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The Final Encore: Oakland Athletics Sweep Four Game Home Series Against The New York Yankees
What a series at home for the Oakland Athletics at home against the New York Yankees. In the first three games it was the trio of A.J. Griffin, Tommy Milone and Jarrod Parker. Today marked the outstanding work of the bullpen and the resiliency of the offense after falling behind early 4-0. CC Sabathia benefited from [...]
TweetJarrod Parker And The Oakland Athletics Silence The New York Yankees
It was inconceivable to believe that the Oakland Athletics started their four game series against the New York Yankees that a four game four game sweep had a chance to happen. Riding the arms of three rookie starting pitchers in A.J. Griffin, Tommy Milone and Jarrod Parker that is the case. The trio combined to throw [...]
TweetRiding A Brilliant Performance From Tommy Milone The Oakland Athletics Snap The New York Yankees 43 Consecutive Game Streak Of Three Or More Runs Scored
Last night the Oakland Athletics started a crucial four game series at home against the New York Yankees and the A’s took game one 4-3 and that snapped a nine game losing streak at home against the Yankees. Tonight the A’s earned at least a split with another impressive walk-0ff win. Tommy Milone had his [...]
TweetMLB Rumors: Buyers and Sellers of the American League
It is July 18th, just under two weeks away from the non-waiver trade deadline in Major League Baseball. There is no two week period with as many MLB rumors flying around as these two weeks. Just like when attending a game, you can’t know the players without a program (actually, you can now, sorry program [...]
TweetChris Carter Is Finally Making An Impact For The Oakland Athletics
The Oakland Athletics acquired right handed slugger Chris Carter in a trade from the Arizona Diamondbacks that also brought in Brett Anderson, Aaron Cunningham, Dana Eveland, Carlos Gonzalez and Greg Smith back in December of 2007. Of all the players in the trade, Anderson and Carter are the only two players have have remained with the [...]
TweetJonny Gomes and Yoenis Cespedes Bats Lead The Oakland Athletics To Sweep Over The Minnesota Twins
With the All-Star break ending the Oakland Athletics went into a three game series with the Minnesota Twinson Friday night looking for the opportunity to to climb over the .500 mark and the A’s did just that. Jonny Gomes and Yoenis Cespedes lead the way to the sweep over the Twins. The A’s improve their [...]
TweetMLB News of the Day: Liriano, Kemp, Ethier, Teixeira, Trumbo, Ransom
There are a lot of things that happen in a day in Major League Baseball. It’s tough to keep track of all of them. In this space my goal is to pull out the three or four MLB news stories or events of the day that are the most interesting from around the league. This [...]
TweetOakland Athletics: Going All Out The Top 10 Best Plays At The All-Star Break
The Oakland Athletics enter the All-Star break with a 43-43 record and have had a flair for the dramatics this season with a number of walk-off wins and defensively the A’s have made some outstanding plays as well. Here’s a look at the top 10 plays at the break for the A’s: 10. Jonny Gomes [...]
Tweet2012 MLB All-Star Game Snubs: Five Snubs From Each League
The 2012 MLB All-Star game roster was finally released today. Thanks to TBS, they took what would be a 10-minute process into a one-hour show. That’s something that would make LeBron James proud. As always, there were plenty of mistake made with some roster selections. Two observations I made from this are: it’s obvious Tony [...]
TweetFinding The Next Ernesto Frieri
At the beginning of the 2012 season, very few baseball fans would recognize the name Ernesto Frieri. Fewer would be able to tell you what team he pitched for. In hindsight, this makes little sense. Between 2009 and 2011, Frieri was 2-3 with a 2.33 ERA, striking out over 11 batters per 9 innings and [...]
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