A’s Plus

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A’s Plus episodes

February 25, 2019 Bob Melvin on the Game's Evolution
Bob Melvin is a three-time Manager of the Year who piloted the A’s to the playoffs last year. He discusses the game’s analytic evolution, Bruce Bochy’s decision to retire after the season and proposed rule changes.

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19 min
February 21, 2019 Player Development with Keith Lieppman and Labor Issues with Jared Diamond
Keith Lieppman and Jared Diamond. Lieppman, the A's director of player development, discusses up-and-coming players such as Jesus Luzardo and Lazarito Armenteros and talks about his own disastrous first day as an A's player. Diamond, the Wall Street Journal's baseball writer, talks about the A's influence on baseball business, plus the uncertainty over the sport's current labor issues.

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43 min
February 18, 2019 Pitcher Chris Bassitt, Yahoo's Tim Brown
Rotation hopeful Chris Bassitt details his challenging 2018 season, his high hopes for the team in 2019 and why he thinks the A's starters are underrated. Then, Yahoo.com's Tim Brown joins Susan Slusser to talk about how blindsided he was by last year's A's, Khris Davis' status as the most overlooked slugger in baseball, and what's going on in baseball's labor market.

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32 min
February 14, 2019 Dave Stewart on Kyler Murray
A’s great Dave Stewart analyzes the pitching staff and gives his opinion on using an opener and on the Kyler Murray decision; ex Giants catcher Nick Hundley discusses moving across the bay and the diet that has him feeling like he’s in his mid 20s again.

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30 min
February 12, 2019 First Spring Training Episode
A's pitching coach Scott Emerson talks to San Francisco Chronicle beat writer Susan Slusser about how the staff is shaping up, his thoughts on using an "opener" and the recent loss of both of his parents. Plus: ESPN's Howard Bryant on the A's hottest topics — including Kyler Murray — race in baseball, and Bryant's upcoming book project, which will interest A's fans a lot. (Hint: It's about Rickey Henderson.)

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33 min
February 08, 2019 Live! The Chronicle Talks Baseball
San Francisco Chronicle A's beat writer Susan Slusser and Giants beat writer Henry Schulman join sports editor Al Saracevic to talk baseball in front of a live audience of subscribers. They preview the season, tell war stories from the press box and clubhouse, and answer questions from the audience about openers, free agents and ballpark food.

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1 hr 4 min
February 06, 2019 5 Questions Going Into Spring Training
What sport will Kyler Murray play? What will Oakland’s starting rotation look like? Will Madison Bumgarner be traded? Is this Bruce Bochy’s last year? In this combined episode of A’s Plus and Giants Double Play, San Francisco Chronicle baseball writers Susan Slusser and Henry Schulman tackle those and other questions as they prepare to head to Arizona.

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31 min
January 16, 2019 Kyler Murray’s Big Decision
Susan Slusser, John Shea and Matt Kawahara discuss the biggest current topic in MLB and the NFL — the future of the A’s top draft pick and Heisman Trophy winner. Did the A’s make a mistake choosing him? Which way might he be leaning? And what happens next?

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34 min
December 14, 2018 Winter Meetings wrap-up
Reporting from the the last day of the MLB Winter Meetings, San Francisco Chronicle Oakland A's beat writer Susan Slusser says one executive told her that recently released catcher Bruce Maxwell may not be signed by any team, not because of his play but because he kneeled for the national anthem. San Francisco Giants writer Henry Schulman says the Farhan Zaidi era is in full swing, as the club has made an unprecedented two picks in the Rule 5 draft.

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14 min
December 13, 2018 Winter Meetings, Day 3
A baseball beat writer says if he had to, he'd buy a ticket. To a baseball game? Heck no. To Scott Boras' scrum by the Christmas tree at the Winter Meetings. In their daily joint podcast from Las Vegas, Henry Schulman and Susan Slusser talk about the annual "State of the Scott Address." This year's talk included thoughts on Kyler Murray, the top A's draft pick, who also plays a little football. Plus: Buster Posey's health, the A's and Giants' second-base situations, and the future of Oakland slugger Khris Davis.

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24 min

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Matt Kawahara hosts The San Francisco Chronicle's podcast on the Oakland A's, featuring interviews with past and present players, managers and executives of the trend-setting franchise. With…