The New Beanetown | An Oakland A's Dynasty (MLB 2K13)

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System: Xbox 360
Difficulty: All-Star (Will change to Legend if All-Star becomes too easy)
Settings: All Default Settings i.e. Innings, Playoffs, etc. and Updated Rosters

Introduction

Hey everyone, so this is my first attempt at an MLB dynasty. I haven't been following baseball for the past 4-5 years or so, but I'm trying to get back into it and I decided to stick with the team I grew up liking as a kid, and also thanks to those who voted in helping me decide who to choose, The Oakland A's. I plan to play the full 162 game season with 9 innings and will update through each 3-4 game series I complete. I won't do spring training for the first year, but I will definitely after that and after the draft. I will keep tabs here and there on Triple-A. I wish I could make it as detailed and good as KHarmo88 with his Pirates chise...I just can't measure to that haha, but I will update who I grab in the draft and free agency and all that. So enjoy and feel free to leave comments as we go through the season.

A Look Back to Last Season
Last season the Oakland A's made a tremendous end of the year run to make the playoffs winning 9 of their last 11 games clinching their division one game ahead of the Rangers. By the way, they swept the Rangers in their last 3 games of the season which ended up clinching their division. In the playoffs they played the eventual World Series contending Detroit Tigers where they went down 0-2, tied it back up only to get shutout 6-0 in a game 5 loss. This young team is showing promise and we can't wait to see what they do this next season.

The Oakland A's
Why are the fans calling it Beanetown when that name is for Boston? Look closer and you'll notice there's an extra E at the end of Bean. Yes, this is for the GM Billy Beane who is most famous for the movie Moneyball where Brad Pitt plays as Beane and how his tactics made his team go from nothing to greatness. He has completely turned this organization around and now Oakland seems to be a playoff contending team throughout the next 5 years, that is, if they don't trade away their talent. Taking a look back from last year, we can see three main hitters for the Oakland Athletics. Their offense mainly consists of Yoenis Cespedes, Josh Reddick and Josh Donaldson. Donaldson is coming off of his second year in the MLB to standout with major upside. Cespedes and Reddick were the main hitters from last year and look to provide that again as well this year. Looking at their rookies, first baseman Nate Freiman is a giant of a man. At 6'8" 250 lbs, this guy is not fun to pitch against. The pitching staff is getting better and is very young with an average age of about 25 years old. It's going to be interesting how the draft will go for the A's. They could possibly trade or maybe draft a better catcher or second baseman. We will see how they fair with the contending Angels and Rangers this year as those two teams seem to be the main contenders this year for the AL West division title. The A's came in with a couple of trades this offseason. They traded SS Adam Rosales to the Milwaukee Brewers for 1B Mat Gamel. Also, the A's got rid of Bartolo Colon and received LR Matt Albers from the Cleveland Indians.

Depth Chart

Oakland Athletics Depth Chart - 2013

• Catcher
• John Jaso
• Derek Norris

• First Base
• Brandon Moss
• Mat Gamel
• Nate Freiman

• Second Base
• Scott Sizemore

• Third Base
• Josh Donaldson

• Shortstop
• Jed Lowrie

• Left Field
• Coco Crisp
• Seth Smith
• Chris Young

• Center Field
• Yoenis Cespedes

• Right Field
• Josh Reddick

• Starting Pitcher
• Brett Anderson
• Dan Straily
• Tom Milone
• A.J. Griffin
• Jarrod Parker

• Relief Pitcher
• Ryan Cook
• Sean Doolittle
• Jerry Blevins
• Pat Neshek
• Fernando Rodriguez
• Jesse Chavez

• Closer
• Grant Balfour

• Designated Hitter
• Brandon Moss

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April Schedule

Oakland Athletics April 2013 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Apr 1	vs Seattle Mariners	Lost, 6-2
Apr 2	vs Seattle Mariners	Lost, 2-1
Apr 3	vs Seattle Mariners	Won, 3-0
Apr 4	vs Seattle Mariners	Won, 1-0
Apr 5	at Houston Astros	Won, 10-3
Apr 6	at Houston Astros	Won, 4-0
Apr 7	at Houston Astros	Won, 12-1
Apr 9	at Los Angeles Angels
Apr 10	at Los Angeles Angels
Apr 11	at Los Angeles Angels
Apr 12	vs Detroit Tigers
Apr 13	vs Detroit Tigers
Apr 14	vs Detroit Tigers
Apr 15	vs Houston Astros
Apr 16	vs Houston Astros
Apr 17	vs Houston Astros
Apr 19	at Tampa Bay Rays
Apr 20	at Tampa Bay Rays
Apr 21	at Tampa Bay Rays
Apr 22	at Boston Red Sox
Apr 23	at Boston Red Sox
Apr 24	at Boston Red Sox
Apr 25	vs Baltimore Orioles
Apr 26	vs Baltimore Orioles
Apr 27	vs Baltimore Orioles
Apr 28	vs Baltimore Orioles
Apr 29	vs Los Angeles Angels
Apr 30	vs Los Angeles Angels

[KHarmo88]

Quote: Originally Posted by Amped

I wish I could make it as detailed and good as KHarmo88 with his Pirates chise...I just can't measure to that haha

To see something like this, really makes what I do seem worth it hah! I really appreciate the kind words.

You sir, have a follower. Best of luck with the A's!

[Amped]

Quote: Originally Posted by KHarmo88

To see something like this, really makes what I do seem worth it hah! I really appreciate the kind words. You sir, have a follower. Best of luck with the A's!

Yeah man no problem. Trust me I understand how much time you put into that chise haha there's just no way I could do it, but it is awesome when time is put into it.

[KHarmo88]

Quote: Originally Posted by Amped

Yeah man no problem. Trust me I understand how much time you put into that chise haha there's just no way I could do it, but it is awesome when time is put into it.

I do lose hours in the day because of it haha but I don't let it affect my normal life. Like I've said before, I find the time basically late at night and weekends. Definitely wouldn't do it if I didn't enjoy it.

That's my one piece of advice to anyone who does a chise, especially when playing all 162 games. You have to REALLY ENJOY what you're doing and you have to have a PASSION for the team you're playing with.

Anyways, I won't clutter your thread with my bs, lol. Looking forward to you getting some games posted!

[Bluejaysfan65]

Quote: Originally Posted by KHarmo88

I do lose hours in the day because of it haha but I don't let it affect my normal life. Like I've said before, I find the time basically late at night and weekends. Definitely wouldn't do it if I didn't enjoy it. That's my one piece of advice to anyone who does a chise, especially when playing all 162 games. You have to REALLY ENJOY what you're doing and you have to have a PASSION for the team you're playing with. Anyways, I won't clutter your thread with my bs, lol. Looking forward to you getting some games posted!

My one piece of advice is to make a backup save file!

[Frank is the Tank]

Looking forward to seeing some Beaneball! Plus, I really like your banner! It's very snazzy

[Deuce2223]

Good luck. Always enjoying reading another AL west Franchise. Hopefully you don't beat up on my M's to much.