Oakland Athletics

DJ Delgado on the Evolution of Oakland's DJ Scene and Celebrating Five Years of Fresh Jamz

Attending middle school with artists such as Opio, Casual, and Touré of the Hieroglyphics crew in the early '90s, Oakland-born DJ Delgado sought to find his own creative outlet amid the beats and rhymes of hip-hop. He was attracted to "the constant positivity and push for social change" in reggae m ... More >>

Top Five Things Oakland Spokesman MC Hammer Could Do To Improve His Hometown

Oakland, meet your new tourism ambassador: MC Hammer, famous rapper, man of Christ, former A's exec, and purveyor of some very goofy pantaloons. The man born Stanley Burrell was born and raised in East Oakland, so it's only natural that he'd by tapped by the city for a new campaign to counter its ra ... More >>

Oakland's Ballpark Is More Veggie-Friendly Than San Francisco's

Some vegetarian baseball fans out there might have been surprised to read the news in the Chronicle today that noted San Francisco's AT&T Park is no longer the most veggie-friendly baseball stadium in the country. In fact, we're not even on the top 10. And to add insult to injury, Oakland outdid ... More >>

Bragging Rights

Manny Ramirez in Oakland: Savor the Possibilities

The half-million dollar man...​Back in the days of yore, Jon Lovitz had a Saturday Night Live bit in which he pitched himself to "single women in their 30s" with the plea "Lower your standards!" Fast-forwarding several decades, the Oakland A's signed erratic, potential fortysomething, busted stero ... More >>

Sorry, Simba Moneyball is King of the Jungle

Jackpot​Back in 1994, The Lion King's Simba gave his competitors fair warning via song -- "I'm gonna be a mighty king, so enemies beware" -- but that didn't stop Moneyball from dominating San Francisco's box office this weekend. In fact, you could say it was a home run for the Oakland A's baseball ... More >>

"Moneyball": Formula Works for Sabermetrics Sports Flick

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie Stop in Oakland Tonight

​Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, the Hollywood power couple better know as "Brangelina," will be in downtown Oakland tonight for Pitt's premiere of Moneyball, a flim based on the Oakland A's 2002 season.

Barbecue Championship Haiku Contest Winners

​San Francisco knows haiku. We had 41 entries in our haiku contest to win tickets to the Bay Area BBQ Championship on Saturday, and many of them were great. No wonder, with a great prize: three $48 tickets, which include five food/drink tickets for each person at the BBQ championship, and thr ... More >>

Win Barbecue and Baseball Tickets in Our Haiku Contest

​We've got three $48 tickets to the Bay Area BBQ Championship on Saturday, July 16, and we're going to give them away! The 'cue will be cookin' at the Oakland Coliseum before a doubleheader between the Oakland Athletics and the Los Angeles Angels of Disneyland. The lucky winner gets three pas ... More >>

It Takes a Lot of Balls

Will Hideki Matsui Bring Porn Collection to Oakland?

Here's a Hideki Matsui-related image we can show you...​The imminent possibility of the Oakland A's signing Hideki "Godzilla" Matsui could certainly fill some holes in the Athletics' lineup. We'll refrain from recycling the above phrase to make the obvious pun regarding Matsui's other claim to fam ... More >>

Jean Quan: 'Plum Purple Is My Color'

Jean Quan loves the color purple...​Last week we noticed that Oakland Mayor-to-be Jean Quan seemed to be wearing the same purple suit in just about every photograph. Is this her lucky suit? Or is purple just her thing? The answer: Yes. Quan confirmed to SF Weekly that "plum purple is my color." Bu ... More >>

KTVU Goes Low-Tech to Solve 'Clockgate'

What time is it? ​Back when Charlie Finley owned the Oakland A's, an underling was often tasked with keeping the legendarily unpleasant executive abreast of the team's progress. This was accomplished via the low-tech, but effective, method of attaching a telephone to a radio with a rubber band so ... More >>

U2 Reschedules Oakland Concert to 2011

"See you in 2011, Oakland"​You may resume breathing, disappointed Bay Area U2 fans: Bono and company are coming back. But not until next year. As you no doubt remember, U2 had to cancel last month's Oakland show due to the sunglassed singer's emergency back surgery. Tour promoter Live Nation annou ... More >>

Wanna Star in 'Moneyball' Alongside Brad Pitt? Here's Your Chance.

