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A's sign 10-year deal with KTRB

19 Nov 2009 23:47:40 PST

Written 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...

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SVSE negotiating with A's over Diridon

17 Nov 2009 15:58:44 PST

Written by Marine Layer(marinelayer@gmail.com)
The Sharks' owners have been pursuing a National Basketball Association franchise for years, too. San Jose Mayor Chuck R. Reed tells FORBES that the arena lease will be amended this month to outline contingencies in case their efforts are successful. The group is also in discussions with t...

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Marlins’ Coghlan, A’s Bailey are top rookies

16 Nov 2009 11:10:36 PST

Florida Marlins outfielder Chris Coghlan is the National League Rookie of the Year, and Oakland Athletics closer Andrew Bailey is the AL winner.

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A's Top-10 Prospect Rankings In Review

13 Nov 2009 12:17:00 PST

Written by Melissa Lockard
Starting next week, we will begin our annual ranking of the Oakland A’s top-50 prospects. This ranking will come along with scouting reports on each player. Before we begin the rankings, we thought it would be educational to look back at our past lists. Inside, find out who we ranked among the...

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No Shortage of Confidence on These Phillies

29 Oct 2009 13:48:16 PDT

Written by 67MARQUEZ
More and more, the Phillies are reminding me of a certain mustachioed team from the early 1970's, though one of the most glaring differences (I mean, besides mascots) is that the A's liked to make things hard on themselves while the Phillies prefer the foot-to-the-neck approach.

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A's TV ratings down in 2009

13 Oct 2009 00:40:11 PDT

Written by Marine Layer(marinelayer@gmail.com)
The move to CSN California may be good for the A's long-term financial security, but they sure have taken a major hit on TV to do it according to Sports Business Journal. Having moved from CSN Bay Area to the sister network, the A's posted a paltry 0.82 rating locally for the season, a drop from 1....

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Oakland Athletics news and blogs - November 24, 2009

24 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Oakland Athletics news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Oakland A's 2010 Top-50 Prospects List -- by Staff from Scout.com > OaklandClubhouse.com
• Raiders re-up at Coliseum through 2013 -- by Marine Layer(marinelayer@gmail.com) from new A's ballpark
• A's Lieppman wins 'Chief' Bender Award -- by Mychael Urban from Oakland Athletics News
• Oakland A's MLN: Off-Season Rehab Updates -- by Melissa Lockard from Scout.com > OaklandClubhouse.com
• A's See Bailey's Award as a Positive Sign -- by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT > Oakland Athletics
• Bailey Takes Home AL ROY Award -- by Melissa Lockard from Scout.com > OaklandClubhouse.com
• A's Andrew Bailey Named 'Rookie of the Year' -- by Brock Keeling from SFist
• Bailey takes AL rookie award -- by Mychael Urban from Oakland Athletics News
• Oakland A's AFL Q&A: Mickey Storey, RP -- by Melissa Lockard from Scout.com > OaklandClubhouse.com
• A's Bailey hopes to pull ROY upset -- by Mychael Urban from Oakland Athletics News

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A's clinch! A's clinch! Okay, so it's just for last place and under .500...

29 Sep 2009 22:02:16 PDT

Written by Flashfire
If it's any consolation, the A's DO have the best record of any last-place team and trail their division leader by the least games in comparison to the rest. Put it this way: it took them until game 157 to be assured of last place after how bad things looked earlier in the year. Hey, it's SOMEthin...

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2009 A's In Review: Q&A With Farhan Zaidi, P3

17 Sep 2009 22:31:00 PDT

Written 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...

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Open Thread: Game 144 - A's @ Rangers

21 Jul 2009 01:52:56 PDT

Written by Flashfire
Edgar Gonzalez draws the start for Oakland and I hear he's pretty good with stick figures. He's winless in 2009 (at least on the baseball field) with one of his two losses coming to Texas, having allowed five earned runs in five innings. He'll be opposed by Brandon McCarthy, 1-1 this year agai...

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Saperstein's other letter

07 May 2009 13:48:45 PDT

Written 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...

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How To: Oakland A's Tutorial using Still Glamorus Cosmetics

02 May 2009 23:26:48 PDT

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Open Thread: Game 5 - A's vs. Seattle

11 Apr 2009 12:28:02 PDT

Written by Nico
Memo to Bob Geren: Ryan Sweeney against a LHP, and Orlando Cabrera against a RHP, do not belong at the top of the batting order. Jack Cust, meanwhile, continues to do what Jack Cust always does and that is get on base. Also, since the Mariners do not have a left-handed reliever in their bullpen,...

