Oakland Athletics News

Short answer: No. But remember in 2001 when the A's tanked out of the gate with Johnny Damon in LF and Terrence Long in CF, and then finally, in May, switched them -- and the team just took off and never looked back? In 2013, Oakland went with Jed Lowrie at SS for 6 weeks as Lowrie accumulated 5 errors and defensive zone ratings ranking somewhere ... (more)

Yoenis Cespedes has been playing in the big leagues for less than a season and a half, but his eight years' worth of experience playing in Cuba before that helped engineer the A's 4-3 win Sunday over Kansas City, completing a three-game sweep of the Royals.

Daric Barton has been DFA's by the A's for the second time this season. This time to make room for Chris Young.

For the second night in a row, the A's collect a 2-1 win behind a strong starting pitching performance and timely hitting.

On an evening in which a sellout crowd at the O.co Coliseum was treated to post-game fireworks, the Oakland A's treated their fans to even more reason to celebrate by defeating the Kansas City Royals 2-1 for the second consecutive night.

Short trip for Barton, as scarcely 8 games later, Daric is DFA'd for the second time by the A's. Barton played 8 games for the A's, filling in at 1B and allowing the A's to shift Brandon Moss to the OF.

The possibility of winning a record Powerball jackpot was a big draw Saturday for area stores selling lottery tickets.

Barry Zito was compared to Bill "Spaceman" Lee, it took a lot of money to sign Mark McGwire because his dad was a dentist, Eric Chavez was only a fair student in high school ... and other insights gleaned from old scouting reports.

James Shields continues to pitch like the No. 1 guy the Royals expected when they acquired him in that big off-season deal from Tampa Bay.

The 2003 Detroit Tigers , the team that quite possibly turned around the fortunes of the franchise , actually rode into the seventh week of the season on a high note.

In a move that really will surprise nobody, the Oakland Athletics have designated reliever Chris Resop for assignment, and replaced him with veteran lefty Hideki Okajima .

The A's had an amazing 2012 season culminating in an AL West Crown. Their recipe was simple yet executed to simplistic perfection; pitching, defense, and clutch hits from the entire lineup, 1-9. Fast forward to this season.

The Oakland A's received some bad news Friday about the ace of their pitching staff, Brett Anderson .

Well, well. It's amazing what a little motivation can do as the A's turn a 1-0 deficit into a dramatic 2-1 win as their excellent pitching is helped by two solo homeruns; just enough offense to win the game.

Oakland Athletics left-hander Brett Anderson could miss up to six weeks after he was diagnosed with a stress fracture in his right foot.

Sergio Perez, hoping to revive his career with the Oakland A's organization, rebounded from a disastrous outing with four solid innings in the Ports' 14-4 victory over the Bakersfield Blaze on Thursday at Stockton Ballpark.

James Shields has put together plenty of strong outings this season for the Kansas City Royals, but victories have still been hard to come by.

Back on April 17th , the Oakland Athletics were sitting pretty atop the American League West, sporting a gaudy 12-4 record.

Stop right there. I know. Brandon Moss is the uncontested first baseman of the Oakland Athletics.

Do you think it's time to shake up the A's roster? Clearly the guys on it now aren't getting the job done, so why wait any longer to make some moves? -- Brock H., Martinez, Calif.