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The Oakland A's are rebuilding. So I thought i'd build this site. The Oaktown Proverbs aggregates some of the best Oakland Athletics writing on the web and features original content about the life of an A's fan....

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Nov
23rd
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Banking on the "B's" : Buck and Barton 7/24/2007: I was sitting up in the third deck, right field bleachers of Edison Field (right near the foul pole) when I thought for certain that I had just witnessed the birth of a star. This event…
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2008 Cinematic Interlude #2: Chavvy and the Athletic Factory, Chapter One *UPDATED: Now with poll!*

[Prefatory note: Big thanks to JediLeroy, who lent his kreepy Photoshop skilz to the illustrations, and to FreeSeatUpgrade, who inspired me to do this with his …
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Shortstop Roulette: 8 players, 8 teams

This off-season presents an interesting situation at the 6-hole, where several teams could potentially swap shortstops and more than 25% of the league is in need of an upgrade.

Here are eight…
Nov
22nd
Sat
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Donaldson paces Desert Dogs to AFL title
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A's prospect hits for cycle in Venezuela
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2008 Cinematic Interlude #2: Chavvy and the Athletic Factory, Chapter One [Prefatory note: Big thanks to JediLeroy, who lent his kreepy Photoshop skilz to the illustrations, and to FreeSeatUpgrade, who inspired me to do this with his latest installment of…
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Shortstop Roulette: 8 players, 8 teams

This off-season presents an interesting situation at the 6-hole, where several teams could potentially swap shortstops and more than 25% of the league is in need of an upgrade.

Here are eight…
Nov
21st
Fri
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A's hitting coach may join Seattle's staff The A’s on Wednesday lost their bench coach when Don Wakamatsu was named the new manager of the Seattle Mariners, and it appears they will lose another member of the coaching staff to their American…
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Crosby in dark about future with A's With the A’s apparently ramping up their pursuit of free-agent shortstop Rafael Furcal, Bobby Crosby is in the strange position of being under contract with a team that’s actively looking to replace…
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Relive Ellis' walk-off grand slam The A’s game on June 8, in which Mark Ellis hit a walk-off grand slam in the 12th inning against the Angels, can be seen in its entirety at noon PT on Monday, as part of MLB.com/Live’s ongoing daily…
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Bobby Crosby Reaches the Point of No Return It’s always fascinating for me to see a player seemingly told that his career is in jeopardy with his current team.  Bobby Crosby has essentially been told that.  It’s not just in that blog post,…
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NEW YORK (AP)—Lew Wolff has a way to shorten baseball’s postseason: Make the first round best-of-one.

“I’d make it one-game-and-you’re-out for the first series,” the Oakland Athletics owner said…
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Bobby Crosby Reaches the Point of No Return It’s always fascinating for me to see a player seemingly told that his career is in jeopardy with his current team.  Bobby Crosby has essentially been told that.  It’s not just in that blog post,…
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PASSING PHASES / A's owner Lew Wolff off the charts At first blanch, Lew Wolff’s idea for improving the first round of the baseball playoffs by paring them to one game is charming on three fronts. It does answer the question of shortening the…
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PASSING PHASES / A's owner Lew Wolff off the charts At first blanch, Lew Wolff’s idea for improving the first round of the baseball playoffs by paring them to one game is charming on three fronts. It does answer the question of shortening the…