That's Brad on the right...​You know what? The Curious Case of Benjamin Button kinda sucked. Here's your chance to potentially relay just this information to Brad Pitt while appearing in a movie that may well not suck. The makers of the forthcoming Moneyball, the big-screen adaptation of Michael L ... More >>

Clumsy Attempts to Smuggle Booze Into A's Games Actually Benefit Needy Kids

​The other day, we queried the San Francisco Giants about the fate of the cans and bottles of libations seized by stadium employees from hapless fans entering the stadium. It turns out the answer is about as thrilling as the team's play of late: They pour them out and recycle them. Across the bay ... More >>

If You Didn't Get Tix to Giants Brewfest, There's Always Next Week in Oakland

francobobfred II/FlickrSummer essential: Chugging beer in some stadium parking lot.​The only thing more exciting than the prospect of a series the Giants can actually sweep (vs. the cellar-dwelling D'backs) is great, free-ish beer beforehand in the form of Saturday's first annual Giants Brewfe ... More >>

Potential Savior of South Bay Baseball May Be Politically Conflicted

Tick, tick, tick...As we noted earlier this week, hope springs eternal on Opening Day -- but the Oakland A's tenure in the East Bay may not be nearly as perpetual. For those of you who were unaware that Oakland owner Lew Wolff and the South Bay -- a region that craves Major League sports franchises ... More >>

Obsessive Compusive Disorder Sufferers Rejoice -- Ritualistically -- At News Nomar Garciaparra May Join A's

The photographer methodically adjusted his lens five times before snapping this shotThere are two great certainties whenever Nomar Garciaparra steps up to the plate. The first is that the former Boston Red Sox star will be greeted with a chorus of Beantown-inflected yelps of "No-MAAAAH" -- no matter ... More >>

Test Gorge: Oakland A's All-You-Can-Eat Seats

Get Back At Your Parents With Oakland A's All-You-Can-Eat-Seating!

Yankin' Our Chains

A list of the aliases N.Y. Yankees players use at their hotel when they come to town

A Very Good Year

We look back on the big news stories of 2006 and ask the tough question: Are you an apologist for the year that was?

Sports Flight

The 49ers and the A's are on the move. Is their flight to the 'burbs a seismic shift in the Bay Area sports scene?

Player's Club

Which Oakland outfit will hit superstardom first?

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Stealing bases and talking balls at Thieves Tavern

Ballpark of a Future Past

The new A's ballpark in Oakland may inject a dollop of real design innovation into baseball's wrongheaded fixation with nostalgia

The A's Have It

Dog Bites proclaims the A's to be the official team of the Bay Area

Say-It-Ain't-So Joe

Why does Joe Morgan -- the best second baseman in history and a prominent TV broadcaster -- hate Moneyball? And Billy Beane and his Oakland A's? And you, too, if you think the statistical revolution that's overwhelmed Major League Baseball has any

Hear This

Wooden Wand & the Vanishing Voice gets freaky with you; Rogue Wave dabbles in baseball analysis

Best Baseball Series

Best General Manager

Best Sports Blog

Best A's Bar in S.F.

A Portrait of Hope

On the eve of the A's big loss, we learn why the Oakland team is to baseball as indie rock is to mainstream music

The Chair From Abu Ghraib

When a Texas Rangers reliever threw a chair at a fan, the response was outrage. But was the outrage overdone?

Best Baseball Series

Best Rookie

Bobby Crosby

Extreme Stunts

Thrills on wheels at Supercross

Flex Appeal

S.F.'s own Gay Games

Aloha, Yay!

Party like the islanders in S.F.

First Purposes

Forget Ring Lardner and Roger Angell. When it comes to sportswriting, what Glenn Dickey starts, no one can finish.

Summer Events a Go Go!

What to do, all summer long

The Freeloaders' Handbook

If you ask, they will give. Really.

Best Baseball Series

Best General Manager

Billy Beane, Oakland A's

Best Starting Nine

The Closer

He's fallen off a third-story balcony, survived tuberculosis, and come back from four arm surgeries to lead the Oakland A's to the brink of post-season play. His name is Jason Isringhausen, and he IS the closer