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Oakland Athletics

San Jose Officials Sue MLB

AP | SUDHIN THANAWALA | Posted 06.18.2013 | Sports

SAN FRANCISCO — Major League Baseball is dragging its feet on having team owners vote on the Oakland Athletics' proposed move to a new ballpark ...

MLB Prospect Lashes Out At Former Coach

Posted 06.17.2013 | Sports

Oklahoma pitcher Dillon Overton had a few choice words for his former coach, Sunny Golloway, and posted them on Twitter. The Sooners’ left-hande...

WATCH: MLB Umpire Forgets Count

Posted 06.14.2013 | Sports

By Chris Yuscavage, Complex Sports Well, this is certainly embarrassing… During the Yankees/Athletics game yesterday—an 18-inning affair tha...

WATCH: Mariano Makes a Surprise Delivery

Posted 06.13.2013 | Sports

Many food delivery persons are prompt. But how many have 631 career saves? As of Wednesday, there is at least one. Legendary Yankees closer Maria...

WATCH: Teenager Captures Heart, Throws First Pitch Via Robot

The Huffington Post | Jason St. Angelo | Posted 06.13.2013 | Sports

Thirteen-year-old Nick LeGrande, a young Kansas City native battling a rare blood disease, suited up with the Oakland Athletics to toss the first pitc...

Rosales Homers In 10th Inning As A's Top Sox

AP | Posted 06.07.2013 | Chicago

CHICAGO — Adam Rosales hit a two-out homer in the top of the 10th inning, and the Oakland Athletics had a season high four home runs in a 5-4 wi...

White Sox Lose Sixth Straight, Swept By A's

AP | JANIE McCAULEY | Posted 06.03.2013 | Chicago

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Chris Sale did his part. As in 28 innings of scoreless ball over a stellar three-week span. The way the Chicago White Sox have been...

Axelrod, Sox Outdone In Loss To A's

AP | ANTONIO GONZALEZ | Posted 06.02.2013 | Chicago

OAKLAND, Calif. — Dylan Axelrod walked slowly to the Chicago White Sox dugout, sat on the bench and put his hands over his head while he watched...

Baseball Analyst Makes Bold Claim About Umpire

Posted 05.10.2013 | Sports

MLB's instant replay system, however limited, will only work if the same people who made the mistakes are willing to admit them. They may not be. ...

MLB: Umps Made 'Improper Call'

AP | TOM WITHERS | Posted 05.09.2013 | Sports

CLEVELAND — Major League Baseball said the umpires were wrong. The Athletics knew that all along....

WATCH: Umps Deny A's Game-Tying Homer, Twice

AP | TOM WITHERS | Posted 05.09.2013 | Sports

CLEVELAND — An apparent game-tying homer by Oakland's Adam Rosales was ruled a double by umpires in the ninth inning, and the Cleveland Indians ...

Brandon Moss Celebrates After Longest Game Of MLB Season

AP | MIKE WAGAMAN | Posted 04.30.2013 | Sports

OAKLAND, Calif. — A few hours after he ended the longest game in the majors this season, Brandon Moss and his 3-year-old son sat together at hom...

The Incredible Austin Jackson

AP | MICHAEL WAGAMAN | Posted 04.14.2013 | Detroit

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Austin Jackson had four hits, homered and drove in three runs, Torii Hunter added two doubles and a triple, and the Detroit Tigers ...

So Much For That Lead

AP | JANIE McCAULEY | Posted 04.13.2013 | Detroit

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Max Scherzer was in Detroit's clubhouse and had a good view of Ramon Santiago's near home run in the 12th inning. The Tigers' righ...

For A's Fans, the Return of an Old Friend to the Pressbox: John Hickey

Steve Kettmann | Posted 05.01.2013 | San Francisco
Steve Kettmann

John knows the game, knows the people, knows how to tell a story -- and has a very Bay Area point of view. To welcome this colorful newspaper veteran back to the Bay Area, here's a short Q and A.

A Golden Age for Baseball in the Golden State

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 02.06.2013 | Sports
Lincoln Mitchell

Baseball has been experiencing an interesting power shift over the last few years. Just as complaints about east coast bias in baseball coverage became widespread, east coast baseball began to get a lot less interesting.

WATCH: Feel Good Sports Stories Of 2012

Posted 12.22.2012 | Sports

With his arms spread wide and his smile nearly as expansive, Mo Farah was the first man across the finish line in the men's 5,000-meter final at the L...

Baseball or Béisbol? (Part 2)

Cheech Marin | Posted 02.04.2013 | Latino Voices
Cheech Marin

Just as the demographics of America are shifting, so is the percentage of Latino ballplayers. There is one interesting question that hangs in the air, though. Are the new players going to be counted as Latino or black? What box did Manny Ramirez check on his census form?

Managers Of The Year Announced

AP | BEN WALKER | Posted 01.13.2013 | Sports

NEW YORK — Young rosters, small budgets, limited expectations. No matter....

All-Star Pitcher Shipped Out

AP | BOB BAUM | Posted 12.20.2012 | Sports

PHOENIX — Heath Bell became the latest player jettisoned by the Miami Marlins when he was dealt Saturday to the Arizona Diamondbacks, who also a...

Oakland's Thrilling Season Comes To An End

AP | JOSH DUBOW | Posted 10.12.2012 | Sports

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Almost as soon as Omar Infante threw out Seth Smith to end the Oakland Athletics surprising season, despair turned to appreciation....

Verlander Sends Tigers To ALCS

AP | JANIE McCAULEY | Posted 12.11.2012 | Sports

OAKLAND, Calif. — Once he finally made his way to the victorious visiting clubhouse, Justin Verlander's teammates greeted him with chants of "Cy...

A's To Remove Tarps If...

AP | Posted 12.11.2012 | Sports

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Oakland Athletics owner Lew Wolff says the team will remove the tarps covering more than 11,000 seats from part of the upper ...

A's Come Back In 9th To Tie Series

AP | ANTONIO GONZALEZ | Posted 12.10.2012 | Sports

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Justin Verlander struck out eight and the Detroit Tigers capitalized on two wild pitches by Jarrod Parker, taking a 2-0 lead over t...

WATCH: Oakland A's Teach 'Bernie Lean'

Posted 10.10.2012 | Sports

If the Oakland Athletics can extend their postseason run deep into October then Gangham Style's status as the dance routine of the moment may be in je...