Game 22 wrapup: Lack of replay frustrates Lowrie; Young won’t panic with slow...
Jed Lowrie says he’s long been a proponent of expanded use of replay in baseball games. Some replay Wednesday might have turned the tide for the A’s shortstop and his team, but it was not to be....
View Article1973 A’s knew something about struggling in April
You know who knows something about April struggles? Besides the current crop of A’s, of course. Well, members of the 1973 World Series championship A’s team are here this weekend, and they lived it....
View ArticleGame 24 wrapup: Lowrie could be looking shuttling between shortstop and...
Jed Lowrie was confronted with something odd Friday. He came to the Coliseum and saw his name in the lineup, as usual. He was listed as the second baseman, which was anything but usual. He was a...
View ArticleCespedes back; will he bring A’s offense with him?
How important can one player be on a 25-man roster? The A’s may be about to find out. If past experience is any guide, the return of Yoenis Cespedes Sunday could be a sign that happy days may once more...
View ArticleGame 26 wrapup: Blevins gives A’s shutdown they need; Donaldson continues to...
If there was an unsung hero in the A’s bringing a streak of eight losses in nine games to a close Sunday, his name would be Jerry Blevins. All he did was get three outs. What’s the big deal you say?...
View ArticleA’s take Jason Collins’ coming out in stride
A’s reliever Jerry Blevins was impressed that veteran NBA center Jason Collins came out as gay Monday. So much so that he tweeted this: @JerryBlevins_13: Good for you, Jason Collins. #strength #courage...
View ArticleGame 27 wrapup: Straily’s long, strange night of watching TV; Blevins happy...
Dan Straily stood up, looked at the questioner and asked, “did I pitch in this game?’’ That’s the kind of night it was for the A’s. Straily, called up from Triple-A because Brett Anderson’s sprained...
View ArticleAnderson willing to pay price for A’s win Monday
If the cost for winning Monday’s 19-inning monster of a game was a trip to the disabled list, A’s starter Brett Anderson was willing to pay it. Anderson was supposed to have the night off. Dan Straily...
View ArticleGame 29 wrapup: Montz an immediate contributor; Milone’s long day on the...
Luke Montz was just trying to be a good teammate Tuesday night. A veteran catcher on the roster of the Sacramento River Cats, he was on the bench in Fresno when he and his teammates saw plenty not to...
View ArticleGame 30 wrapup: Rosales listens to Young, then homers; Doolittle gets...
The last time Adam Rosales had done any serious work as the leadoff hitter anywhere was in 2007 when he was playing in Double-A for Chattanooga. What worked back then was to “attack the first or second...
View ArticleYoung becomes third A’s player to land on DL as a result of 19-inning win...
In retrospect it’s become increasingly important that the A’s won Monday’s 19-inning, six-hour, 32-minute marathon against the Angels in Oakland, because the negative repercussions from that game just...
View ArticleGame 31 wrapup: Jaso’s friendship with Ichiro tested by catch; Reddick...
A’s catcher John Jaso thought he’d done on Saturday what Adam Rosales did on Friday, hitting a homer as the first man to bat for the A’s against the Yankees. The ball was long enough, but it was pulled...
View ArticleSmith making his case for more at-bats vs. lefties
For a man who has been primarily a platoon player in a Major League career that career that dates back to 2007, Seth Smith is looking decidedly un-platoonish these days. Smith, a left-hander, came into...
View ArticleChris Young returns to Oakland for injury rehab
The A’s sent Chris Young back to Oakland so the outfielder, currently on the 15-day disabled list, can join the rest of the group working with rehab coordinator Brian Schulman. Young (left quad)...
View ArticleGame 32 wrapup: Cespedes sends mom a signal; Donaldson HR no guess; Montz...
It’s not sign language, but it might as well be. After circling the bases on his fifth-inning two-run homer, the A’s Yoenis Cespedes stuck out his two index fingers, pointed them at the crowd behind...
View ArticleGiambi, Swisher see Indians built in mold of A’s
Jason Giambi looks at Nick Swisher and he sees himself at a younger age. Cleveland cleanup hitter Swisher looks at Giambi and sees the player he idolized while coming up in the Oakland organization....
View ArticleGame 33 wrapup: Resop mired in nasty stretch; Reddick irritated by bases...
Chris Resop knew he wasn’t going to pitch as well all season as he did in the season’s first two weeks. The right-handed reliever pitched in seven games, didn’t give up a run and barely allowed a loud...
View ArticleBarton goes from least likely to back on A’s roster
If there was one player in the A’s spring training camp that seemed the least likely to make it onto the Oakland roster in 2013, Daric Barton would have gotten many, if not most, of the votes. He is a...
View ArticleBarton back with a new attitude and second chance
UPDATED If there was one player in the A’s spring training camp that seemed the least likely to make it onto the Oakland roster in 2013, Daric Barton would have gotten many, if not most, of the votes....
View ArticleBlown homer call by umpiring crew in Cleveland renders all other facets of...
Earlier this year, A’s manager Bob Melvin was talking about the need for more instant replay in games, including “boundary calls,’’ fair or foul down the lines, to be included in elements that could be...
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