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Oakland A's second baseman Jed Lowrie still has soft spot for Houston Astros
Inside Bay Area (By Carl Steward <a href='mailto:csteward@b) — Jed Lowrie very happy with the A's, but he says playing for the struggling Astros was a good learning experience- 23 hr 49 min ago
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A's activate Hiro Nakajima, send him to Triple-A Sacramento
Inside Bay Area (Bay Area News Group staff and wire) — The Oakland A's reinstated infielder Hiro Nakajima from the 15-day disabled list and optioned him to Triple-A Sacramento, the club announced Thursday- 1 day 5 hr ago
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Former A's star Jose Canseco accused of sexual assault in Las Vegas
Inside Bay Area (Associated Press) — Las Vegas police are investigating a woman's allegations that former baseball player Jose Canseco sexually assaulted her- 1 day 9 hr ago
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A's lose series finale to Texas Rangers
Inside Bay Area (By Carl Steward <a href='mailto:csteward@b) — Oakland A's starter Jarrod Parker gives up three first-inning runs in 3-1 loss- 2 days ago
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Oakland A's defeat Texas Rangers 1-0
Inside Bay Area (By Carl Steward <a href='mailto:csteward@b) — Yoenis Cespedes' solo home run in the third inning was all the offense the Oakland A's needed as Dan Straily and two relievers shut out the Texas Rangers 1-0 Tuesday- 2 days ago
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Oakland A's defeat Texas Rangers 9-2
Inside Bay Area (By Carl Steward <a href='mailto:csteward@b) — Coco Crisp has three hits (two infield and a double), a walk, a run scored, an RBI groundout and a stolen base as the Oakland A's rout the Texas Rangers 9-2.- 3 days ago
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Oakland A's-Texas Rangers pitching matchups
Inside Bay Area (Bay Area News Group) — A's AT TEXASMonday: A's Bartolo Colon (3-2, 4.56) vs. Josh Lindblom (0-0, ---), 5:05 p.m. CSNCATuesday: Dan Straily (1-2, 7.- 4 days ago
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Oakland A's complete sweep of Kansas City Royals
Inside Bay Area (By John Hickey <a href='mailto:jhickey@bay) — Struggling Yoenis Cespedes opened the bottom of the eighth inning with his eighth home run Sunday, breaking a tie as the Oakland A's claimed a 4-3 victory over Kansas City, completing a three-game...- 4 days ago
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Céspedes' homer completes A's sweep
SFGate.com (Susan Slusser By Susan Slusser) — Céspedes' homer completes A's sweep San Francisco Chronicle - Copyright 2013 San Francisco Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or...- 4 days ago
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Escape artist Milone, A's edge Royals
SFGate.com (Susan Slusser) — Escape artist Milone, A's edge Royals - In the sixth, though, Oakland struck with just enough to ruin the second fine Royals pitching performance in as many nights, with Brandon Moss' RBI triple...- 5 days ago
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Oakland overcomes Santana
Inside Bay Area (By John Hickey <a href='mailto:jhickey@bay) — Nemesis pitches well again, but Milone emerges with win- 5 days ago
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A's activate Chris Young from disabled list
Inside Bay Area (By John Hickey <a href='mailto:jhickey@bay) — Oakland A's activate outfielder Chris Young, designate Daric Barton for assignment- 5 days ago
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A's follow bad news on Anderson with win
SFGate.com (Susan Slusser) — A's follow bad news on Anderson with win - On Friday, he hit a no-doubter to left in the eight inning, and it proved the deciding blow in the A's 2-1 victory over the Royals.Josh Donaldson's solo...- 6 days ago
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Oakland A's lefty Brett Anderson likely out until All-Star break
Inside Bay Area (By John Hickey <a href='mailto:jhickey@bay) — Athletics' opening day starter has stress fracture in his right foot; will be examined again inn about a month- 6 days ago
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Oakland A's lefty Brett Anderson may not pitch again before All-Star break
