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Justin Duchscherer's return to the A's could be as soon as Friday. With Dallas Braden likely to stay on the disabled list into next week, choosing Duchscherer to go the first game against the White Sox makes sense, even though he will be limited to about 80...
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August 12, 2009
Justin Duchscherer will return to the big leagues not Friday night but - if all goes well in Arizona this evening - Tuesday against the Yankees. That's the next time Oakland needs a fifth starter and Dallas Braden is extremely unlikely to be ready to come...
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August 12, 2009
Rich Harden was perfect for 5 1/3 innings against the Phillies – no mean feat, considering the hitters that squad trots up to the plate.
Harden blinked in the sixth though, walking Carlos Ruiz, then serving up a two-run homer to Jimmy Rollins. Harden would finally leave after the 7th, an outing of rare length for [...]
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August 12, 2009
The Athletics defeated the Orioles this afternoon 6-3 as Cliff Pennington went 3 for 3 with a walk to raise his OBA to .367. He did a good job in the minor leagues at getting on base. Oakland shortstops have a .313 OBA since the start of the 2006 season, so even if he [...]
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August 11, 2009
From Chronicle Staff Writer Susan Slusser in Baltimore
Dallas Braden wasn't able to throw a side session today; his infected left foot isn't flexible enough to pitch off a mound. He did some long toss, but I'm watching him walk in the outfield right now and he's limping pretty noticeably.
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August 12, 2009
Landon Powell homered in Oakland's four-run fourth inning, and the Athletics beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-3 on Wednesday to win a third straight series for the first time since April 2008.
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August 12, 2009
Breslow, Powell win game of cat-and-mouseBALTIMORE — A little gamesmanship was taking place Wednesday in the top of the seventh inning in a one-run game when A's reliever Craig Breslow kept throwing to first base trying to hold on Baltimore Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts.
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August 11, 2009
BALTIMORE | On a sweltering night at Camden Yards, rookie Gio Gonzalez had more trouble with the heat than with the Baltimore Orioles. Gonzalez took a five-hit shutout into the seventh inning, Mark Ellis had a career-high five hits and four RBI and the Oakland Athletics beat Baltimore 9-1 on Monday night to extend their winning streak against the Orioles to nine games. The 23-year...
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August 12, 2009
BALTIMORE — Landon Powell homered in Oakland's four-run fourth inning, and the Athletics beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-3 on Wednesday to win a third straight series for the first time since April 2008.
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August 10, 2009
Much has changed in the six years since Michael Lewis’ groundbreaking book, Moneyball, brought the Oakland A’s and Billy Beane’s unorthodox management strategies into the public sphere.
Tampa Bay is the reigning AL Champion, the Yankees spent a mindboggling $400 plus million in the offseason (on 3 free agents) and Oakland sits dead last in the uncelebrated...
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