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The Oakland Athletics will bring back their entire coaching staff in the same positions for the 2010 season.
Athletics pitcher Clay Mortensen rejoined the team Sunday after spending the night in jail following his arrest for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.
Mike Napoli homered, Joe Saunders pitched five strong innings and the Los Angeles Angels closed out an impressive regular season with a 5-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.
Mike Sweeney followed a two-out error with a tiebreaking two-run single in the fifth inning, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 4-2 Thursday night.
Kendry Morales homered and drove in three runs, and the Los Angeles Angels snapped their first four-game losing streak of the season with a 7-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.
Jack Cust homered to help rookie Brett Anderson win his fourth straight start, Cliff Pennington hit a two-run triple and the Oakland Athletics salvaged a split of their four-game series against the Texas Rangers with a 12-3 rout Thursday.
Adam Kennedy had three hits and drove in three runs to help the Oakland Athletics match their season high seven-game win streak, defeating the Cleveland Indians 11-4 on Sunday.
Unable to score, the Texas Rangers are fading out of the AL playoff picture.
Joe Mauer had three hits, including his 27th home run, and rookie Brian Duensing pitched the Minnesota Twins to an 8-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.
A.J. Pierzynski hit a game-ending RBI double in the 13th inning, Scott Podsednik had four hits and the Chicago White Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 4-3 on Wednesday night.
Scott Hairston took advantage of a second chance. Ichiro took advantage of the second pitch.
Landon Powell hit his first career grand slam to help the Oakland Athletics beat the Kansas City Royals 10-4 Wednesday.
John Lackey pitched eight innings of five-hit ball for his 100th victory, Torii Hunter and Kendry Morales hit three-run homers, and the Los Angeles Angels salvaged a split of their series with the last-place Oakland Athletics in a 9-1 victory Sunday.
Defensive-replacement Ryan Langerhans homered off Craig Breslow with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning to send the Seattle Mariners to a 4-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.
The Detroit Tigers have managed to hold onto first place in the AL Central despite winning just eight of their last 23 road games. Manager Jim Leyland is hoping his offense wakes up before their road woes cost them.
Justin Duchscherer's agent says the Oakland Athletics right-hander won't pitch this season so he can concentrate on his treatment for depression.
Mark Teixeira hit a two-run homer, Alfredo Aceves earned his majors-leading eighth win as a reliever and the New York Yankees wrapped up a stretch of 33 games in 34 days with a 3-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night.
Mark Ellis lined a home run just over the left-field wall with two outs in the ninth inning and the Oakland Athletics avoided a three-game sweep with a 3-2 win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.
Landon Powell homered in Oakland's four-run fourth inning, and the Athletics beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-3 on Wednesday to win a third straight series for the first time since April 2008.
Zack Greinke earned his first win over an American League club since May 26, Mike Jacobs and Billy Butler each drove in three runs and the Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics 12-6 Saturday night.
Jason Giambi's second stint with the Oakland Athletics didn't pan out as either side had hoped.
Michael Young hit his 18th homer of the season, Tommy Hunter pitched seven solid innings and the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 6-4 on Thursday.
Aaron Hill hit a two-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays roughed up Vin Mazzaro in a 7-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.
The Minnesota Twins made a rare move at the trade deadline, upgrading their middle infield by acquiring shortstop Orlando Cabrera from the Oakland Athletics for the stretch run in the crowded AL Central race.
With a flair for the dramatic and a litany of game-winning hits that propelled the Boston Red Sox to two World Series championships, David Ortiz earned his reputation as one of baseball's best sluggers and a player who comes through in the clutch.
College Football Coaches See Salaries Rise in Down EconomyDespite cutbacks in other areas, college football coaches are being paid more.
Ethiopian athletes do runner from Scots meeting to seek asylumAN international athletics meeting has suffered a blow after four members of the Ethiopian team did a runner. The athletes - two men and two women - were due to compete against Scotland and England in the Falkirk Cup at Grangemouth tonight.
Inquiry About Sprinter Angers South AfricansFor many South Africans, the international brouhaha about whether Caster Semenya is too masculine to compete in women's track events has been an affront to everyone here, as if a callous world wants to peek beneath the entire nation's underpants and evaluate what it sees.
