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Lawrence Butler high-fiving his teammates. In Athletics Preview 2025, see the tools the team has to surprise some people.
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Athletics Preview 2025: Out to “Prove a Lot of People Wrong”

Athletics Preview 2025 The Athletics players are excited for the 2025 season, as every major leaguer would be. But they have a different reason for this season in comparison to others. Sport Relay got the reasons from a few of them Sunday at their spring home of Mesa, Arizona. The overriding theme was optimism, especially […]

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Athletics Report: Osvaldo Bido Dominates in Last Cactus League Start of 2025

Athletics Report: Osvaldo Bido Dominates in His Final Spring Tune-up MESA, Ariz. (Mar 23) — Osvaldo Bido has had some good and not-so-good starts this spring. Entering his final 2025 Cactus League start Sunday, a strong outing would have been a nice stepping stone to the season. Dominating the Chicago Cubs to the tune of […]

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Rangers Grab Another Walk-Off Win over Athletics

Rangers 6, Athletics 4 ARLINGTON, Texas (Sep. 1) — The Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics, 6–4, on Sunday afternoon in their second consecutive walk-off win. The hero in this one was Josh Jung, who sent the crowd of 33,309 home happy with a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning in […]

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Rangers Walk it Off against Athletics

Rangers 3, Athletics 2 ARLINGTON, Texas (Aug 31) – The Texas Rangers snuck back into the win column on Saturday evening, beating the Oakland Athletics, 3–2, in front of a crowd of 28,454. A thrilling walk-off single by outfielder Leody Taveras did the trick for the Rangers, as they have evened this series at one […]

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Rangers Fall to Athletics in Series Opener

Athletics 9, Rangers 2 ARLINGTON, Texas. (Aug 30) — The Texas Rangers saw their three-game winning streak come to an end on Friday, as they lost to the Oakland Athletics, 9–2. A two-homer performance by Brent Rooker lifted the Athletics to the lopsided victory in front of a crowd of 28,111. The Rangers will have […]

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New Oakland Era Begins

The “New Oakland” era begins in Oakland. Even though the Athletics (34-87) dropped two of three in their mid-week series against the St. Louis Cardinals (54-67), fans were happy to finally see the youth movement completely take shape. With the call up of Lawrence Butler, the average age of the Athletics starting lineup is 26 […]

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Athletics Trade Sam Moll and Jace Peterson

The Oakland Athletics made their second and third moves of the trade deadline period. The Athletics traded Sam Moll to the Cincinnati Reds and Jace Peterson to the Arizona Diamondbacks. In exchange for Moll, the Athletics will receive Joe Boyle. In exchange for Jace Peterson they will receive Chad Patrick. This move follows the trade they […]

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Brent Rooker Named Athletics All-Star

Brent Rooker was announced as an All-Star Game reserve and will be the lone Oakland Athletics representative. I know what you are thinking, the Athletics have an All-Star? Well, yes, every team gets one, so by process of elimination, it’s Rooker. This was obviously a very big deal for Rooker, making his first ever All-Star Game […]

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