4 Months Ago, Nico from Athletics Nation says (in Open Thread: Game 161 - A's vs. Angels) This game doesn't have quite the drama of Game 161 5 years ago, when the A's hopes for catching the Angels in the season's final weekend banged off the wall Erstad vs. Rincon style and Oakland had to watch the Angels celebrate the end of the Oakland "regular season dynasty."

And emperor nobody from Athletics Nation says (in Open Thread: Game 160 - A's vs. SoCal Seraphim of Santa Ana) Hello again, RISP-lets of the GDParadigm, and welcome one and all to the final homestand of 2009, as the Athletics, fresh from getting their asses kicked through the goalposts of Hell in Seattle, return home for One More Red Nightmare against the AL West Champion (getting sick of saying t...

And 67MARQUEZ from Athletics Nation says (in Game Thread 159: 67M's Last Hurrah) But I have surely enjoyed the ride.  It didn't take me long to get over my fear of hanging out with random internet people.  One month after fANfest, I was on a plane with a group of AN'ers, headed to Arizona for Spring Training, where we took pictures with Ken Korach and fought over Nico's banan...

And baseballgirl from Athletics Nation says (in Open Thread: Game 158 - A's at Mariners) Oakland AthleticsSeattle MarinersAdam Kennedy - 3BIchiro Suzuki - RFRajai Davis - CFFranklin Gutierrez - CFKurt Suzuki - CJose Lopez - 2BJack Cust - DHKen Griffey Jr. - DHDaric Barton - 1BAdrian Beltre - 3BMark Ellis - 2BKenji Johjima - CEric Patterson - LFJack Hannahan - 1BTravis Buck -...

10 Months Ago, Nico from Athletics Nation says (in Open Thread: Game 5 - A's vs. Seattle) Memo to Bob Geren: Ryan Sweeney against a LHP, and Orlando Cabrera against a RHP, do not belong at the top of the batting order. Jack Cust, meanwhile, continues to do what Jack Cust always does and that is get on base. Also, since the Mariners do not have a left-handed reliever in their bullpen,...