The Brutality of Football
A few days ago, Andrew Luck, the 29-year-old starting quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts, shocked the NFL by deciding to abruptly retire. When Luck first entered the NFL as the number one overall...
View ArticleA’s Final Push for the Postseason
Labor Day signifies the final month of the regular MLB season. That means that for teams fighting for a playoff spot like the Oakland A’s, their performance in these final twenty or so games could...
View ArticleThe A’s Could Be Good for a Long Time
This week, the A’s began their week-long Texas road-trip with a huge four game series against the first place Astros by showing their incredible resiliency and offensive potency. After getting blown...
View ArticleLast Blog For a While
As I will be flying back up to school to start my sophomore year at Seattle University on Monday, this will most likely be my last blog post for a while. The Oakland Athletics have managed to position...
View ArticleCovid-19 Creates Unprecedented Societal Chaos
The global outbreak of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic that began in Wuhan China and has since spread world-wide has killed over 30,000 people so far, thus causing all sports and everything else in...
View ArticleSports During the COVID pandemic
While the COVID pandemic shut down most of American society for virtually all of 2020, US professional baseball, basketball, football and soccer managed to compete in a reduced format. Their seasons...
View ArticleThe Fate of the Oakland A’s Continues to Hang in the Balance
For the past 10-15 years, the Oakland Athletics’ attempts to build a new stadium have been stunted by incompetent ownership, local officials, and rival teams. They are now down to their final strike...
View ArticleA Few Things I am Following in the Sports World Today
Major League Baseball The 2022 Major League Baseball (MLB) season is hurtling right along. After half the season (81 games played), the contending teams have for the most part separated themselves...
View ArticleIf I was A’s General Manager for a Day
Introduction The Oakland Athletics are currently slogging through a horrible season, carrying a record of 31-60 with two games remaining before the All-Star break this week. Although they started out...
View ArticleA September to Remember in Puebla, Mexico
On Saturday, October, 1, I returned home to Alameda, CA after completing a very fun, interesting, and educational three-week Spanish immersion program at the Spanish Institute of Puebla in Puebla,...
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