Inside Bay Area (By John Hickey <a href='mailto:jhickey@bay) — Athletics' opening day starter diagnosed with stress fracture in his foot- 7 days ago
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Oakland A's-Kansas City Royals pitching matchups
Inside Bay Area (Bay Area News Group) — A's VS. KANSAS CITYFriday: A's Jarrod Parker (2-5, 6.86) vs. James Shields (2-3, 2.48), 7:05 p.m. CSNCASaturday: Tommy Milone (3-5, 3.- 7 days ago
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Oakland A's outfield too banged up to be a strength
Inside Bay Area (By Jimmy Durkin <a href='mailto:jdurkin@ba) — Athletics already have had four of their five outfielders on the disabled list- 8 days ago
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Sputtering A's fall to Rangers 6-2
SFGate.com (Susan Slusser) — Sputtering A's fall to Rangers 6-2 - Chavez took over with two men on base and immediately - first pitch - served up a three-run homer to Nelson Cruz.In the fifth, Elvis Andrus reached on a...- 8 days ago
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Oakland A's lose series finale 6-2 to Texas Rangers
Inside Bay Area (By Jimmy Durkin <a href='mailto:jdurkin@ba) — A's fail to win another series, as starter Dan Straily struggles- 8 days ago
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A's won't get Brett Anderson back this week
Inside Bay Area (By Jimmy Durkin Bay Area News Group) — A's pitcher Brett Anderson is still feeling soreness in his sprained right ankle and won't be activated from the disabled list when he becomes eligible Thursday- 9 days ago
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Blog Articles
Possible All-Star Josh Donaldson’s unusual road to success
SFGate.com (sslusser@sfchronicle.com (Susan Slusser)) — From Chronicle Staff Writer Susan Slusser Josh Donaldson has a remarkable life story: His dad, Levon, was put in prison when Donaldson was just a tyke, but Donaldson’s amazing mother, Lisa...- New: 3 hr 31 min ago
A’s don’t hit when it counts, lose series finale to Rangers
SFGate.com (jshea@sfchronicle.com (John Shea)) — By John Shea ARLINGTON, Texas – Lost in all the commotion of Tuesday night’s 1-0 victory were all the missed chances by the A’s offense. The A’s stranded 11 runners and went 0-for-8 with men in...- 2 days ago
A’s looking for their second sweep in Arlington in the past eight years — and other cool pregame stuff
SFGate.com (jshea@sfchronicle.com (John Shea)) — John Shea reporting from Rangers Ballpark . . . The A’s aren’t counting on Jed Lowrie, one day after he was drilled by a Yu Darvish pitch on the right foot. Adam Rosales will play shortstop. Bob...- 2 days ago
Straily, A’s beat Rangers 1-0, Cespedes homer decides it
SFGate.com (jshea@sfchronicle.com (John Shea)) — By John Shea ARLINGTON, Texas – If there was a game the A’s were meant to lose in their three-game series against the Rangers, it was Tuesday’s. Yu Darvish vs. Dan Straily was all you had to know...- 2 days ago
Why Coco Crisp isn’t in A’s lineup against Yu Darvish — Crisp hits Darvish better than anyone on team — and other pregame stuff
SFGate.com (jshea@sfchronicle.com (John Shea)) — John Shea reporting from Rangers Ballpark . . . Rangers ace Yu Darvish is 7-1 with a 2.97 ERA and will face the A’s tonight for the first time since 2012. Speaking of 2012, the A’s did well...- 2 days ago
Bartolo Colon bullies first-place Rangers, A’s win 9-2
SFGate.com (jshea@sfchronicle.com (John Shea)) — By John Shea ARLINGTON, Texas – The standings matter in May. A win this month is as important as a win in September, as they say. “You can’t help but look at the standings every day,” A’s manager...- 3 days ago
News, notes and cuss words heading into tonight’s A’s-Rangers opener
SFGate.com (jshea@sfchronicle.com (John Shea)) — John Shea reporting from Rangers Ballpark . . . The A’s are catching a hot Rangers team again, and Bob Melvin said, “One of the things I look at is, who’s hot and who’s not. Not too many nots.”...- 3 days ago
Cespedes’ homer in 8th gives A’s sweep of Royals
SFGate.com (sslusser@sfchronicle.com (Susan Slusser)) — From Chronicle Staff Writer Susan Slusser at the Coliseum Yoenis Cespedes was hitting the ball hard in all directions much of this homestand, and it seemed just a matter of time before he snapped...- 4 days ago
