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Despite officials’ advice that “everyone should stay indoors” due to wildfire smoke, the Mariners and A’s still played Monday
Seattle-area officials have urged everyone to stay indoors if possible, but the Mariners are still playing a doubleheader against the A's.
Matt Chapman is done for the season, and that’s a huge blow to the A’s title chances
Matt Chapman may be the best defensive player in baseball, to go with bringing plenty of power at the plate.
Teddy bear takes foul ball to the head in Oakland
Extend the netting!
Mets’ C Bruce Maxwell tells Real Sports about backlash he got after kneeling in 2017: “I had people threaten to blow my house...
"I had people threaten to blow my house up. I had people threaten to set my house on fire. I had one person say he was gonna track me down and blow my car up while I was driving."
A’s CF Ramon Laureano robs Brian Goodwin of a home run
Yeah, he's the guy from the brawl- and one heck of a defender.
Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron suspended 20 games, A’s OF Ramon Laureano suspended 6 games for roles in brawl
Cintron allegedly said something vile in Spanish about Laureano's mother.
The Oakland A’s now have two walk-off grand slams in 2020; no team has ever hit three in a season
Having two walk-off grand slams just 11 games into the season is incredible.
Oakland A’s skip annual $1.2 million rent payment, claim “no ability to pay” despite owner’s billions
"They said because they haven’t used it, they were not able to generate revenue and they have no ability to pay,”
First at-bat of AL Wild Card Game sees surprising starter Yandy Diaz hit a home run
This was quite the start for the Rays.
The A’s ran a “Rooted In Oakland” ad in an Australian newspaper, where that translates as “Fucked In Oakland”
"Root: A Kiwi/Australian slang that is used in place of the more commonly used term 'fuck.'"
A’s make back-to-back ridiculous defensive plays to keep Mike Fiers’ no-hit bid alive
Mike Fiers entered the sixth inning of Tuesday night’s Reds-Athletics game with a no-hitter, and he was incredibly...
At age seven, current A’s call-up Skye Bolt appeared in a 2001 Ingles supermarket commercial with Greg Maddux
“I guess I was a cute kid. But I got to the age of about 10, and my buddies at school were giving me heck about it. And I decided I was gonna be an athlete, and I told my mom, ‘I’ve got to stop doing this.’”
Khris Davis can’t stop cranking dingers, will probably still bat .247
Oakland A’s slugger Khris Davis led the majors in home runs in 2018 with 48 (for his third...
