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New playoff format doesn't do A's any favors
DETROIT — So there it is: baseball's biggest kiss-off. They made a movie about the 2002 Athletics. This time around, somebody should write a blues song for them. After they had won the second-most games in the American League this year, the A'...
Tags: Baseball, Jim Leyland, Cliff Pennington, American League, Detroit Tigers
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The national pastime becomes a time machine
I'm playing hooky. It's Thursday around noon, and a column is due, but it's 1970 and I'm playing hooky. I'm watching baseball. Gloriously sunny, rapturously dramatic, midweek playoff baseball. I'm sitting in my living room in the middle of the day...Tags: Baseball, Joe Girardi, New York Yankees, Alex Rodriguez, San Francisco Giants
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Kevin Cowherd: Let's not spoil Orioles' fun by looking ahead to tough stretch
Just another day at Camden Yards, right? Another ho-hum, garden-variety 5-2 win Sunday, this time over the Oakland Athletics? OK, maybe not. Say what you will about this team and where it'll end up at season's end. But right now, you can't deny this: The...
Tags: Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Kila Ka'aihue, Nick Markakis, Kurt Suzuki
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Angels rally in ninth but lose to A's, 2-1, in 10 innings
The Fabulous ForumCliff Pennington squeezed a triple between Angels left fielder Vernon Wells and center fielder Peter Bourjos to open the 10th inning and scored on Conor Jackson's one-out grounder to shortstop Wednesday, and the Oakland Athletics avoided a three-game... -
Angels can't solve Brett Anderson in 4-3 loss to A's
The Fabulous ForumLeft-hander Brett Anderson held the Angels scoreless on three hits for eight innings Thursday, and the Oakland Athletics held on for a 4-3 victory in Angel Stadium. Mark Trumbo followed Erick Aybar's leadoff single and Alberto Callaspo's two-out walk... -
Anderson may be lost for season
ReutersThe Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH Brett Anderson has missed large chunks of the past three years with injuries and a new one might cost him the rest of this season. Anderson has a stress fracture in his right foot,...Tags: Baseball, Sprained Ankle, Tommy Milone, Jerry Blevins, Texas Rangers
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Preview: Royals at Athletics
ReutersThe Kansas City Royals have wasted a pair of superb pitching performances and, consequently, are staring at the possibility of a three-game sweep in the series finale against the host Oakland Athletics on Sunday. Luis Mendoza will take the mound for the...Tags: Baseball, Luis Mendoza, Tommy Milone, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, James Shields
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A's 2, Royals 1
ReutersThe Sports Xchange A's 2, Royals 1 OAKLAND -- Kansas City Royals starter Ervin Santana was his usual effective self against the Oakland A's on Saturday night, but one night after James Shields had an equally strong outing at the Oakland Coliseum and...Tags: Baseball, Mike Moustakas, Tommy Milone, Lorenzo Cain, Alcides Escobar
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Recap: Athletics 2, Royals 1
ReutersSportsDirect Inc. Recap: Athletics 2, Royals 1 Athletics 2, Royals 1: Brandon Moss tripled home the go-ahead run in the sixth inning and host Oakland notched its second consecutive 2-1 decision over Kansas City. Left-hander Tommy Milone (4-5) allowed...Tags: Kansas City Royals, Tommy Milone, Ryan Cook (baseball), Jed Lowrie, Sean Doolittle
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Athletics 2, Royals 1
ReutersAthletics 2, Royals 1: Brandon Moss tripled home the go-ahead run in the sixth inning and host Oakland notched its second consecutive 2-1 decision over Kansas City. Left-hander Tommy Milone (4-5) allowed one run in six innings to snap a five-start...Tags: Kansas City Royals, Tommy Milone, Ryan Cook (baseball), Jed Lowrie, Sean Doolittle
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A's Milone overcomes rough beginning
ReutersThe Sports Xchange A's Milone overcomes rough beginning OAKLAND, Calif. -- Tommy Milone threw so many pitches in the first two innings that Oakland A's manager Bob Melvin feared he wouldn't make it far into the game. The A's left-hander not only kept...Tags: Baseball, Tommy Milone, Ned Yost, Jed Lowrie, Lorenzo Cain
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Oakland Athletics - TeamReport
ReutersMLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH With Brett Anderson's ankle a lingering problem, Dan Straily will remain in Oakland's rotation -- at least for now. Straily didn't make it out of the fifth inning on Wednesday, and his ERA has...Tags: Baseball, Physical Disabilities, Chris Resop, Sprained Ankle, Tommy Milone
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