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).

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