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 were played or are playing now (in the case of football) in the midst of a pandemic that has […]
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Last Blog For a While – Ben’s sports blog
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 themselves as one of the teams most likely to grab one of […]
The A’s Could Be Good for a Long Time – Ben’s sports blog
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 out 15-0 in the first game of the series, the A’s rebounded yesterday by returning the favor annihilating the […]
A Few Things I am Following in the Sports World Today – Ben’s sports blog
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 from the pretenders and tankers. The teams expected to contend (New York Yankees and Mets, Houston Astros, and Los […]
Covid-19 Creates Unprecedented Societal Chaos – Ben’s sports blog
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 world-wide societies to be shut down for the foreseeable future. It has led to mass hysteria and […]
A’s Final Push for the Postseason – Ben’s sports blog
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 mean the difference between making it to the postseason or coming up short. September is […]
The Fate of the Oakland A’s Continues to Hang in the Balance – Ben’s sports blog
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 with the project along the Oakland waterfront (Howard Terminal) representing the franchise’s last hope of remaining in […]
The Brutality of Football – Ben’s sports blog
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 pick of the Colts, he was seen as a generational talent who could succeed Peyton Manning and […]
If I was A’s General Manager for a Day – Ben’s sports blog
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 the year all-right, the team’s June swoon (5-21 record) killed their faint hopes of competing. Now, the A’s, owners of […]
A September to Remember in Puebla, Mexico – Ben’s sports blog
On Saturday, October, 1, I returned house to Alameda, CA following completing a really exciting, fascinating, and instructional a few-week Spanish immersion program at the Spanish Institute of Puebla in Puebla, Mexico. This was my initially time going to Mexico and touring to a foreign nation by myself. Right after […]