USA booted out of Bolt showdown in Berlin after British complaintBritain denied the World Championships its chance of a climactic showdown today between Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay when they contrived to have the American relay team disqualified.
Mychael Urban of MLB.com is one of my favorite beat reporters because he writes stuff like this about the A's not activating a healthy Jason Giambi from the disabled list.
Another deal! Even though our own Aaron Gleeman wasn't a huge fan of the idea, the Twins have reportedly traded for shortstop Orlando Cabrera, acquiring him from the Athletics in exchange for minor-league infielder Tyler Ladendorf.
Rickey Henderson, on how he got started playing baseball:
- The Rays battled from eight runs down to complete the biggest comeback in the franchise's history in a 10-9 win over the Blue Jays in 12 innings. The Rays trailed 9-1 at the end of six innings.
One of my all-time favorite players and the greatest leadoff man in baseball history goes into the Hall of Fame this weekend, and there are plenty of amusing Rickey Henderson stories popping up in preparation for his induction.
MLB.com's report makes it official: The trade sending Matt Holliday to St. Louis for prospects Brett Wallace, Shane Peterson, and Clayton Mortensen is a done deal. Click here or scroll down to read my analysis of the move. _
Rumors about the A's and Cardinals working on a trade for Matt Holliday have been swirling for the past couple days, and according to Tim Kurkjian of ESPN.com the deal is now on the verge of becoming official:
Jason Giambi was supposed to provide some power and patience in his return to Oakland, but like many of the A's recent moves things didn't go quite as planned.
ESPN returns to its roots by broadcoasting 'Border Battle' According to Team USA's coach Steve Shortland, who spent the last seven years as the All-Armed Forces team coach, slowpitch softball has the largest number of participants for a recreational sport in the nation.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Dave O'Brien mentions -- and then almost immediately scotches -- rumors of a Yunel Escobar for Matt Holliday trade:
Athlete turns to brothel to fund Olympic bidA New Zealand athlete has turned to prostitution to fund his London Olympics bid, according to local reports.
After starting him in 70 of their first 80 games, the Rangers finally decided to end Chris Davis' run at the single-season strikeout record Monday by sending him to Triple-A to make room on the roster for Josh Hamilton's return.
Some time on the disabled list has kept Chris Carpenter off the NL leaderboards and All-Star team, but the St. Louis right-hander is pitching as well as ever in his comeback from significant elbow and shoulder injuries.
* David Ortiz batted cleanup last night for the first time since May 13, 2005, going 0-for-3 with a strikeout. Even after the hitless game he's 18-for-58 (.310) with six homers this month, as only Albert Pujols and Troy Tulowitzki have gone deep more often in June.
* Jack Cust is one of the slowest, least athletic players in baseball, plays for one of the most station-to-station teams in the league, and came into this year with zero career steals in 342 games, yet swiped his second base of the season last night on a straight steal attempt o …
Columbia Pictures was scheduled to begin production on the Moneyball movie today with three months of preparation and a $50 million budget, but Variety reports that the studio stepped away from the Brad Pitt-Steven Soderbergh project at the last minute.
Orlando Cabrera, after making two defensive mistakes yesterday: I suck. I don't even know how to describe it. I suck. For real. I'm getting old, maybe. Maybe a day off is what I need. I'll take it if there's a spot they want me to do that.
Fewer K's haven't resulted in more success for Cust. The article below is meant to provide a quick look at how my preseason projections match up with the paces of select major league hitters.
Sprinter's talent spotted as he ran for a bus - now he's aiming for OlympicsA novice runner is aiming for the Olympics - after he was spotted chasing a bus.
* The San Diego Chicken is now 35 years old and the man inside the suit, Ted Giannoulas, was eligible to join AARP five years ago. "Sometimes, I think when I'm wearing this chicken suit I can live forever. I'm not kidding, man," Giannoulas said.
* Milwaukee dumping Manny Parra from the rotation yesterday was a long time coming. Not only has he been awful recently, going 0-4 with a 13.50 ERA over his last five starts, Parra is 5-14 with a 6.41 ERA since last season's All-Star break.
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