OBP: An Oakland Athletics podcast

Dan and Cory discuss Bolte's first week, the continued dominance of Kurtz, Ginn's near no-no and so much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Friend of the pod, Tanner joins to talk all things A's baseball. Kurtz becomes a trivia answer alongside Bonds and Williams, Ginn makes a bid to be the new ace, Langeliers debuts his dad power, and the A's are somehow still in first place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan and Cory are back talking Athletics baseball. 2026 has been a rollercoaster ride so far. After the first 19 games the A's sit tied for first place with plenty of developing storylines to follow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The A's offer a profound silver lining amidst what is an otherwise disappointing season in the form of arguably the greatest offensive performance in MLB history by Nick Kurtz against the rival Astros. Come listen for the details! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They may be displaced and overlooked, but the boys are back. The A's continue to play baseball, and Dan and Cory will continue to talk about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Oakland Athletics put on an otherworldly display of offense and power over the course of July, led by prospective Players of the Month, Brent Rooker and Lawrence Butler. Many of the offensive feats accomplished by the A's hadn't been seen in years, if not decades. The surge in production led the team to their first winning month since 2021.Sitting 12 games back with two months to play, in base...

Dan and Cory discuss the final week of the first half, as well as the happenings from the All Star break, and look ahead to the second half. The major highlight was an eight home run outburst to take a series win against Philadelphia, with three coming from Lawrence Butler alone. Additionally Mason Miller showed his stuff in the All-Star game by striking out Shohei Ohtani during a scoreless inning...

Dan and Cory recap the last three weeks of Oakland A's baseball, which saw the team go 8-12, highlighted by a 19 run outburst vs. the Orioles, a sweep of the Angels, and a complete game shutout by Joey Estes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Things are getting ugly quick for the Oakland A's. They've now lost six series in a row after losing 2 of 3 to the Blue Jays and getting swept by the Padres. The frustrating part is their starting pitching is keeping them in virtually every game. Luckily Tyler Soderstrom has provided one of the few bright spots by getting hot at the plate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

Dan and Cory discuss the recent A's vs Braves series where the good guys managed to rough up Chris Sale, who has otherwise been untouchable this year. Now back home, the Green and Gold are working on getting back on track against the Mariners. Joey Estes was up for the task on Wednesday night, delivering 6 perfect innings, leading to a 2-1 victory over Seattle. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

At long last the 8 game winning streak ended with a series victory over the Rockies at home. It was the lone bright spot during an otherwise tumultuous two weeks for the Green and Gold. They lost every other series they played, but some of the games ended in tight, dramatic fashion. There is hope yet as perhaps the new guy, Miguel Andujar, can spark a winning month of June. Learn more about your a...

May has been very gray to the A's. Just when things were looking up, fresh off of a 6 game win streak, the wheels have come off. Pitchers are going down with injuries left and right, the defense has forgotten how to make fundamental plays, and to add to the frustration, the offense has finally found life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The team starts off the week staying hot with a series win over the Marlins before heading to Texas and dropping three of four to the Rangers in a hard-fought series. The boys discuss who has been performing well on offense and who could be playing better on defense (and pitching better), as well as looking forward to a week of travel up to Seattle to face the Mariners and then back to Texas to fa...

Don't let them get hot, they said. Well don't look now, but the A's are hot. The offense is starting to generate some runs while the pitching continues to hold up their end of the bargain. Winners of 6 of their last 7, including games against the titans of the AL East, and clean sweep of the Pirates, the boys will look to keep it rolling against the Marlins this weekend. Learn more about your ad c...

Dan and Cory recap the action after the A's got swept in Cleveland and managed a gutsy series split of a four game set in the Bronx. They recall how Zack Gelof and Mason Miller came through in clutch moments in New York, and discuss ways the team has both excelled and disappointed thus far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan and Cory discuss the series versus St. Louis, including Sonny Gray's final Coliseum start, and a couple of tough losses before the offense woke up and took game three. They break down how the pitching and defense is surprisingly great as of late, and while the offense has shown signs of coming around, there is still a long way to go before other teams will cower in fear. Learn more about your...

Dan and Cory recap the most exciting week of Oakland A's baseball on the field in years. The Green and Gold have now won three series in a row and are looking to keep the party going against old friends Sonny Gray and Stephen Vogt this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan and Cory are back for another year of Oakland A's baseball, for better or worse. The guys discuss the inauspicious start, sprinkled with a few bright spots such as JJ Bleday and Pauly B. They talk about the impending move to Sacramento and how fans are dealing with the uncertainty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan and Cory recap the sweep at the hands of the San Diego Padres, and then take a step back to reflect on the 2023 season as a whole. The boys handout end-of-season awards to the most deserving members of the team including Zack Gelof for ROY and Trevor May for Most Desirable Beer Drinking Partner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The A's went on a road trip to Texas where the emerging young core continued to show its promise by giving the Rangers all they could take, then going to Houston and winning a series against the defending champs. Dan and Cory discuss how several pitching standouts are making the second half count, which free agents might be available this offseason, and look forward to the last couple weeks of the...

Dan and Cory discuss the hot start the Oakland A's have had in September, highlighted by a sweep of the Los Angeles Angels. While it may be too early to call the rebuild officially over, there is now hope at the end of the tunnel. New pitching reinforcements have arrived in the form of Mason Miller, Easton Lucas and Devin Sweet. Can Ruiz break the AL rookie stolen base record? Learn more about you...

Chris and Julio go through the entire playoff picture as it stands with one month left in the season looking at who will be fighting for the final playoff spots and predictions now who makes it to October.  Then the talk about the fire sale that went on down in Anaheim and the fans that rushed the field to take pictures with Ronald Acuna. They give updates on how the new young prospects are doing...

After suffering a sweep at the hands of the Orioles, the A's have held their own against the Royals and the White Sox. They now look to continue their streak of non-losing series against the red-hot Seattle Mariners. Shea Langeliers, Brent Rooker, and Ryan Noda lead the offensive attack as of late, while Ken Waldichuk and newcomer Sean Newcomb have held things down on the pitching side. Learn more...

Dan and Cory discuss the new-look Oakland Athletics lineup, highlighted by the red-hot Zak Gelof and newcomer Lawrence Butler. They guys discuss some new pitching additions and some excellent plays by Tony Kemp and JJ Bleday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris and Julio talk about the new team on top of the AL East, Walker Buehler’s comeback just around the corner & what it means for the Dodgers playoff run, and the brawl heard around the world. Then they break down all the roster moves made at/since the trade deadline including the prospect star of this seasons A’s spring training and Dave Naval breaks his silence of about 3 months on twitter. Le...