According to the box score line on Yahoo! Sports, Joe Blanton hit a homerun in the 4th inning off Reggie Taylor in the game against the Rockies. Blanton hasn't swung a bat since high school and the A's pitchers are basically told never to swing in Spring Training. Minor misprint there.

The A's are beating the opponents in the split squad games by a combined 14-6.

So, maybe somebdy lit a fire under the A's asses and they are going to start playing decent baseball.