A's Podcast

Chris Townsend, Ken Korach, Vince Cotroneo and Jessica Kleinschmidt preview game two of the A's and Astros from the Coliseum. They were joined by David Forst, Scott Emerson, Mason Miller and Henry Bolte. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A’s Broadcaster, Vince Cotroneo, breaks down the greatest moments in Oakland history. In this episode, Cotroneo recaps Miguel Tejada's cycle in 2001, Catfish Hunter's Perfect Game in 1968, Dallas Braden's Perfect Game in 2010, Chad Pinder's game three of the 2020 ALDS vs Houston and Frank Thomas' two homer game vs the Twins in the 2006 ALDS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ken Korach and Chris Townsend discuss the A's 6-3 loss to the Houston Astros in game one of their three-game set from the Coliseum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend was joined by Martín Gallegos of MLB.com (1:05), Rockies & Apple TV analyst, Ryan Spilborghs (18:00), A's Reliever, Michael Kelly (37:40), A's Pitcher, Aaron Brooks (45:45) and A's Infielder/outfielder, Abraham Toro (57:40). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend, Vince Cotroneo, Ken Korach, and Jessica Kleinschmidt preview game one of the A's and Astros from the Coliseum. They were joined by Michael Kelly, Mason Miller, and Mark Kotsay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend and A's Manager Mark Kotsay discuss players working out in the cage prior to games, using the velocity machine, Miguel Andujar's return, extra inning games vs the Rockies, Max Schuemann playing everyday and facing Justin Verlander at the Coliseum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the May 24 edition of A's Cast Live, our weekly all baseball talk show Monday through Friday, Chris Townsend discussed why baseball needs a salary cap (49:55) and was joined by A's General Manager, David Forst (1:30), Martín Gallegos of MLB.com (24:00), A's Reliever, Michael Kelly (41:15) and A's Manager, Mark Kotsay (1:20:50). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A's General Manager David Forst discusses the extra inning rule, the series the Rockies, Mason Miller's usage and the trade rumors, Abraham Toro's consistency, Miguel Andujar's return from the IL, Max Schuemann at short everyday and when teams start to evaluate for trade season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ken Korach and Chris Townsend discuss the A's 10-9 win vs the Colorado Rockies in the finale of their three-game set from the Coliseum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend, Ken Korach, Vince Cotroneo and Jessica Kleinschmidt preview the finale of the A's and Rockies from the Coliseum. They were joined by Bobby Crosby, Shea Langeliers and Ryan Spilborghs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vince Cotroneo and Chris Townsend discuss the A's 4-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies in game two of their three-game set from the Coliseum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend and A's Pitching Coach Scott Emerson discuss Aaron Brooks two starts, How important it is to be efficient in your outing and provide more outs for the team, would they consider allowing a guy to go through the order a 3rd time if he’s “got it” that day, How he approaches starters in anticipation of their start and what it’s like on a game day and the A’s having a pitching strategy as a “unit”; what is the organizational pitching philosophy and how he is using data for strategy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A’s minor league hitting coordinator Jim Eppard joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to offer his insights on some of the A’s most promising young hitters like Tyler Soderstrom, Kyle McCann, Lawrence Butler, Jacob Wilson, Max Muncy, Henry Bolte and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend, Ken Korach, Vince Cotroneo and Jessica Kleinschmidt preview game two of the A's and Rockies. They were joined by Scott Emerson, Aaron Brooks, Max Schuemann and Bud Black. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the May 22 edition of A's Cast Live, our weekly all baseball talk show Monday through Friday, Chris Townsend was joined by A's Pitching Coach, Scott Emerson (1:00), A's Starting Pitching, Aaron Brooks (18:10) and Rockies TV Analyst, Ryan Spilborghs (30:05). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vince Cotroneo and Chris Townsend discuss the A's 5-4 win vs the Colorado Rockies in game one of their three-game set from the Coliseum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend, Ken Korach, Vince Cotroneo, and Jessica Kleinschmidt preview game one of the A's and Rockies from the Coliseum. They were joined by Abraham Toro and Mark Kotsay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the May 21 edition of A's Cast Live, our weekly all baseball talk show Monday through Friday, Chris Townsend discussed the best players to play for both the A's and Rockies (3:10), Hot Take Tuesday (15:00), what makes a dynasty in sports (38:50) and the Twins situation with Jhoan Duran (1:12:05). He was joined by A's Broadcaster, Johnny Doskow (10:50), Abraham Toro (21:25) and Rockies TV Broadcaster, Drew Goodman (54:24). