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By rss@youtube.com (MykeFoo) The CBS Sports guys tell you how they feel about the MLB Hall of Fame Class of 2009. Author: MykeFoo Keywords: Major League Baseball MLB Hall of Fame HOF Cooperstown Rickey Henderson Oakland A's As New York Yankees Jim Rice Boston Red Sox American East West AL Added: January 13, 2009

By rss@youtube.com (excelvir) Rangers 7, Athletics 0 Greg Smith was tagged for six runs over 5 2/3 innings, and the offense was placed on the wrong side of history -- posting just five hits on rookie hurler Matt Harrison as he shut the A's out to nab a Rangers record. With the loss, Oakland watched its second-place aspirati...

By rss@youtube.com (Padukem) A collage of baseball imagery featuring the Oakland Athletics and Kansas City Royals from the 9/4/08 doubleheader at Kauffman Stadium. As it turned out, this was the last full game for Mike Sweeney as an Oakland Athletic. Dadaesque interpretations of "Take Me Out To The Ballpark" provide...

By rss@youtube.com (excelvir) Keith Charles Foulke (pronounced as "folk", IPA: /foʊk/) (born October 19, 1972 in Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. Author: excelvir Keywords: Oakland A's Athletics Keith Foulke Minnesota Twins MLB Baseball

32 sec - 2008-09-04 Texas Rangers - Adam Melhuse and other A's watch as PR guys rip phonebooks on dugout in fan-friendly event.

By rss@youtube.com (excelvir) The A's welcomed newly acquired starter Sean Gallagher to Oakland by batting around in the third inning and also saw new outfielder Matt Murton make a pair of great catches. Gallagher allowed only two hits as the Athletics took the opener.

By rss@youtube.com (ronboitube) This five part series illustrates the playoffs from Oakland A's fans. These motivated and entertaining fans give us their perspectives and points of view from the 2002 baseball season as well as from the playoffs against the Minnesota Twins (twinkies). The music videos were cut out of the...

By rss@youtube.com (marcuswai) A mix of cheers and boos. Barry Zito is introduced as starting pitcher for the first time as an SF Giant against his former team the Oakland A's int he first game of the Bay Bridge Series 2007 Author: marcuswai Keywords: Barry Zito A's Giants Added: May 19, 2007

By info@grouper.com (P.Pancake) These fans don't take well to the idea of moving the A's to Freemont. Shared by : P.Pancake On: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 Views: 9182 Tags: ghostrider Freemont oaklandas funny don fans idea moving comedy baseball sports oakland 

By info@grouper.com (jumbojoe55) July 8, 2006 N6111R C-172RG Oakland International Airport (KOAK) Oakland, California Returning to Oakland after a training flight over San Pablo Bay with my instructor and gf. Thanks to my gf, Joanna Yee, for the video. Shared by : jumbojoe55 On: Friday, July 14, 2006 Views: 1099

By Mychael Urban Brad Ziegler and Rajai Davis will be the main attractions later this week as the A's 2009 Holiday Caravan kicks off with a parade and tree-lighting ceremony in Walnut Creek, Calif., about 20 miles east of Oakland. A's Holiday Caravan kicks off this weekend

By Mychael Urban The Oakland A's diverse altruistic work throughout 2009 was a wild success, as more than 1,500 charitable organizations in the Bay Area benefited from the club's commitment to the community. A's committed to efforts in Bay Area

The attempt failed (the Giants, you may have heard, wound up building themselves a ballpark in San Francisco), but the rights live on. So now, even as Wolff ... A's Owners want to move to San Jose? Run my Oakland Baseball Sim firstSan Francisco Chronicle

By Melissa Lockard In 2009, the Kane County Cougars welcomed a new manager, former major league infielder Steve Scarsone. Scarsone, who was also in his first season as part of the Oakland A’s organization, led the Cougars into the Midwest League playoffs. He then served as the manager of the A’s Instructiona...

By Marine Layer(marinelayer@gmail.com) However, not everything's wine and roses. Listeners in the Berkeley/Oakland hills were left feeling neglected, as KTRB's signal was noticeably poor throughout last season, day or night. When we last left off, KTRB was pursuing a second broadcast site in Sonoma County. Things have change...

By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane sees Andrew Bailey's rookie of the year award as reinforcement that a youth movement is the way to go.

By Melissa Lockard With the winter season reaching November, more and more players with big league experience are debuting in their respective leagues. Two Oakland A's relievers made their debut recently. We have those details, as well as other action around the winter leagues, inside...

By Marine Layer(marinelayer@gmail.com) I'm curious to see if a ballpark proposal has Middle Harbor as the site. Ever since the military closed up shop there, a combination of business (port expansion) and environmental efforts (wetlands regeneration) has been the ongoing concern. It's hard to say where a ballpark could go or wh...

By Marine Layer(marinelayer@gmail.com) A team's move to LA is being pitched as an overall revenue generator for the league, much like an A's move from Oakland to San Jose. Supposedly, this new revenue would more than offset a TV revenue loss. The NFL has spent $14 million "studying" SoCal.

