Brodie Brazil

Mar 28, 2024 | sports.yahoo.com | Brodie Brazil

Brodie Brazil ranks his 20 favorite Oakland A's players of his lifetime originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay AreaDuring these most uncertain times of the A’s existence in Oakland, I decided to create a unique time capsule-type piece on 2024 Opening Day. These are my favorite 20 Oakland players of my lifetime, a list that comes with some qualifications:1. I was born in 1981, and didn’t feel justified to rate or evaluate the 1970s dynasty players. 2.

Mar 18, 2024 | nbcsportsbayarea.com | Brodie Brazil

The Oakland Athletics are not a living, breathing thing. But when the franchise’s Bay Area departure comes — whether in 2025 or 2028 — it might resemble the passing of an actual loved one. “Sure, it’s not a death, but it is a significant change,” Dr. Lauren Lowe, Clinical Psychologist at Align Sports and Performance in San Francisco, recently told me.  “Something that is so pivotal, and so defining to an area. … it can cause a lot [of] psychological confusion,” Lowe said.

Dec 6, 2023 | sports.yahoo.com | Brodie Brazil

Former teammates Kotsay, Crosby ‘excited' to reunite on A's staff originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay AreaNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mark Kotsay was an A’s teammate during Bobby Crosby’s 2004 AL Rookie of the Year season in Oakland. Next year, they’ll reunite in the Coliseum dugout, with Crosby taking over A’s first-base coach duties under third-year manager Kotsay. “I love coaching more than playing,” Crosby said in a phone interview. Wait, what? “It’s crazy, I know. I loved playing. Every day was the best.

Dec 6, 2023 | nbcsportsbayarea.com | Brodie Brazil

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mark Kotsay was an A’s teammate during Bobby Crosby’s 2004 AL Rookie of the Year season in Oakland. Next year, they’ll reunite in the Coliseum dugout, with Crosby taking over A’s first-base coach duties under third-year manager Kotsay. “I love coaching more than playing,” Crosby said in a phone interview. Wait, what? “It’s crazy, I know. I loved playing. Every day was the best. As a coach, I get to impact 27 guys on the team, whatever it is, impact every single one.

Dec 6, 2023 | nbcsportsbayarea.com | Brodie Brazil

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Cleveland Guardians are getting everything right lately. Last month, they hired former Athletics and Giants fan favorite Stephen Vogt as manager. Then, on Tuesday night, they secured the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft. “It really is a great organization, and they’re in a really good place,” Vogt said at the MLB Winter Meetings.