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Game Thread #88: Athletics at Mariners

The A’s are playing a rare Saturday night game, the second to last game before the sorely needed All Star Break. With Jharel...

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Oakland A’s call up Chris Smith for spot start

The Oakland A’s announced a few roster moves Saturday morning. The highlight is pitcher Chris Smith being called up to make a spot...

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Gray Area: What The A’s Should Be Seeking

To hear from the national media, Sonny Gray is the “belle of the ball” this trading season, the most coveted deadline acquisition teams...

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Game #87: A’s Fall To Mariners

For a hot minute tonight, it looked like the A’s would find a way to win a game in which they were outhit...

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MLB trade rumors: Sonny Gray drawing interest from Brewers

The Milwaukee Brewers have joined the list of potential trade suitors for Oakland A’s pitcher Sonny Gray, according to Jon Morosi of Fox...

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Game #86: A’s nab Melvin’s 500th win, 7-4 over Mariners

The A’s started the scoring in a hurry. Matt Joyce led off the game with a single, Marcus Semien walked in his first...

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Athletics at Mariners: Mariners Sinking

Hypothetically, the A’s could end this series not in last place. As the A’s travel up to Seattle for a final four game...

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Game Thread #86: A’s at Mariners

For the beginning of the end [of the first half] the A’s will send Paul Blackburn to the mound. He was stellar in...

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Oakland A’s activate Marcus Semien, place Jharel Cotton on DL

The Oakland A’s activated shortstop Marcus Semien from the 60-day disabled list on Thursday, the team announced. To make room on the 25-man...

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On Paul Blackburn’s debut and Jesse Hahn’s demotion

First things first, big league debuts are awesome. Even when they go poorly, watching a (usually) young man’s dream come to fruition is...

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How Replay Is Ruining The Great Game Of Baseball

No, this isn’t going to be a post on how replay is a bad idea and touting the “human element” — anyone familiar...

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Game #85: A’s 7, White Sox 4

If this was Sonny Gray’s final start in Oakland, it was a good one. Gray allowed just 2 earned runs in 6 innings...

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Oakland A’s place Josh Phegley on paternity leave, call up Ryan Lavarnway

The Oakland A’s placed catcher Josh Phegley on paternity leave, the team announced Wednesday. To replace him on the roster, catcher Ryan Lavarnway...

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Eyeball Scout Tears Up At Gossett, Brugman

The Eyeball Scout has gotten a longer look at both Daniel Gossett and Jaycob Brugman. Does familiarity breed contempt, or does it bring...

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Game #84: Barreto Wins Home Run Derby with Walk-off

Game #84: Barreto Wins Home Run Derby with Walk-off – Athletics Nationclockmenumore-arrowAthletics_Nation_minimalStubhub Logo Happy 4th! Oakland’s 6-game losing streak is snapped with a...