice pieces though I wasn’t sure there’d...
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Recap: Astros @ A’s Game 119
Wrap: Houston 2, Oakland 1. A’s 67-52 (2nd Place, 2 games back) The A’s have lost this series. At home. To Houston. This was a time to at the very least maintain ground, if not gain it. They have...
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