By Melissa Lockard The Arizona Fall League is officially underway, with two games already in the books. We update the progress on the A's prospects playing in the league, as well as A's prospects participating in winter ball around the world.

By Melissa Lockard The Oakland A's 2009 Instructional League camp is in its final two weeks. On Monday, we caught-up with A's minor league pitching coordinator Gil Patterson to discuss the pitchers who are participating in camp. Patterson gives us some rehab updates, as well as progress reports on the attem...

By Nico Some things are bigger than a meaningless losing streak to end a string of meaningless games to end a disappointing season. Bobby Crosby is no longer under contract with Oakland. Right now, he plays for every other team just as much as he plays for the A's. I love that.

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.

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By Flashfire Oakland now needs to go 10-2 to finish the season at .500 and last night was a reminder of why it will be tough. After all, Edgar Gonzalez will probably get two more starts and that's enough to reduce the odds right there. Remember, Dana Eveland will probably get a couple more starts as well.

By Melissa Lockard As part of our continuing review of the 2009 season for the Oakland A's organization, we take a look at this year's draft. In Part One, we review the A's picks in rounds one through 15.

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By Rick Eymer The Athletics are on a roll as the Texas Rangers come into town looking for some revenge after getting swept by Oakland last week. A's expect tough series from Rangers

By emperor nobody The Swingin', Pitchin', Runnin', Streakin' A's undressed Cleveland starter Justin "from my hand to your bat" Masterson in a 4-run 3rd, punctuated by a Kurt Suzuki three-run HR.  And Thursday makes Four in a row for Oakland, quietly putting together another more-than-respectable seco...

By Melissa Lockard We finish our three-part conversation with Oakland A's Director of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi with a discussion of the progress of a number of young A's players, including Cliff Pennington, Daric Barton and Landon Powell, as well as the role of Nomar Garciaparra and Zaidi's eval...

By Melissa Lockard With the minor league regular season in the books and the major league season winding down, now is as good a time as any to assess the 2009 Oakland A's season. We recently caught-up with A's Director of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi for a lengthy and in-depth discussion on the A's 2009 cam...

Brett Anderson threw seven sharp innings and Cliff Pennington had three hits with an RBI as the Oakland Athletics won for the fifth time in six games, beating the Minnesota Twins 4-2 on Saturday.

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By Melissa Lockard With the 2009 minor league regular season in the books, we thought it would be a good time to catch-up with Oakland A’s Director of Player Development Keith Lieppman to find out his thoughts on the progress of many of the A’s prospects, and the system as a whole, this season. In Part One of our c...

By By TYLER KEPNER The Oakland Athletics sold 35,067 tickets Wednesday, the fans filling almost every seat beneath the giant tarpaulins that ring the third deck of the 42-year-old Coliseum. It was a good atmosphere for a last-place team like the A's, a lot of whistling and sign-waving, but much more intens...

By rachel and alyson oaklandasdays Go Oakland! Shutting out the Yankees was awesome. Losing to the Yankees was terrible. Listening to the game on the radio was terrible because the cheers whenever something good happens for the Yankees are as loud (if not louder) than when something...

The Minnesota Twins acquired shortstop Orlando Cabrera from the Oakland Athletics on Friday, as reported earlier for Scott Miller of CBSSports.com.

By rachel and alyson oaklandasdays Well, we all knew this day would come.  Farewell, Matt Holliday.  It was short and it wasn't as exciting as we had wanted it to be.  We hope the same isn't true for G-Force.  Anyway, Matt Holiday, it was nice having you and your big hairless arms in Oakland while it lasted.        Go A's!

By Tyler Bleszinski AL West - It's a shame that this division has less competition, more money, better GMs, and worse attendance. It's the AFC South of Baseball. I suppose its unfair to say that, as Seattle up until recently had Bill Bavasi which pretty much undoes all positive goodwill in a 15-state region. Of p...

Orlando Hudson homered, pinch-hitter Mark Loretta drove in the go-ahead run and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Oakland Athletics 3-2 on Thursday night as Joe Torre passed Sparky Anderson for fifth on the career list.

By Melissa Lockard The next 10 days are going to be busy ones for front offices around baseball, as the 2009 amateur draft draws closer. Farhan Zaidi, Oakland A's Director of Baseball Operations, took time out of that preparation period to discuss the 2009 draft with us...

Feldman scatters five hits as Rangers sweep away Oakland sports.espn.go.com

His next outing, scheduled for next Wednesday at Washington, is followed by a June 8 start at Florida, barring rainouts or changes in the starting rotation. Then comes a June 13 appearance against Oakland at home. "I'd love to do it here in San ...

By Curtis Pashelka Seattle Mariners' Endy Chavez, left, scores on a double by Franklin Gutierrez as Oakland Athletics catcher Kurt Suzuki looks on in the ninth inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, May 27, 2009. Seattle won 6-1. ...

