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Manny Ramirez Will Make Oakland Athletics Debut on May 30
The long awaited return of Manny Ramirez is almost here. The Oakland Athletics announced that Manny Ramirez will make his season debut on his 40th birthday. Manny Ramirez will begin his rehab assignment with Triple-A Sacramento shortly, and will be recalled on May 30th, the first day he’s eligible to return. Despite all of his [...]
TweetBrandon Inge’s Walk Off Grand Slam Gets The Oakland Athletics Past The Toronto Blue Jays
It was seen as a low-risk move by the Oakland Athletics to sign Brandon Inge after he was let go by the Detroit Tigers. Offensively there didn’t seem to be high expectations for him as he had struggled in 2011 hitting just .197 in 102 games in 2011 and starting the 2012 season hitting just [...]
TweetFantasy Baseball Players To Buy, Sell and Hold
I can’t believe it has already been a whole month of baseball. So far, there have been some surprises with up-and-coming players arriving and making quite a splash. If you are an avid fantasy baseball player like me, you have been paying very close attention to that waiver wire. Let’s take a look at some [...]
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Dan Canova’s Power Rankings: Top 5 Teams of Week 4 in Major League Baseball
The real question is Matt Kemp ever going to cool down? Or is Albert Pujols even going to break 20 homeruns this year? What is going on in Major League Baseball? The Rangers continue to win. The Angels continue to lose. The Cardinals don’t need Albert Pujols. And the Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins [...]
TweetOakland Athletics Pitcher Brandon McCarthy Just Made Fans In The Gay Community
Oakland Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy has found the way to make the best of Twitter’s 140-character allotment. Last week after a game against Anaheim he sent out this tweet: McCarthy, 28, is a smart cookie. He also isn’t the first to realize how terrible and homophobic this is. A couple of years ago, gay fans in [...]
TweetVideo: Frank Thomas Shoots the Puck During a Chicago Blackhawks Game
Chicago White Sox future Hall of Fame 1B/DH Frank Thomas should stick to baseball. Thomas, whose career slash line of .301/.419/.555 is one of the best of all-time, attempted to shoot the puck into the net from center ice during the Chicago Blackhawks’ game, failing as miserably as the Blackhawks did last night against the [...]
TweetOakland Athletics Top Prospect Jarrod Parker To Start Wednesday
The Oakland Athletics made a huge trade in the offseason trading away one of their best pitchers in Trevor Cahill to the Arizona Diamondbacks for a plethora of young, top prospects that were within the D’Backs organization. Jarrod Parker was one of those prospects and luckily for him, Parker will get the call up to [...]
TweetDan Canova’s Power Rankings: Top 5 Teams for Week 3 of Major League Baseball
Who has emerged? Actually, it’s more like what has stayed the same. Week 3 of Major League Baseball has dictated many possibilities looking forward into the upcoming weeks. I feel almost as if every time I do one of these posts, I have new things to talk about constantly. But there’s always the same basic [...]
TweetJose Canseco Signs with Independent League Worcester Tonadoes
If there’s one thing former Oakland A’s slugger Jose Canseco is, it’s persistent. From his persistently annoying tweets to his abrasive personality, to his bizarre rants in the media, Canseco is unquestionably his “own guy”. In his most recent attempt to try and scratch and claw his way back into professional baseball, it has been [...]
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