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Yesterday | Major League Baseball

Power, veteran pitching areas of need

Power on the corners: The A's had a pronounced lack of pop in 2009, so they're surely on the lookout for hitters capable of regularly driving the ball out of the spacious confines of Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.

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Related Topix: Sports, Oakland Athletics, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Eric Chavez, Jake Fox, Chicago Cubs, Justin Duchscherer

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Baseball America

Cardinals Top 10 Prospects

Calvin Hayes, ss Out of baseball 2003 Daric Barton, c Athletics 2004 Chris Lambert, rhp Orioles 2005 Colby Rasmus, of Cardinals 2006 Adam Ottavino, rhp Cardinals 2007 Pete Kozma, ss Cardinals 2008 Brett Wallace, 3b Athletics 2009 Shelby Miller, rhp Cardinals CARDINALS LINKS T he Cardinals didn't view their series of win-now trades in 2009 as a ...

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Related Topix: Sports, St. Louis Cardinals, Major League Baseball, Colby Rasmus, Baseball Players, Adam Ottavino, Oakland Athletics, Mark DeRosa

Fri Nov 20, 2009

SFGate

Keeping Wallace on third

John Sickels has an interesting interview with Billy Beane on Minor League Ball.

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Related Topix: Sports, Oakland Athletics, Major League Baseball

Sun Nov 01, 2009

DRays Bay

Trade Strings: Keeping Talent Alive, or Delmon Young and Victor Zambrano Still Live

Like middle-school history teachers always say, "You can't know where you're going until you know where you've been." With the off-season coming up, and the probability that the Rays will make some trades during it rather high, it's a perfect time to take a retrospective look at many of the trades the Rays have made in the past and attempt to glean ...

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Related Topix: Sports, Delmon Young, Baseball Players

Sat Oct 10, 2009

San Francisco Chronicle

Another slog ahead: Hitting rebuild next

If the A's were conducting a clinical trial or product testing, this past season might be considered Phase 1: Pitching.

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Related Topix: Sports, Oakland Athletics, Major League Baseball, Justin Duchscherer, Baseball Players, Jack Cust, Eric Chavez, Landon Powell

Thu Oct 08, 2009

Major League Baseball

Skaalen gets credit for offensive surge

In addition to batting .297 in September, the second-best mark in the Majors behind the Yankees' .299, the A's led the Major in runs , doubles and stolen bases , ranked second in hits and third in extra-base hits and slugging percentage for the month.

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Related Topix: Sports, Oakland Athletics, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Kurt Suzuki, Travis Buck, Cliff Pennington

Tue Oct 06, 2009

SFGate

A's close season with 7th straight loss

A promising final stretch of the season ended with a thud for the A's. Oakland did little in the way of hitting in the last week of the season and dropped seven games in a row to conclude 2009, including a 5-3 loss to the Angels on Sunday at the Coliseum.

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Related Topix: Sports, American League West, American League, Major League Baseball, Oakland Athletics, Los Angeles Angels, Baseball Players, Mark Ellis, Bobby Crosby

Mon Oct 05, 2009

Contra Costa Times

Beane is vowing to stay course

A's general manager Billy Beane didn't sugarcoat things during his season-ending media address Monday afternoon at the Oakland Coliseum.

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Related Topix: Sports, Oakland Athletics, Major League Baseball, American League West, American League, Baseball Players, Dallas Braden, Justin Duchscherer

Sun Oct 04, 2009

San Jose Mercury News

A's close season with seventh straight loss

A's players trickled out of the Oakland Coliseum following Sunday's 5-3 season-ending loss to the Los Angeles Angels.

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Related Topix: Sports, Oakland Athletics, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Nomar Garciaparra, Rajai Davis, Eric Patterson, Cliff Pennington

Sat Oct 03, 2009

The Press-Enterprise

Weaver sharp in final tuneup

Juan Rivera hit his 25th home run to help Jered Weaver end a three-start losing streak as the Angels sent the Athletics to their fifth straight loss, 5-2, Friday night.

