Do the A's take too many strike threes looking?

Jason Giambi signs with the A's

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Giants Thoughts 9/29
The New York Giants are fresh off a dominating performance in Tampa Bay, where they beat the lowly Buccaneers 24-0 to improve to 3-0 overall. There were a few things that jumped out at me during this game: The Giants were dominant defensively, as Tampa was unable to get any drives going, they only had five first downs to the Giants 27. The Giants ran 76 plays to Tampa's 36. The Giants had 397 yards of total offense to Tampa Bay's 86. Look at those stats again. Sheer dominance. The Giants did not have a lot of tackles (Corey Webster led the team with 4) but that is simply because Tampa Bay barely had the ball. Although the Giant

Laundry List: Lowell's Hip, Kotchman's Bat
Two items for today's laundry list: 1) Hope that Lowell's hip heals 2) Pray to Pedro Serrano's voodoo gods (yeah, that crazy guy from "Major League") that if he doesn't, Casey Kotchman's bat will rise from its slumber. Mike Lowell came into this season on the heels of a revolutionary labrum surgery, one so new that it is yet to be named (that Lowell, incidentally, hopes will be named after him). Alex Rodriguez and Chase Utley had similar surgeries, yet Lowell had the most complete, radical form. As a result, he's already had one DL stint this season due to the hip and received

Knoblauch accused of beating and choking his wife
From FOX 9 News: HOUSTON - Former Minnesota Twins infielder Chuck Knoblauch has been charged with assault for allegedly choking and hitting his wife. A judge set Knoblauch's bond at $10,000 after he appeared in court Tuesday. According to the criminal complaint, Knoblauch's common law wife told police he hit her in the face, then choked her at their Houston home on Friday. Knoblauch, 41, faces two to ten years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine, if convicted. Officers from the Memorial Village Police Department arrived on the scene and witnessed the wife had red

NBA Primetime's Top 26-50 Heading Into The '09-'10 NBA Season
Since NBA Primetime is fairly new, this will be the official part two of a four part series which will include power rankings from No.1 through No. 100. In addition, the top 100 rankings will also be updated periodically throughout the '09-'10 NBA season. These rankings are based on the players impact to their team, career averages, potential and upside, and overall championship swagger. It has been almost a month since breaking down