OBP: An Oakland Athletics podcast

Chris and Julio start off talking about the No-Hitter thrown by Joe Musgrove, the officiating controversies in the Mets games and 4 Astros being put on IL for violating health and safety protocols. Then, they jump into the A’s news the past week with more and more hurt players being added to the Injured List, Sergio Romo’s big change and the potentially upcoming return of Mike Fiers. After that, they go deep into what they think has sparked the major turnaround for the A’s since that horrible 0-5 start with a segment called “IT’S WORKING!”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

15 Apr 20211h

Chris and Julio begin with the wild opening weekend around the league. They start it off with the news of the All Star game moving from Atlanta to Denver, the bench clearing brawl in Cincinnati and the dueling no-hitters that happened on Saturday in the Brewers vs. Twins game. Then they jump into the depressing start from the A’s. They go through the poor pitching performances, all the injuries on the team and of course the struggling offense. After that, they dive deeper with a full on “Open Air Session” to talk about what changes the A’s need to make and if they don’t see them soon what the unfortunate results could be. Finally, they finish it off with previewing the upcoming schedule, give out their Player of the Week and give their Essential Tailgate Tool of the Week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8 Apr 20211h 3min

Chris and Julio finish off their season preview special with part 3 talking about the West divisions. They bring on Angels fan and host of the “Super Halo Bros Podcast” Jon Firsch to break down the divisions and give their season rankings. After that, they give their A’s predictions for MVP, Best Pitcher, if they will surpass the Sports Book win totals line and predict what their win total will be. Finally, they add up all their points from their rankings over the past 3 episodes and pick their division, wildcard and World Series winners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 Apr 20211h 34min

Chris and Julio begin with the announcement of the Opening Day Staring Pitcher, the winner of the backup Catcher spot, if Daulton Jefferies can make a push for the “temporary” 5th Starter spot and the announced Bull Pen roster spots. After that they continue with part 2 of 3 of their MLB season preview with breaking down the Central Divisions and seeing which teams scored best in their ranking system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

30 Mar 20211h 36min

Chris and Julio begin by discussing the battle for the 4th outfielder, or should we say 3rd outfielder… After that they talk about the dominance of the starting rotation in spring training and the offensive showcase “The Matts” are putting on. Finally, they are joined by the Schlatter brothers to do 1 of 3 MLB season preview pods. This week they cover the East divisions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

22 Mar 20212h 1min

Chris and Julio go through the BUSY month of February for the A’s. They break down and analyze ever single trade and free agent signing starting with the big acquisition of Elvis Andrus. After that, The Athletic beat writer for the A’s Alex Coffey joins the guys to talk about the backup catcher competition that will happen in camp, all the new faces in the bullpen, who the A’s new leaders could be in the club house and some East Coast vs West Coast talk. Finally, they discuss the racist and ignorant comments made by Mariners FORMER team President Kevin Mather, how it could affect the team chemistry and why people like that continue to ruin the game and it’s popularity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5 Mar 20211h 48min

Chris and Julio talk about the MLB hall of fame inducting NO ONE this year. How if the writers continue to be very exclusive with who gets in how it could hurt the popularity of the game. They give suggestions on how to fix this for the future. After that, they go over ALL the free agency and trade moves made the past month including Nolan Arenado to the Cardinals and George Springer to the Blue Jays. Then they finish up with the ownership deal Billy Beane made to acquire RedBall falling through and some minor A’s deals made. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11 Feb 20211h 42min

Chris and Julio react to the devastating loss of Marcus Semien signing a $18 million 1 year contract with the Blue Jays. They talk about what it means for the team this year, the message it sends to the current stars with contracts coming up, what the front office can do to replace him and La Stella in the middle infield and the very important impact Semien had on the A’s franchise. They finish up with a fan reaction interview from guest Xavier Bejarano and give a message to owner John Fisher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

27 Jan 20211h 18min