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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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Osvaldo Bido of the Athletics pitching against the Cubs.

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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Shea Langeliers’ Hot Summer Continues

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 Lose Series to Mariners

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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Athletics Take Season Series from Royals

The Oakland Athletics (36–91) have taken the season series from the Kansas City Royals (41–88). After being swept by the Baltimore Orioles, they become first team to reach 90 loses this season. That is a crown that no team wants to wear. The Athletics responded by taking two of three from the Royals and win […]

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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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