Here is a link to my Monday column about the Oakland A's and Bob Melvin. The full text runs below: OAKLAND — This is a cautionary tale about the Oakland A’s. On Sunday morning before his team lost to the Twins 6-1, A’s manager Bob Melvin sat in his usual [...]
Here is a link to my column on Jonny Gomes. The full column runs below: OAKLAND — Petaluma’s Jonny Gomes is an independent thinker. I asked him some questions Wednesday morning, Gomes who returned to the A’s in the Yoenis-Cespedis-for-Jon-Lester trade. Just about every time, Gomes reinterpreted the question or [...]
Here is a link to my Sunday column about Jon Lester's first win for the A's. The full text runs below: OAKLAND — It was real basic. Show us what you’ve got, Jon Lester. Show us your stuff. Show us who you are. Just show us. The Oakland A’s didn’t [...]
Here is a link to my column about the Oakland A's and Jon Lester. The full text runs below. It’s fun to be Billy Beane. He has so many toys to play with. He just got another toy, lefty Jon Lester, a top-five pitcher in baseball. It sure is fun [...]
The A's just announced a trade Yoenis Cespedes for Jon Lester. The A's are serious. I will write a column about the trade starting real soon.
Here is a link to my Tuesday column about the A's stadium deal. The full text runs below: Today, the Alameda Board of Supervisors meets to vote on the proposed 10-year lease for the Oakland A’s at the O.co Coliseum. Everyone expects the vote to be a slam-dunk approval — and pardon [...]
I find it interesting that the A's, who have the best record in baseball, are adding two big-time pitchers to make the team even better, and the Giants, who are doing a fast fade, so far have done nothing.
Here is a link to my Sunday column. The full text runs below: OAKLAND — I thought Bob Melvin blew it after the top of the eighth inning against the Red Sox on Saturday, a game the A’s won 2-1 in 10. Melvin got thrown out of the game. For [...]
Here is a question for the heck of it. Who is a better center fielder, Angel Pagan or Coco Crisp? I am talking strictly defense. Please give a reason with your answer.
Here is a link to my Sunday story about the future of the Raiders and A's in Oakland. This story is a long one -- it's my War and Peace without the battles. The full text runs below: When Lew Wolff thinks about a new ballpark for the Oakland A's, [...]
Lowell Cohn, retired columnist for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, covered sports for almost 40 years and never ran out of things to say.