• Manager Swap: Twins, Angels, and Dodgers Should Trade Gardenhire, Scioscia, and Mattingly
• Manny Machado for MVP?
• A New Take On Prospect Evaluation
• Estimating Final Batting Average From Small Samples
• Who’s Awesome And Who’s Not Awesome
• Justin Upton, Dexter Fowler Impress As April’s SPP Leaders
• The Colorado Rockies Must Deal For Some Pitching
• It’s Getting Late Early: Three Teams Whose Surprising Starts Portend Future Results
• Jason Collins And The Gay Teammate
• The Active All-Throwing Arm Team

Oakland A’s

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  Who’s Awesome And Who’s Not Awesome

  Every so often, when I don’t have any other ideas, I revert back to the old “Who’s Awesome” template. I know it’s a bit of a cop out but it can...

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  Jumpin’ Jed Lowrie And The Key To Succes In Oakland

  When the Oakland Athletics traded for Jed Lowrie this February, not many people looked up from their iPads.  The deal saw a bunch of promising guys that the casual fan probably...

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  Oakland A’s Season Preview: Billy Beane’s At It Again

  The 2012 season looked like a rebuilding year for the always intriguing Oakland Athletics. After finishing the 2011 season 74-88, the A’s traded away key starters Trevor Cahill and Gio Gonzalez,...

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  Fast Reaction: Michael Morse To Seattle Three Team Deal; Great Move For The M’s (Updated)

  Breaking now is a three team deal that sends slugger Michael Morse to the Seattle Mariners, catcher John Jaso to the Oakland A’s, and single A pitcher AJ Cole to the Washington Nationals....

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  Baseball’s Biggest Things in 2012

  Last season was a great year for baseball.  We at OffTheBench had a jolly time covering our favorite sport and enjoying continued growth.  Probably my favorite part of writing these posts is that I get to...

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  Ranking The Current MLB Managers

  Managers don’t throw a single pitch. They don’t take a single grounder, get a single hit, or score a single run. Yet having the right manager is the key to winning. Managers get...

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  Party At Bernie’s: Oakland Forces Game 5

  In case anyone didn’t know, Coco Crisp can get a little fired up. Tonight, he had good reason. The A’s trailed the entire game before walking off against Tigers closer Jose...