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Related Topix: Sports, Los Angeles Angels, Major League Baseball, American League West, American League, Oakland Athletics, Baseball Players, Rajai Davis, Gio Gonzalez

San Jose Mercury News

A's hope their September's not fool's gold

In the A's ideal world, their terrific stretch of play in September won't go to waste.

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Related Topix: Sports, Oakland Athletics, Baseball Players, Mark Ellis, Cliff Pennington

Thu Oct 01, 2009

Sports Network

Fister, Sweeney pace Mariners over A's

Mike Sweeney's two-run single in the fifth inning was the eventual game-winner, as Seattle edged Oakland, 4-2, to sweep a three-game set at Safeco Field.

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Related Topix: Sports, Seattle Mariners, Major League Baseball, Oakland Athletics, Mike Sweeney, Baseball Players, Adrian Beltre, Jack Cust

Seattle Times

Brandon Morrow dazzles A's in 7-0 victory

If Ken Griffey Jr.'s days are indeed winding down, he's going out with a grand flourish.

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Related Topix: Sports, Oakland Athletics, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Brandon Morrow, Seattle Mariners, Adam Moore, Kenji Johjima

Wed Sep 30, 2009

Major League Baseball

A's Powell plans to expand repertoire

A's rookie catcher Landon Powell got his 28th start of the season behind the plate on Thursday, and he knows his number of starts won't dramatically increase in 2010 barring an injury to ironman Kurt Suzuki.

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Related Topix: Sports, Oakland Athletics, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Landon Powell, Kurt Suzuki

Mon Sep 28, 2009

UPI

MLB: Oakland 15, LA Angels 10

Jack Cust and Kurt Suzuki hit two-run homers Saturday, leading Oakland to a wild 15-10 win over the LA Angels.

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Related Topix: Sports, Los Angeles Angels, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Jack Cust, Kurt Suzuki, Mark Ellis

Sun Sep 27, 2009

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Suzuki again provides power to an A's comeback win

A's manager Bob Geren said before Saturday's game that catcher Kurt Suzuki could fit anywhere from second to seventh in a major league batting order.

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Related Topix: Sports, Oakland Athletics, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Kurt Suzuki, Jack Cust, Mark Ellis, Cliff Pennington

Major League Baseball

Huge lead turns into crushing loss

The Angels finally busted out offensively on Saturday night. But they weren't alone.

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Related Topix: Sports, Los Angeles Angels, Major League Baseball, American League West, American League, Oakland Athletics, Baseball Players, Kurt Suzuki, Jack Cust

Fri Sep 25, 2009

Whittier Daily News

ANGELS: No fireworks for home team in 3-0 loss to Athletics

Perhaps the Angels should have set off the traditional Friday night fireworks before their game against the Oakland Athletics.

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Related Topix: Sports, Los Angeles Angels, Major League Baseball, Oakland Athletics, Baseball Players, Gio Gonzalez

Star-telegram.com

Texas Rangers' Scott Feldman finally hits bump on the road

By JEFF WILSON OAKLAND, Calif. - No pitcher in Texas Rangers history has ever had the road success that Scott Feldman has experienced this season.The right-hander entered Thursday with victories in eight consecutive road starts and 12 wins away from home.

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Related Topix: Sports, Texas Rangers, Major League Baseball, Scott Feldman, Baseball Players, Oakland Athletics, Jack Cust

Thu Sep 24, 2009

KIRO-TV Seattle

Patterson Paces A's To Rout Of Rangers

Eric Patterson finished with a pair of hits and three RBI as Oakland rebounded from an early deficit to down Texas, 12-3, in the finale of a four-game series.

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Related Topix: Sports, American League West, American League, Major League Baseball, Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers, Baseball Players, Eric Patterson, Cliff Pennington

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