The Oakland Athletics were gracious enough to hook Bleacher Report up with a press pass and a closer look at their collection of young talent. In a stroke of surreal good fortune, I found myself on assignment and standing amidst the bright green grass of the Oakland Coliseum for a second time in my life.
Whereas before I wore my high school baseball uniform and played in what would be my last game of organized hardball (we won the North Coast Section final on that very field in 1997), this time I came armed with digital recorder and computer to document the experience.
And it was quite an experience.
As a die-hard San Francisco Giant fan, there was a time when I loathed Oakland's green and yellow crew.
Happily, the departures of Tony La Russa, Mark McGwire, Rickey Henderson, and— ...
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Your 2010 Oakland Athletics: These Questions Will Determine Their Fate
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