 CA The Oakland A's came from behind to beat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 Tuesday night at the Coliseum. Jason Giambi singled home two runs as part of a four-run rally in the eighth inning. The San Francisco Giants shut out the Atlanta Braves 4-0. ... Johnson wins his 299th game San Jose Mercury News

 CA With Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, and Barry Zito a distant memory and Rich Harden and Dan Haren gone as well, Oakland looked to Justin Duchscherer and a group of young starters to serve as the backbone to the new-look Athletics. By Memorial Day the A's ...

They're buried at the bottom of the American League in several offensive categories, and rest second-to-last in a few more. The current road trip has done nothing but add to the nightmare, as Oakland pitchers allowed 34 runs over the opening three ...

Seattle Post Intelligencer Shortstop Orlando Cabrera homered to left field in the third inning, and Cust clocked a 390-footer good for two runs in the eighth. The A's other run came on a Jason Giambi sacrifice in the first inning. As Oakland continued to flail away at the ...

By Marine Layer(marinelayer@gmail.com) As currently situated, the San Francisco Giants control 2/3 of the Bay Area market and are located just 12 miles away from the A's. If the new baseball stadium were to be built in Oakland, it would replicate this imbalance; if it were built in San Jose, 50 miles away from the Giants stadium, th...

Tim Lincecum allowed four hits over seven innings and Bengie Molina hit a three-run homer for the Giants. San Francisco continues its road trip Wednesday against the Colorado Rockies. The Oakland A's have dropped three in a row as they fell to the Los ...

Cabrera, signed as a free agent during Spring Training, has never been an All-Star. Nor have any of the other five Oakland players on the new ballot: third baseman Eric Chavez, second baseman Mark Ellis, catcher Kurt Suzuki and outfielders Ryan Sweeney ...

Sports Network) - The Oakland Athletics unveil another one of their young arms this evening, as Brett Anderson makes his major league debut in the finale of a four-game season-opening set with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Angel Stadium. ... San Francisco Chronicle - Examiner.com

By Nico One thing I have loved about recent A's teams is the "never give up" mentality even the most mediocre A's groups have had. Today was no exception, as at least Oakland got up off the deck from a woeful first six innings of futility and actually brought the go-ahead run to the plate as early as the...

By Taj Adib As we all continue to endure the train wreck that is the 2008 Oakland Athletics, I thought it would be best to start of this minor league report with some very good news: AZL (Rookie League) Athletics - 3-4, 5th Place, 3 games behind (2nd half of season standings) A's Prospects in the News

By podcasts@sfgate.com (Benny Evangelista) The hot Oakland A's are baseball's biggest surprise this season, led by a pitching staff that tops the majors in team ERA. But as the A's continue to contend for a playoff spot, will GM ...

By Blez Frank Thomas:  Even though I said that signing Frank might've been a mistake, I gotta admit that I love seeing rebar man waiting in the on deck circle.  2006 was such a fun season as an A's fan and Thomas feels like he should've always been an A. I love you, 2008 Oakland A's.

 CA - Jun 10, 2008 The A's have allowed just 3.25 R/G in Oakland and opposing hitters are batting just .222/.294/.323 at McAfee Coliseum this year. On the road, the A's are a ...

By podcasts@sfgate.com (Benny Evangelista) The Oakland A's are off to a fast start in 2008, which may come as a surprise to many baseball observers. But beat writer Susan Slusser says the players aren't that surprised and reports...

By louismg As has been much discussed today, the A's made a roster move to bring Smith on the the major league team, designating the occasionally popular and occasionally frustrating Dan Johnson for assignment. Your 2008 Oakland Athletics 3. Barton (1B) 4. Cust (DH) Their 2008 Toronto Blue Jays

By Marine Layer As expected, Owens didn't challenge Wolff much, preferring to follow up when callers gave their questions. One caller in particular asked Wolff why the A's would leave Oakland for Fremont if they were clearly getting a better stadium deal in Oakland. Wolff replied that the team would in fa...

By podcasts@sfgate.com (Benny Evangelista) Even though the Oakland A's fell out of playoff contention long ago, beat writer Susan Slusser , says there is no shortage of interesting players and stories to cover. For instance,...

The Hunt for Red October: The Hunt for Red October was released in March 1990, just as Major League Baseball was entering spring training. Lou Pinella and the rest of the Cincinnati Reds used this movie all season for motivation and swept the Oakland A's in the World Series that October.

By Melissa Lockard The weekend was a wild one for the Oakland A’s system, as there were two trades and a barrage of player movement throughout the organization. We have a recap of all of the player movement, as well as notes on some of the top player performances from the past weekend.

By Mychael Urban Putting on the kind of show the A's hoped to see on a far more regular basis when they traded for him, Milton Bradley was sensational in his return from the disabled list Friday as Oakland rolled to a 15-3 victory over the Red Sox at Fenway Park.A's dominate Red Sox in blowout

Baltimore at Oakland  Costa Rica - Oakland spent the offseason rebuilding after finishing a disappointing 76-86 in 2007. General manager Billy Beane traded away the A's top pitcher - Dan ...