ATHLETICS RUMORS & GOSSIP
Jose Canseco signs with Cancun team in Mexican League
Jose Canseco, last seen begging Billy Beane for a tryout with the Oakland A’s, has signed to play professional baseball in the Mexican League. The 47-year-old former MVP reports to the Quintana Roo Tigers Monday for the opening of their spring training.
“I am thrilled to be back in affiliated professional baseball,” said Canseco. “Playing and managing for the independent...
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Garner returning to A's as special adviser
Phil Garner says he has agreed to stay on with the Oakland Athletics in a part-time special adviser role.
Garner, who had contemplated retirement, will be with the team throughout spring training in Phoenix. His role will then be further determined.
Garner managed the Brewers, Detroit and Houston. A's manager Bob Melvin coached in Milwaukee under Garner, who was first hired...
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Rich Harden out for 2012 season
Free agent pitcher Rich Harden will miss the 2012 season after undergoing surgery to repair a torn right shoulder capsule, an ailment he has pitched with since 2007, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Thursday.
Harden, 30, finally opted to have the injury repaired last week in Pensacola, Fla.
Harden, who pitched for the Oakland A's last year, is hoping the surgery will allow...
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Free agent RHP Harden has surgery, to miss season
Free agent righthander Rich Harden will miss the 2012 season after undergoing shoulder surgery.
The 30-year-old British Columbia native had surgery to repair a torn right shoulder capsule, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Thursday.
Harden detailed that he initially suffered the setback in 2007 - and then adjusted his mechanics to compensate for the injury.
"There&...
Via Pro Sports Daily
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Rich Harden to Miss 2012
According to CSN’s Ray Ratto, who attributes this piece of news to Peter Gammons, Rich Harden will miss the upcoming season due to a torn capsule in his shoulder.
While a visit to Dr. James Andrews is never a good thing, it almost seemed inevitable for Harden. After a tremendous 2004 season, in which he compiled a 4.5 WAR in 189.2 innings, Harden’s career has been riddled...
Via Fangraphs
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Harden has surgery out for season...
For those of us concerned with pitching depth, Rich Harden seemed like a viable alternative. He's a guy who has battled injuries making his cost reasonable but with a much higher ceiling then any of the other remaining free agents. Couple that with his familiarity with the front office and it seems to make as much sense as Chris Young. Unfortunately for Harden and to a lesser...
Via Mets Fever
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What to Watch for This Spring
Well, the Super Bowl is finally over which means we can all focus our attention now on a real sport. It’s less than two weeks before pitchers and catchers report to spring training and I, for one, can’t wait. I’m not sure how optimistic I can really get this year about my team’s performance specifically, but I can never hide my excitement around this time of year. IT’S...
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A's extend GM Beane's contract through 2019
Oakland Athletics owner Lew Wolff has agreed to extend the contracts of general manager Billy Beane and team president Michael Crowley through the 2019 season. The deals are in the process of being finalized, Wolff confirmed to the Associated Press.Beane has been the team's general manager since 1997. Oakland finished 74-88 last year, the fifth losing season in a row.The 49-year...
Via Pro Sports Daily
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Constantly rebuilding A's extend Billy Beane through 2019
It's been a pretty good year for Billy Beane, sure, the Athletics are coming off a disappointing 74-win season, but Beane himself has been immortalized on film by Brad Pitt's Oscar-nominated performance in Moneyball and now Billy is on the verge of completing a deal to extend his tenure in Oakland through the 2019 season.
Given Beane's stellar reputation throughout the...
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The Oakland A’s Extend Billy Beane Through 2019
Can someone please explain to me what Billy Beane has done to deserve such a lengthy extension? I’m sorry, but Billy Beane has NEVER won a thing, and is consistently rebuilding. Does he really get a pass because of money ball? That’s just insane. It’s about results, and every other GM that hasn’t won in forever would have fired years ago.
It’s been announced that the Oakland...
Via Rant Sports
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A's agree to extend GM Billy Beane through 2019
Oakland Athletics owner Lew Wolff says the team has agreed to extend the contracts of general manager Billy Beane and team President Michael Crowley through the 2019 season.
Wolff, confirming comments first made on Bloomberg News, wrote in an email to The Associated Press on Tuesday that he is counting on Beane's leadership and innovation to lead the club in a new stadium in...
Via AP on Fox
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The Curious Case of Cardenas
The Cubs claimed infielder Adrian Cardenas off waivers today from the Oakland A's, where he was outrighted to make room for Johnny Gomes. To make room on the 40-man, the Cubs DFA'd Blake DeWitt. Before we get to Cardenas, if I'm reading this correctly, the Cubs most likely cost themselves up to $1.1M? I believe they're on the hook for DeWitt's salary, when they...
Via Cub Reporter
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Cactus League countdown: Oakland Athletics
It was a busy winter in the Bay for general manager Billy Beane and the Oakland Athletics, but not in the way A's fans probably would have liked.
With the A's in a holding pattern awaiting a decision on a new stadium and their desired move to San Jose, the front office spent little and dealt plenty this offseason. That combination coupled with the bigtime moves made by fellow...
Via Fox Sports Arizona
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RECLAMATION PROJECT
A's interested in Manny Ramirez?
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.
Via The Outside Corner
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Jose Canseco Reviews "Moneyball"...Begs For a Job
When the Academy Award nominations are handed out Tuesday morning, "Moneyball" looks to nominated in a number of categories.Sure, it was shut out at the Golden Globes, but it does have its fair share of supporters.Including Jose Canseco...who took to Twitter Sunday night after seeing the film.
Just saw the movie money ball .it was awesome congrats billy I especially loved the...
Via Hall of Very Good
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