A’s Day
Welcome to A’s Day! I’m your host, Joe Grato and I aim to cover Athletics baseball from an independent media baseball fan perspective. I will be sharing all happenings from the MLB and MILB A’s teams from the off-season all through each MLB season. The creation of our show aligns with a new beginning for us but a symbol of new beginnings for the Athletics as they head to Sacramento for the 2025 season. Tune in to hear news, opinions, and creative A’s player, team, and travel content that’ll excite you with the direction of the current core group on this roster. Let’s go A’s!
Episodes

Friday Jul 18, 2025
Friday Jul 18, 2025
Today, we release our second interview from our trip to Sutter Health Park last week as we got to chat with utilityman Max Schuemann. Be sure to listen in at the end of the show! We discuss a couple reasons why Brent Rooker may not have gotten a fair shake at the HR Derby this past Monday. Later, the A’s resume play in the second half kicking off a 3-game set against the Cleveland Guardians and we provide a preview of things to expect. Finally, we provide a little insight into a fun potential Rookie of the Year race brewing between Jacob Wilson and Nick Kurtz. Let’s go A’s!

Wednesday Jul 16, 2025
Wednesday Jul 16, 2025
Today, we recap Jacob Wilson and Brent Rooker representing the Athletics throughout All-Star Week Festivities. Later, we give some A’s player and team predictions on how they will perform over the final 64 games of the season. Finally, we share our experience at Sutter Health Park this past Saturday capturing content leading up to the Blue Jays vs Athletics being able to receive field access to speak with different professional players. At the end of this episode, you will hear our interview with IF Max Muncy! Let’s go A’s!

Monday Jul 14, 2025
Monday Jul 14, 2025
Today, we are back from our content trip in Sacramento and discuss what went down in the series victory for the Athletics over the red-hot Toronto Blue Jays. Later, we give our first half awards for the A’s player performances over the team’s first 98 games of the season. Brent Rooker is ready to launch homers tonight in HR Derby and will be representing the A’s tomorrow night in the All-Star Game along with American League starting SS Jacob Wilson. Lots to talk about during the All-Star Break. Let’s go A’s!

Saturday Jul 12, 2025
Saturday Jul 12, 2025
Today, on our special Saturday edition recording from Holiday Inn Downtown Sacramento, we discuss what went down in their series victory against the Atlanta Braves. Later, we preview their current series as the Toronto Blue Jays are in town for a three game set. We provide a check in of content created and to come during our stay in Sacramento including some A’s player content to come from our On-Field Batting Practice Access we will be experiencing leading up to tonight’s game at Sutter Health Park. Finally, we update you on Brent Rooker’s HR Derby entry and when you can see him smash home runs. Holy Toledo, let’s go A’s and can’t wait to be at the ballpark tonight!

Tuesday Jul 08, 2025
Tuesday Jul 08, 2025
Today, we recap what went down over the Fourth of July Weekend in West Sacramento as the A’s welcomed in the San Francisco Giants for a 3-game set. Later, we provide a preview of their next series continuing their homestand taking on the struggling Atlanta Braves. As a reminder, our 1st official Subscriber Event is set to begin this Friday, July 11 at 5:00pm. We will be giving away an autographed Max Muncy and JJ Bleday card as part of our collaboration with Drake’s: The Barn. For all patrons in attendance, participating in the giveaway will allow guests to enjoy exclusive game day drink specials while watching the Athletics game at Drake’s. Finally, we discuss the announcement of DH Brent Rooker earning his 2nd All-Star Game nomination and will be joining SS Jacob Wilson in Atlanta in representing the A’s in this year’s Mid-Summer Classic. Let’s go A’s!

Thursday Jul 03, 2025
Thursday Jul 03, 2025
Today, we recap the Athletics series victory down in Tampa against the Rays to cap their 9 game road trip. Later, we share details on how and when to participate in our collaboration subscriber event with Drake’s: The Barn on Friday, July 11 starting at 5:00pm. To kickoff your Fourth of July, we preview their next series coming up against the San Francisco Giants. Finally, we share the exciting news as Jacob Wilson is officially the 2025 AL All-Star Game starting Shortstop and Nick Kurtz being named AL Rookie of the Year for his performance in June. Let’s go A’s!

Monday Jun 30, 2025
Monday Jun 30, 2025
Today, we recap what went down over the weekend as the A’s battled the New York Yankees in a three game set at Yankee Stadium. Later, we preview their final three games of their current nine game road trip as the A’s are down in Florida taking on the Tampa Bay Rays. We give you some updates surrounding the saga surrounding RHP Luis Severino at the tail end of our show. Holy Toledo, let’s go A’s!

Friday Jun 27, 2025
Friday Jun 27, 2025
Today, we recap what went down in the A’s previous series at the start of their road trip in Detroit to take on the Tigers. Later, we preview what to expect over the weekend as the Athletics travel to the Bronx to take on the NY Yankees for a three game set. Finally, we remind everyone of the relaunch of our Bases, Barrels & Ballplayers Podcast. Let’s go A’s!

Monday Jun 23, 2025
Monday Jun 23, 2025
Today, we discuss what went down over the weekend as the A’s welcomed in the Cleveland Guardians to West Sacramento for a three game set. Later, we preview the beginning of their tough road trip as their first stop is in Detroit for a three game set beginning with facing 2024 AL Cy Young Award Winner Tarik Skubal.

Friday Jun 20, 2025
Friday Jun 20, 2025
Today, we discuss how the Athletics fared against the Houston Astros in their four game set with some dramatics from Nick Kurtz in two of the games. Later, we provide a preview of the A’s next opponent as they welcome in the Cleveland Guardians for a weekend three game set. Finally, we announce an event we will be holding with Drake’s Brewing: The Barn on Friday, July 11. Let’s go A’s!