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Sore leg keeps John Jaso out of A’s lineup, Josh Reddick update
SFGate.com (sslusser@sfchronicle.com (Susan Slusser)) — From Chronicle Staff Writer Susan Slusser at the Coliseum John Jaso isn’t in the lineup against a right-handed starter (Luis Mendoza), a rare occurrence, but manager Bob Melvin said that...- 5 days ago
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A’s beat Royals and nemesis Santana 2-1
SFGate.com (sslusser@sfchronicle.com (Susan Slusser)) — From Chronicle Staff Writer Susan Slusser at the Coliseum No solo homers by the A’s tonight, but there was still a strong whiff of deja vu – Oakland beat the Royals by a 2-1 score for...- 5 days ago
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A’s news: Chris Young is back, Daric Barton designated and more
SFGate.com (sslusser@sfchronicle.com (Susan Slusser)) — From Chronicle Staff Writer Susan Slusser at the Coliseum As expected, Chris Young (quad) returned from the DL today, but the big question was: who would go to make room for him? The A’s had...- 5 days ago
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Rosales’ homer is good this time, A’s beat Royals
SFGate.com (sslusser@sfchronicle.com (Susan Slusser)) — From Chronicle Staff Writer Susan Slusser at the Coliseum Nine days earlier, Adam Rosales had a clear game-tying home run disallowed at Cleveland. On Friday, he hit a drive well out to left in the...- 6 days ago
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Brett Anderson to miss four-plus weeks; Hideki Okajima joins A’s
SFGate.com (sslusser@sfchronicle.com (Susan Slusser)) — From Chronicle Staff Writer Susan Slusser at the Coliseum The A’s just announced that Brett Anderson has a stress fracture in his right foot and will be re-evaluated again in four weeks,...- 7 days ago
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Cespedes gets advice from Rickey, Moss’ friend in draft
SFGate.com (sslusser@sfchronicle.com (Susan Slusser)) — From Chronicle Staff Writer Susan Slusser In today’s Chronicle A’s notebook, Rickey Henderson tells me about the work he’s doing with Yoenis Cespedes on his sliding –...- 8 days ago
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Straily shaky, Rangers beat A’s 6-2 to take series
SFGate.com (sslusser@sfchronicle.com (Susan Slusser)) — From Chronicle Staff Writer Susan Slusser at the Coliseum Even the addition of Coco Crisp back at the top of the Oakland lineup didn’t help the sleepy A’s offense. Alexi Ogando no-hit...- 9 days ago
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Coco Crisp back, but Brett Anderson’s return delayed
SFGate.com (sslusser@sfchronicle.com (Susan Slusser)) — From Chronicle Staff Writer Susan Slusser at the Coliseum Coco Crisp was reinstated today and is back atop the A’s lineup – a significant development for Oakland, which always...- 9 days ago
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Rangers 6, A’s 5 (10 innings)
SFGate.com (skroner@sfchronicle.com (Steve Kroner)) — By Steve Kroner Before Tuesday night, the A’s bullpen owned a 6-0 record this season. The ’pen’s record is unblemished no longer. Texas’ Adrian Beltre jumped on a 3-0 Chris Resop pitch with...- 9 days ago
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Injury updates, PFPs and an upside-down stomach
SFGate.com (skroner@sfchronicle.com (Steve Kroner)) — Steve Kroner subbing for Susan Slusser for Game 2 of the Texas series at the Coliseum: First, your daily OOU (Oakland Outfielder Update): Manager Bob Melvin sounded pretty confident that Coco...- 9 days ago
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A’s beat Rangers 5-1 — same old story
SFGate.com (jshea@sfchronicle.com (John Shea)) — By John Shea Like any manager, Bob Melvin would prefer his players to look ahead, not behind. Except in the case of Monday night. The Rangers arrived at the Coliseum on a roll, winning seven of...- 10 days ago
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Rangers at Coliseum for first time since dramatic A’s sweep in October — and other tidbits
SFGate.com (jshea@sfchronicle.com (John Shea)) — John Shea reporting from the Coliseum . . . Coco Crisp (strained left hamstring) was looking good in batting practicing and chasing down fly balls before the game, and Bob Melvin was positive...- 10 days ago
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