Oakland Athletics News

The league is being sued by the San Jose City Council for telling the Oakland Athletics that they cannot move to San Jose, according to ABC 7 News: #BREAKING : The San Jose City Council has voted to sue #MLB for refusing to let the Oakland #Athletics move to San Jose.

Major League Baseball is dragging its feet on having team owners vote on the Oakland Athletics' proposed move to a new ballpark 40 miles south in San Jose, San Jose city officials said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

After putting together one of the finest offensive seasons in Oregon baseball history, Ryon Healy is officially moving on to pro ball.

The 2013 Oakland Athletics have performed very well through the first 2.5 months of the season, however, there is always room for improvement.

Rena Reynolds of Rockwall, Texas shows some creativity with her headwear before the Oakland Athletics play the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas on Monday June 17, 2013 .

The Rangers had scored only eight runs during what was the longest active skid in the majors, and all six losses came at home.

Oakland currently holds a three-game lead in the division over the second-place Rangers.

A's owner Lew Wolff said Monday he has no plans to talk to baseball commissioner Bud Selig about the urgency of the club's stadium situation in the wake of a drainage issue that flooded the Coliseum's baseball clubhouses with sewage on Sunday.

Oakland A's management says the sewage pipes at the 47-year-old O.co stadium routinely overflow.

A's reliever Dan Otero has pitched on consecutive days since he was called up Friday when Hideki Okajima was optioned to Sacramento.

MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH The Athletics are playing extremely well -- they've won 22 of their past 29 games - but their building isn't in the best of shape.

The A's start their 7 game roadtrip with a four game set in Texas. So far, Texas has lost 6 games in a row! Can the A's keep this trend alive? The A's come in to the series 3 games ahead of Texas in the standings, and hope to come out of this series ahead by even more! Let's Go A's! 2. Heavy Hitters: Beltre, Cruz and Moreland combined have averaged ... (more)

Bartolo Colon worked seven strong innings to win his sixth straight decision, Josh Reddick homered and matched a career high with four hits, and the Oakland Athletics avoided a sweep with a 10-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.

Mark Teixeira of the Yankees reacts after popping out in the first inning of their game against the Oakland Athletics at O.co Coliseum.

The 2012 season hadn't even ended before the Oakland Athletics made their first deal of their offseason.

John Jaso has been a hit everywhere he's gone in baseball -- from McKinleyville High to the major leagues, this season with the Oakland A's.

If only A.J. Griffin could be allowed to start and finish a game while getting some help in the middle parts.

The beauty of baseball is that the A's dead sprint into the 2012 playoffs felt magical, too magical to be repeated, only to have their impressive charge toward the halfway point of this season drag us toward the undiluted truth.

Older, but no less sharp of mind, Henry Blanco instantly conjured up the memory of his only other big-league grand slam.

While some veterans such as Bartolo Colon and Francisco Liriano are having bounce-back seasons, young guns such as Patrick Corbin and Mike Minor are stepping into the limelight.