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Darvish Fails to Halt Skid
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One of the biggest qualities of a Major League Baseball ace pitcher is that he can be counted on to take the ball every fifth day and win a game, in theory stopping teams from going on long, extended losing streaks no matter how bad of shape they're in. Comment?
Lowrie held out of starting lineup with contusion
Infielder Jed Lowrie's bruised right foot was sore enough to keep him out of the starting lineup in Texas on Wednesday, but not enough for his manager to rule him out of entering the game at some point. Comment?
Predictable Outcomes! Athletics Win 1-0 as Dan Straily Outduels Yu Darvish
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... the previous paragraph and the exact opposite was what I expected to see. May 15, 2013; Oakland, CA, USA; Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Dan Straily (67) pitches the ball against the Texas Rangers during the third inning at O.co Coliseum. ... Comment?
Rangers top A's 3-1 in Wolf's 1st big league start
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... in his first major league start and the Texas Rangers avoided a sweep with a 3-1 victory against the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday. The 30-year-old Wolf was making his first big league appearance since Oct. 1, 2010, as a reliever with Oakland. He ... Comment?
Oakland A's defeat Texas Rangers 1-0
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Dan Straily tuned in to the MLB Network in his hotel room Tuesday to hear all the hype about Texas Rangers ace Yu Darvish's upcoming start that night. Comment?
Straily, Cespedes push A's past Rangers 1-0
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Rookie right-hander Dan Straily pitched seven scoreless innings and Yoenis Cespedes homered as the Oakland Athletics won their fifth straight game, 1-0 over the Texas Rangers and Yu Darvish on Tuesday night. Comment?
Smith, Colon lead Athletics past Rangers 9-2
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Seth Smith homered and scored three times, Bartolo Colon pitched seven strong innings for his first win in nearly a month and the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 9-2 on Monday night. Comment?
Three straight one-run wins and a series sweep of slumping Kansas City might be just the thing to get the Oakland Athletics going again. Comment?
MLB: Athletics remove Resop from roster
- The Oakland Athletics have designated struggling reliever Chris Resop for assignment and promoted left-hander Hideki Okajima from Triple-A Sacramento. Resop, a Barron Collier graduate, appeared in 18 games for Oakland, going 1-1 with a 6.00 earned ... Comment?
Rangers beat A's, making winner out of Ross Wolf in first MLB start
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David Murphy and Adrian Beltre homered in a three-run first inning, Ross Wolf was strong in his first major league start and the Texas Rangers avoided a sweep with a 3-1 victory against the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday. Comment?
GOG 2013 #16 - Oakland A's @ Houston Lastros
The Astros have lost 16 games against AL West opponents - six of those losses were delivered by our very own Oakland Athletics. Comment?
Rookie right-hander Dan Straily pitched seven scoreless innings and Yoenis Cespedes homered as the Oakland Athletics won their fifth straight game, 1-0 over the Texas Rangers and Yu Darvish on Tuesday night. Comment?
Straily, Cespedes help A's edge Rangers
Yoenis Cespedes homered for the game's only run and Dan Straily spun seven stellar innings of two-hit ball to lift the Oakland Athletics over the Texas Rangers, 1-0, in the second installment of a three-game set at Rangers Ballpark. Comment?
DLD 5-21-2013: Texas edition
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Speaking of food, there is a great feature on MiLB.com about minor league foods . Comment?
Introducing Three New Contributors
... market on a daily basis. He will be writing about the sales, marketing and business management of the Oakland Athletics. In doing so, he hopes to continue a family tradition of fine sports writing established by his brother, Kevin Nelson, author of ... Comment?
Darvish Fails to Halt Skid
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One of the biggest qualities of a Major League Baseball ace pitcher is that he can be counted on to take the ball every fifth day and win a game, in theory stopping teams from going on long, extended losing streaks no matter how bad of shape they're in. Comment?
MLB: Oakland A's defeat Texas Rangers 9-2
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Let's face it, the A's are just a dramatically different team when Coco Crisp and Yoenis Cespedes are anchoring Oakland's lineup together. Comment?
Colon, A's cool off Rangers, 9-2
... turn 40 on Friday, got his 19th career win against the Rangers. Photo: Jim Cowsert, Associated Press Oakland Athletics first baseman Nate Freiman (7) forces out Texas Rangers' Lance Berkman (27) on a grounder during the ninth inning of a baseball ... Comment?
A's beat Rangers and ace Darvish 1-0
Dan Straily had his best game in the majors as the A's beat the Rangers 1-0. Photo: Jim Cowsert, Associated Press The Oakland Athletics' Jed Lowrie reacts after being hit by a pitch from the Texas Rangers' Yu Darvish in the fifth inning at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. Comment?
Game Thread #47: A's at Rangers
The real 2013 A's have appeared to show up for the last week or so. The A's will attempt to take the series today against a tough customer in Yu Darvish. Comment?