A's manager Bob Melvin hinted at FanFest on Sunday that Brandon McCarthy will start the club's Opening Series contest against the Mariners on March 28 in Japan.
RECLAMATION PROJECT
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January 31, 2012
Oakland Athletics managing general partner Lew Wolff recently expressed at least a passing interest in perhaps signing Manny Ramirez after the slugger serves a 50-game suspension for a positive PED test.
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January 31, 2012
Last Tuesday after this year’s Oscar nominees were announced, I couldn’t help but imagine Joe Morgan walking in circles and muttering to himself over and over, “Why on earth was Billy Beane nominated for Best Actor?”
It’s a shame that fifty years from now the Oakland Athletics of the late 1990’s/early 2000’s will be known for producing more Oscar Nominees than World...
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January 28, 2012
Tattoos last a lifetime, but the permanence hasn't kept ink from going through its share of fads. In the 1990s it seemed like everybody got thorns or barbed wire inked on their upper arms. In the early 2000s, the tat du jour was a tribal design -- if you were a former heavyweight champ, maybe you even put one on your face. Fortunately, Dallas Braden isn't one to follow the...
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January 29, 2012
Leave it to A's lefty Dallas Braden to shake up the holiday calendar. "Tomorrow's Christmas for me," Braden said Sunday. "Get to bed early, leave cookies and milk out on the table, see what happens."
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January 29, 2012
Daric Barton will have to outplay three other candidates this spring in order to regain first-base duties in Oakland. And for a few weeks, he'll have to do it while still rehabbing his surgically-repaired right shoulder.
Oakland A’s manager Bob Melvin has made it clear that the final two spots in his club’s rotation are there for the taking come April. With so many young starters in the mix, the battle is shaping up to become an interesting subplot in a spring training with no shortage of storylines.
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January 29, 2012
The Oakland Athletics are open to signing slugger Manny Ramirez but the team is not actively pursuing the free agent.
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January 29, 2012
The A's have one item nearly crossed off the list before they head to spring training: It appears that right-hander Brandon McCarthy will be the Opening Day starter in Tokyo. Manager Bob Melvin said during a media...
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