(RHP) Jarrod Parker takes the mound for the A’s today against the Brewers.

Today’s lineup:  Cliff Pennington SS, Seth Smith LF, Yoenis Cespedes CF, Manny Ramirez DH, Josh Reddick RF, Kurt Suzuki C, Brandon Allen 1B, Josh Donaldson 3B and Wes Timmons 2B.

You can hear today’s game on MLB.com.

In case you missed it:  The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that there are two suitors interested in purchasing the A’s.  However, it might be kind of hard to buy the team when the owner doesn’t want to sell.

“No one has contacted me,” Wolff said in a phone interview with the Mercury News. “It’s not for sale, but no one has contacted me. Someone made that story up, I think.”

Today RHP Tyson Ross takes the mound for the A’s and he will be followed by RHP Jarrod Parker.

Today’s expected lineup is as follows: Jemile Weeks 2B, Collin Cowgill CF, Seth Smith LF, Jonny Gomes DH, Kila Ka’aihue 1B, Josh Donaldson 3B, Michael Taylor RF, Anthony Recker C, Eric Sogard SS.

Jemile Weeks and Seth Smith are the only two players in today’s line up that started in yesterday’s game.

Unlike yesterday, today’s game can be heard on 95.7 The Game.

In case you missed it: MLB officially announced the expansion of playoffs which will begin this season.  This doesn’t mean a whole lot to the A’s over the next few years, but maybe (that’s a big MAYBE) Selig will finally have an answer regarding the San Jose stadium soon.

It’s been pretty a pretty quiet weekend for the A’s with most of the news surrounding Scott Sizemore, but here’s the latest:

Scott Sizemore will not have a MRI until Monday morning. Jane Lee confirmed via twitter he has an appointment scheduled at 9:30 AM.

Bob Melvin says Brian Fuentes was bothered by a hamstring problem a few days ago, but is throwing off the mound again.

We’re STILL waiting to hear from Bud Selig about the San Jose territorial rights, but Giants CEO Larry Baer briefly addressed the issue yesterday.

By now you probably know the Academy Awards are tonight and “Moneyball” is nominated for 6 Oscars, including best picture and best actor.

Speaking of “Moneyball”, Eric Chavez takes a look back at the 2002 season, he believes the young players made them more of a successful team than the “formula”:

“Those are some pretty good players,” Chavez told MLB.com earlier this week. “I saw the movie and it wasn’t a realistic view of what happened there. It’s easy to say you had a formula and it worked. They drafted really well. We were fortunate to have young guys come together at the same time and play really well together. Billy has tried to do it again over the last few years, but it’s hard to duplicate. It’s hard to do. It’s a slippery slope when you start saying you have an equation for success.”

In case you missed it: Dallas Braden took the time out to joke about Manny’s new video coordinator.

(photo: Leaders Event/flickr)

Earlier today, Bloomberg News reported that general manger Billy Beane and president Michael Crowley have both agreed to extensions with the A’s through 2019.  The contracts should be official within the next 30 days.

Billy Beane has been the general manager of the Oakland A’s since 1998, during his time with the A’s they have made the playoffs 5 times, but have not made it to the World Series.  The last time the A’s made it to the playoffs under Billy Beane was in 2006, which also happens to be the last time the A’s have seen a winning season.

For once I am at a loss for words.  I don’t know if this is good for the fans or bad for the fans.  When it comes to Billy Beane, I never know where I stand.  Part of me remembers of the early 2000′s when the A’s were a dominant team, but now here we are, the A’s haven’t had a record over .500 in the past six seasons. Six very long seasons.

If Susan Slusser is right, if this is a sign of optimism regarding the stadium efforts, than this is good news.  If it’s not, than I am not sure what the upcoming years brings for this team, but hopefully it will be better then the last six years.

An early present for A’s fans, according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today all signs point to yes on the move to San Jose. Don’t hold your breath quite yet because it’s all speculation right now.

I want to wish all my lovely A’s fans a very happy holiday season!  Enjoy the time you spend with your friends and family and be safe!

Oakland Breakdown will be back Monday and I will be explaining why I am a Cliff Pennington sympathizer.

For now, I leave you with this:

http://youtu.be/YaxKiZfQcX8