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Your Connection to the Diamond!
Honest • Unbiased • Apolitical
Your Connection to the Diamond!
Athletics Trade Esteury Ruiz to Dodgers for Carlos Duran The Athletics announced Tuesday that they have traded outfielder Esteury Ruiz to the Los Angeles Dodgers for minor-league right-hander Carlos Duran. Both players have been assigned to their new club’s respective Triple-A affiliates. Esteury Ruiz Embed from Getty Images Ruiz, 26, set the American League record […]
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Rockies 5, Athletics 1 MESA, Ariz. (Feb. 24) — A deep Michael Toglia home run to the berm in right field, coupled with a three-run outburst in the eighth inning, led the split-squad Colorado Rockies to a 5–1 victory over the host Oakland Athletics in Cactus League play Saturday afternoon at Hohokam Stadium. Rockies starting […]
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With the dog days of summer winding down, the Oakland Athletics youth movement has come to the fore front. There have been great performances this season from young talent like Zack Gelof, Esteury Ruiz, and Lawrence Butler offensively. Those have been matched by impressive progression from JP Sears, Ken Waldichuk, and Mason Miller on the […]
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Athletics 6, Rangers 3 ARLINGTON, Tex. (Sep 8) — The Texas Rangers fell short in their series opener against the Oakland Athletics on Friday, losing 6–3. Once again, Corey Seager homered but it wasn’t enough to keep his club in control. This loss extends the Rangers’ losing streak to four games as they appeared to […]
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The Oakland Athletics (39–95) dropped two out of three from the Seattle Mariners (76–57) this week. They lost another series in Seattle and helped keep the AL West division race close. The Mariners, Houston Astros, and Texas Rangers all sit within one game of each other for the lead in the division. It may very […]
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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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The Oakland Athletics (33–82) lost their recent three game series to the Texas Rangers (68–47). After dropping the first two games of the series, the Athletics won the third game, 2–0. The young bats have continued to develop and bring some life back into the organization. Zack Gelof continues to produce at a high level, […]
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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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