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A's Multimedia Journalist, Jessica Kleinschmidt, brightens your morning with the latest news on the Oakland Athletics and Major League Baseball. For this episode, Jess and A's Producer, Ray Jensen, preview the homestand featuring the Rockies and Astros (3:22), in honor of the A's Headband Giveaway, list the top 10 athletes who rocked headbands (5:13), and dive into the new bat speed metrics on Statcast (37:53). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vince Cotroneo and Chris Townsend discuss the A's 8-4 loss to the Kansas City Royals in the finale of their three-game set from Kansas City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend, Vince Cotroneo and Johnny Doskow preview the finale of the A's and Royals from Kansas City. They were joined by Mark Kotsay, Bobby Crosby and Jake Eisenberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vince Cotroneo and Chris Townsend discuss the A's 5-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals in game two of their three-game set from Kansas City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend, Vince Cotroneo & Jessica Kleinschmidt preview game two of the A's and Royals. They were joined by Scott Emerson, Rex Hudler, Fran Riordan and Jaylon Thompson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vince Cotroneo and Chris Townsend discuss the A's 6-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals in game one of their three-game set from Kansas City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend was joined by Bill Moriarity of Athletics Farm to discuss the A’s Farm System (1:05), Astros Broadcaster, Julia Morales to discuss her night on play-by-play (27:45), A’s reliever, Trevor Gott to discuss his journey back from Tommy John surgery (39:55), former A’s outfielder, Josh Reddick (55:45) and World Series Champion and Royals Hall of Famer, Ned Yost (1:08:15). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the May 17 edition of A's Cast Live, our weekly all baseball talk show Monday through Friday, Chris Townsend was joined by Royals Hall of Famer, Ned Yost (33:10), Royals Broadcaster, Rex Hudler (1:22:50) and A's Manager, Mark Kotsay (1:39:40). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend, Vince Cotroneo, Johnny Doskow and Jessica Kleinschmidt preview game one of the A's and Royals from Kansas City. They were joined by Mark Kotsay and Ned Yost. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend and A's Manager Mark Kotsay discuss the final stop on the 10-game road trip in Kansas City, Aaron Brooks' start vs the Astros, the bullpen continuing to shine, the weather in Houston, Salvador Perez and his resurgence for the Royals and handling the roster moves over the last week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend and Vince Cotroneo discuss the A's 8-1 loss to the Astros in the finale of their four-game set from Minute Maid Park. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the May 16 edition of A's Cast Live, our weekly all baseball talk show Monday through Friday, Chris Townsend discussed Aaron Brooks start vs the Houston Astros (3:50), Ken Waldichuk's injury & acquiring Brandon Bielak (9:30), the A's living off the home run (20:50), the statcast bat tracking leaders (42:10) and the A's bullpen turnaround (2:11:55). He was joined by Xavier Scruggs of MLB Network (31:15), Sarah Langs of MLB.com (59:50) and Lance Brozdowski from Marquee Sports to discuss the new statcast bat tracking metrics (1:25:15). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend, Vince Cotroneo, Johnny Doskow and Jessica Kleinschmidt preview the finale of the A's and Astros from Houston. They were joined by Darren Bush, Aaron Brooks, Robert Flores and Lance Brozdowski. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vince Cotroneo and Chris Townsend discuss the A's 3-0 loss to the Houston Astros in game three of their four-game set from Houston. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend and A's historian David Feldman break down the top ten players to hit a home run in their final A's at-bat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the May 15 edition of A's Cast Live, our weekly all baseball talk show Monday through Friday, Chris Townsend discussed his excitement for Jacob Wilson (1:50), Ron Washington's interaction with the media after a failed bunt (7:10), the latest A's roster moves (20:18), 2002 and the Yankees dominance over the Twins (52:40) and the 2012 A's (1:53:10). He was joined by A's Scout and Analyst for NBC Sports California, Shooty Babitt (33:45), A's historian, David Feldman (1:12:15) and former A's Outfielder, Josh Reddick (1:39:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend, Vince Cotroneo, Johnny Doskow and Jessica Kleinschmidt preview game three of the A's and Astros from Houston. They were joined by Bobby Crosby, Austin Adams, Josh Reddick and Robert Flores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vince Cotroneo and Chris Townsend discuss the A's 2-1 loss to the Houston Astros in game two of their four-game set from Houston. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend, Vince Cotroeno, and Johnny Doskow preview game two of the A's and Astros from Minute Maid Park. They were joined by Trevor Gott, Julia Morales, and Scott Emerson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the May 14 edition of A's Cast Live, our weekly all baseball talk show Monday through Friday, Chris Townsend discussed the A's decision to send down Lawrence Butler (11:55), why the 40 game mark is important for evaluation (25:20), why Brent Rooker is already the A's all-star (38:50), Henry Bolte's recent hot streak in Lansing (1:17:55) and Hot Take Tuesday (1:58:55). He was joined by A's Reliever, Trevor Gott (1:00:45), Astros Field Reporter, Julia Morales, to talk about her historic night doing PxP (1:23:25) and A's Broadcaster, Johnny Doskow (1:53:50). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vince Cotroneo and Chris Townsend discuss the A's 9-2 loss to the Houston Astros in game one of their four-game set from Houston. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the May 13 edition of A's Cast Live, our weekly all baseball talk show Monday through Friday, Chris Townsend discussed Jacob Wilson's start in Las Vegas (1:40), money doesn't always mean winning (10:35), statcast tracking bat speed (51:05), Brent Rooker's month of May (1:16:55) and the big three stories from the weekend (2:06:50). He was joined by World Series Champion & Astros tv analyst, Geoff Blum (32:10) and Bill Moriarity of Athletics Farm (1:32:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend, Vince Cotroneo, Johnny Doskow and Jessica Kleinschmidt preview game one of the A's and Astros from Houston. They were joined by Mark Kotsay, Tyler Soderstrom and Geoff Blum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vince Cotroneo, Jessica Kleinschmidt and Chris Townsend discuss the A's 8-4 loss to the Seattle Mariners in the finale of their three-game set from Seattle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jessica Kleinschmidt, Chris Townsend, Vince Cotroneo and Johnny Doskow preview the finale of the A's and Mariners from Seattle. They were joined by Mark Kotsay, Bobby Crosby, Martín Gallegos and Jen Mueller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jessica Kleinschmidt, Vince Cotroneo, and Chris Townsend discuss the A's 8-1 win over the Mariners in game two of a three-game set from T-Mobile Park. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jessica Kleinschmidt, Chris Townsend, Vince Cotroneo and Johnny Doskow preview game two of the A's and Mariners from Seattle. They were joined by Mark Kotsay, Scott Emerson, Jim Eppard and Jen Mueller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vince Cotroneo, Jessica Kleinschmidt, Chris Townsend and Cody Elias discuss the A's 8-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners in game one of their three-game set from Seattle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jessica Kleinschmidt, Chris Townsend and Vince Cotroneo preview game one of the A's and Mariners from Seattle. They were joined by Mark Kotsay and JJ Cooper of Baseball America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the May 10 edition of A's Cast Live, our weekly all baseball talk show Monday through Friday, Chris Townsend discussed why slugging percentage is more important than walking (13:00), Brent Rooker's turnaround since the Yankees series (25:45) and Bill James' piece on power hitters (1:03:25). He was joined by JJ Cooper of Baseball America (32:20), Tyler Ferguson (1:17:45) and A's Manager, Mark Kotsay (1:28:05). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend and A's Manager Mark Kotsay discuss the off day in Seattle, the A's doubleheader vs the Rangers, Shea Langeliers career numbers vs the Rangers, Brent Rooker's turnaround since playing in New York, the road trip vs the Mariners, Astros and Royals and Tyler Soderstrom playing first base. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vince Cotroneo and Chris Townsend discuss the A's doubleheader vs the Texas Rangers at the Coliseum. The A's won game one 9-4 and lost game two 12-11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices