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A's hope to find an Andrew Bailey on offense
What the A's need is a hitting version of Andrew Bailey, someone to come from virtually nowhere and do for Oakland's lineup what Bailey did for the bullpen. It would be a long shot, but so was Bailey, who won the American League Rookie of the Year Award one...
A's hope to find an Andrew Bailey on offense
What the A's need is a hitting version of Andrew Bailey, someone to come from virtually nowhere and do for Oakland's lineup what Bailey did for the bullpen. It would be a long shot, but so was Bailey, who won the American League Rookie of the Year Award one...
A's reliever Bailey wins rookie of the year
A's closer Andrew Bailey was driving back from his morning workout Monday, chatting with one of his agents on the phone, when a call came in on the other line, a blocked number. Bailey picked up, thinking it was his mother, Lori, calling from her workplace....
Bailey is AL Rookie of the Year
Andrew Bailey has been pinching himself a lot this year. The A's pitcher, who emerged from struggles as a starter at Double-A to become one of the majors' top closers, experienced another thrill in his fairy-tale rise to prominence when named the American...
GMs to throw good money after bad?
The general manager meetings came and went this week with Milton Bradley still employed by the Cubs, who want to dump the outfielder ASAP after his lousy season that ended with a suspension for his lousy conduct. The Cubs have a serious case of buyer's...
Base question: Who's on 3rd?
Billy Beane of the A's spent the general managers' meetings in Chicago this week combing for third-base possibilities because the team does not have an automatic option there next season. Infielder Adam Kennedy might not return, though he is interested in...
Base question: Who's on 3rd?
Billy Beane of the A's spent the general managers' meetings in Chicago this week combing for third-base possibilities because the team does not have an automatic option there next season. Infielder Adam Kennedy might not return, though he is interested in...
John Shea: Yankees can't resist free agents
Now that No. 27 is in the books, it's time for the Yankees to seek their 28th championship with the help of John Lackey and Matt Holliday, and when do Roy Halladay and Joe Mauer become free agents again? Reports out of New York, one from longtime New York...
Yankees can't resist free agents
Now that No. 27 is in the books, it's time for the Yankees to seek their 28th championship with the help of John Lackey and Matt Holliday, and when do Roy Halladay and Joe Mauer become free agents again? Reports out of New York, one from long-time New York...
Phillies should have let Lee start 3
Four days' rest or three days' rest. Other than whether to replace umpires with cameras, managers' rotation decisions have generated the most heated debates of the World Series. The Yankees' Joe Girardi sticks with a three-man rotation and gets criticized for...
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Four days' rest or three days' rest. Other than whether to replace umpires with cameras, managers' rotation decisions have generated the most heated debates of the World Series. The Yankees' Joe Girardi sticks with a three-man rotation and gets criticized for...
In this technological age, replay a must
An informal survey of baseball-loving fans confirms that this postseason has yielded an unprecedented number of umpiring errors (it's not as if anyone keeps official stats on this). The volume of errors is bewildering. Why would this be the year of so many...
In this technological age, replay a must
An informal survey of baseball-loving fans confirms that this postseason has yielded an unprecedented number of umpiring errors (it's not as if anyone keeps official stats on this). The volume of errors is bewildering. Why would this be the year of so many...
Kennedy says he's interested in rejoining A's
Adam Kennedywas one of the final additions to the A's in 2009, but he might be one of the first to join the roster this offseason. The veteran second baseman, who spent most of the year at third for Oakland after coming from Tampa...
Kennedy says he's interested in rejoining A's
Adam Kennedywas one of the final additions to the A's in 2009, but he might be one of the first to join the roster this offseason. The veteran second baseman, who spent most of the year at third for Oakland after coming from Tampa...
Lineups get attention, but pitching may decide it
The Phillies must have felt at home when they left their own shoe box of a ballpark to play the first game at the new Yankee Stadium on May 22. The teams combined for seven home runs - the Phillies hitting four of them in a 7-3 win. Despite all the talk about...
Powerhouse matchup
Story line: What constitutes a dynasty in 21st century baseball? Baseball has reached a modest level of parity since the Yankees won the last of three consecutive World Series in 2000. So maybe a repeat by the Phillies this year would mark a modest dynasty,...
Lineups get attention, but pitching may decide it
The Phillies must have felt at home when they left their own shoe box of a ballpark to play the first game at the new Yankee Stadium on May 22. The teams combined for seven home runs - the Phillies hitting four of them in a 7-3 win. Despite all the talk about...
Powerhouse matchup
Story line: What constitutes a dynasty in 21st century baseball? Baseball has reached a modest level of parity since the Yankees won the last of three consecutive World Series in 2000. So maybe a repeat by the Phillies this year would mark a modest dynasty,...
ALCS / Slumping Swisher looks to snap his playoff funk
Nick Swisher had the same cocky grin he wore for much of the season when he walked into the New York Yankees' clubhouse Friday afternoon. The way he sees it, the end of his postseason slump is near, maybe even tonight's Game 6 of the American League...
NOTES / Phillies not bored with the taste of champagne
Pedro Martinez broke out the first bottle of champagne, Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth puffed on victory cigars, and beer flew everywhere. Celebrations are becoming a tradition for the Philadelphia Phillies. It doesn't get old. "We won the World Series last...
NOTES / Phillies not bored with the taste of champagne
Pedro Martinez broke out the first bottle of champagne, Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth puffed on victory cigars, and beer flew everywhere. Celebrations are becoming a tradition for the Philadelphia Phillies. It doesn't get old. "We won the World Series last...
Giants, A's remember day that shook baseball
Twenty years ago today, at 5:04 p.m., a half-hour before World Series Game 3 at Candlestick Park, Al Michaels told a national TV audience, "I think we're having an earth..." The Giants and A's were rendered irrelevant after the Loma Prieta quake shook the...
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