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Giambi leaves with bruised right elbow
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People: Billy Beane movie might be back on track
Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane, left, answers questions from a reporter at a press conference to announce the re-signing of former Athletics' slugger Jason Giambi, center, who spent seven years in New York with the Yankees before returning to Oakland as a free agent, Wednesday, Jan.
Posted by: Matt Dollinger July 7, 2009, 2:13 PM With baseball honoring its All-Stars next week, I've decided to honor the game's No-Stars this week.
Francisco finds touch on offense for Tribe
CLEVELAND: Just when Ben Francisco was beginning to slide off the Indians' radar screen, he has forced his attention on manager Eric Wedge and General Manager Mark Shapiro, shifting their gaze away from Matt LaPorta, who is laboring in Columbus.
Gonzalez pitches A's past Indians, 5-2
Gio Gonzalez pitched six strong innings for his first win of the season and the Oakland Athletics beat the Cleveland Indians 5-2 on Sunday.
Ellis absence to open up options at third
Picked up in early May to fill in for injured second baseman Mark Ellis, Adam Kennedy made his first career start at third base when Ellis came off the disabled list Sunday, and he's been on the hot corner all week.
Taiwan s Ni pitches, but Tigers mauled by Athletics
Taiwan s Ni Fu-te of the Detroit Tigers pitches against the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday in Oakland, California.
Director's script revisions might have doomed 'Moneyball' movie
It's never an easy decision when a studio head has to pull the plug on a big movie, as Amy Pascal did recently when she shut down "Moneyball," a $58 million Steven Soderbergh film set to star Brad Pitt as Billy Beane, the maverick general manager of the Oakland A's who almost single-handedly reinvented the way baseball scouts and develops young ...
Cust, Giambi lead A's past Tigers
Jason Giambi and Jack Cust broke out of funks with two-run homers, Dallas Braden ended a four-start winless stretch and the Oakland Athletics beat the Detroit Tigers 5-1 Wednesday.
Taiwanese lefty Ni makes MLB debut
Taiwanese sidearming lefty Ni Fu-te yesterday made his Major League Baseball debut as a reliever for the Detroit Tigers during a game versus the Oakland Athletics, making him the sixth major leaguer from Taiwan, and the first Taiwanese pitcher in the Tigers' history.
Athletics squander plenty of chances
On a night the A's honored their 1989 team, the one that beat San Francisco to win the World Series, the present-day Giants went out and squashed the A's hopes time and again at the Coliseum.
A's loss to Rockies is a real throwaway
The stage was set for Matt Holliday as he stepped into the batter's box with runners on the corners and the A's down by three runs with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning.
MLB: Lincecum goes the distance as Giants take Bay Bridge season series
OAKLAND, Calif. - What if the 1989 Giants had Tim Lincecum to run out against Dave Stewart? "It'd have been really interesting, and I'll leave it at that," said Carney Lansford, the Giants' hitting coach and '89 A's third baseman.
Lincecum riddles A's again as Giants roll
Tim Lincecum had 12 strikeouts and threw his fourth career complete game, shutting down Oakland for the second time this year, as the Giants beat the Athletics, 4-1, in the middle installment of a three-game series.
'Sore' Giambi likely to return as DH
A's manager Bob Geren said he didn't start Jason Giambi on Monday night because the 38-year-old first baseman/designated hitter's "body is a little sore." The natural question that followed: What part of his body? Geren's comedic response: "Uh huh.
A's hitters follow lead of Gonzalez
Edgar Gonzalez became the first A's reliever in 39 years to record two hits in a game Friday night.
Cabrera rallies A's past Padres
Orlando Cabrera's two-run double in the eighth inning gave Oakland the lead, and the Athletics took a 7-5 win over the San Diego Padres in the opener of a three-game interleague set.
Davis delivers in A's win over Twins
OAKLAND The Athletics ' game-winning rally Thursday afternoon unfolded in unlikely fashion, and the characters involved weren't the usual suspects either.
A's try again to regroup in LA
Though they showed signs of breaking out of their offensive slump, the Athletics still couldn't avoid a fourth straight loss.
A's, Dodgers open series at Chavez Ravine
After failing to muster much offense this past weekend, the Oakland Athletics hope to get on track versus the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight in the start of a three-game series at Chavez Ravine.