While You Were Away

Here's why we aren't as active as we should be...we're working on a plan to sell out the June 30th make-up game Seattle and should have played in Japan. We're trying to get strings pulled, backs scratched and knobs fiddled with to get it done.

We are also working on trying to line a series of interviews with the A's organization. From the guy who orders the plastic cups to that guy who acquires the players that appear on the cups.

We are working. That takes a lot out of our day(s).

We are fighting MLB.com right now with our Total Ticket and Extra Innings packages. We're getting error messages and blackouts when we shouldn't and we are looking to possibly file a lawsuit against MLB.com and MLB. We have yet to be able to watch a condensed game on any computer screen. We have contacts in the Attorney General's office and if we get a few more people together (3 is all you need to file a class action suit in California) we can file a class action lawsuit.

We are discussing selling Player to be Named Later stuff. We can't sell Elephants in Oakland stuff because we would be 'profiting' off of the site and in possible violation of MLB copyright. Which is why the site refers to Oakland Athletics and not the Oakland Athletics. Technically, the A's are involved in athletics in Oakland so we can write about them.

We are trying to set up a carpooling system with A's fans so that people who live too far from BART can get a ride from other A's fans in Northern California.

We are working on an attendance stat sheet.

We are trying to go through each post and find out why our archives are screwed up.

We are working on a system to update statistics real-time onto the blog.

We are answering emails. A lot of Emails. We spend more time on emails than on the blog...and it shows.

We're trying to figure out if we can afford to buy the URL rights to www.elephantsinoakland.com and expand some of the things we do.

We are following the draft. June 3rd. Mark your calendars.

We are trying to see if we can get a blog writer for each of the A's minor league teams, or at least someone who can get us accurate updates and information. As you have read, we trust the Associated Press and media outlets as much as we can throw them - and with our assorted injuries, we shouldn’t be throwing anything.

We are getting the Staff Car up to speed and ready for smog testing.

Plus, we have just been beaten down by various computer, software problems and that damn cancer thing that seems to be taking control of the lives of everyone around us...and us.

In a nutshell, that's why we have been a little slower than we should be.