Original story at Athletics Nation . Related stories include: Open Thread: Game 152 - A's vs. Rangers - Athletics Nation , Open Thread: Game 145 - A's @ Rangers - Athletics Nation

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One last review of the A's 2008-2009 offseason moves

05 Apr 2009 05:55:32 PDT

Written by grover
Plan B was only a slight variation on Plan A. Giambi signs to a 1 year deal plus team option and when Andrew Brown gets hurt Beane quickly went out and traded two guys destined for careers in the minors for Michael Wuertz. Springer gets signed and Beane goes shopping for another DiNardo or Saalo...

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Opinion: AN Sits Down With Dallas Braden

17 Mar 2009 20:15:48 PDT

Written by Nico
Nico: Now you're coming off a fairly solid year, you're doing well in spring training, (but) I'm sure there are things you can pinpoint that you're thinking, "I need this to improve going forward." What would those things be that are still between you and your potential, you think?

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Is Brian Sabean "out-GM-ing" Billy Beane This Offseason?

04 Jan 2009 10:06:26 PST

Written by Taj Adib
Based upon these stereotypes, Billy Beane was, again - rightfully or not, more highly regarded than Sabean by many in the baseball world as he seemed to be more creative, progressive and efficient than his Giants counterpart. But as of Winter 2008, that dynamic has begun to change.

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Opinion: Staturday: Sussing the Short Stop Strategies

15 Nov 2008 14:20:51 PST

Written by PaulThomas
Don't blame me, grover asked me to look him over. McDonald is something of a uniquely bad hitter in that not only does he have no power and little speed, but he's a fly-ball hitter. In Major League Baseball, hitting non-home run flies is not a good strategy. Also not a good strategy: playing John...

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Opinion: AN Visits with Minor League Expert John Sickels

15 Sep 2008 07:00:04 PDT

Written by Blez
SportsBlogs Nation is really fortunate as we have John Sickels writing the best minor league blog on the Web in Minor League Ball. Sickels does excellent work at that blog and I suggest you make it part of your daily reading. Blez: Finally, who would you rank as the A's best hitter in the syst...

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Opinion: Scouting The Young Starters (Small Sample Edition)

13 Aug 2008 09:48:38 PDT

Written by Nico
SEAN GALLAGHER Don't let his recent woes scare you off, as what you saw was a 22 year old trying to pitch through pain. Gallagher remains one of the A's most exciting young pitchers, with a true "plus fastball" - remember, this is a guy Beane insisted on for months, a guy about whom Cubs fans sai...

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Opinion: I Live in a Green and Gold Submarine

25 Jun 2008 12:31:17 PDT

Written by Blez
As for me, I've always loved watching those guys. When Mike Myers was a free agent a couple of seasons ago, I'd hoped that the A's would sign him because he's so tough on lefties. There's just something about having a pitcher who not only isn't likely to give up a multi-run home run, but is ofte...

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Podcast: Will the A's be buyers or sellers later this season?

18 Jun 2008 20:35:00 PDT

Written 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 ...

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Podcast: Everything's clicking for Green and Gold

30 Apr 2008 17:00:00 PDT

Written by podcasts@sfgate.com (Benny Evangelista)
Susan Slusser , The Chronicle's A's beat writer, and Sports Editor Glenn Schwarz podcast on how the Oakland A's have built one of the best records in the majors during the first month of...

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Fleer Baseball Cloth Patches - Oakland A's

05 Apr 2008 20:35:00 PDT

Written by Fleerfan
The Oakland A's take the prize for the highest number of City / Logo Patch variations with 6. The earliest patch had a logo with a green baseball, followed by 2 patches with white baseballs. The variation between the 2 white baseball ...

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Podcast: Anything new? Not really

13 Feb 2008 21:00:00 PST

Written 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...

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Podcast: The morning after the night before

15 Dec 2007 10:43:05 PST

Written by Jim McLennan
Dayn Perry, FoxSports.com - "The Arizona Diamondbacks are now, without question, the power team in the National League. After pulling off a trade with the Oakland A's for right-hander Dan Haren, the Snakes are now clearly the best club in the senior circuit. Keep in mind that last season Ari...

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Podcast: Still many interesting players, stories to cover as A's wind down the season

18 Sep 2007 19:00:00 PDT

Written 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,...

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