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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...
Pitching project down, lineup revamp up next
If the A's were conducting a clinical trial or product testing, this past season might be considered Phase 1: Pitching. Next year, then, would be Phase 2: Position Players. That means more growing pains as Oakland adds players such as first baseman/outfielder...
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...
LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE: Remembering the 1989 A's / One of the best teams ever
Spring training brought its usual spirit of renewal in 1990, but it wasn't the same around the A's camp. In a sense, the ground was still trembling. Oakland had just won a World Series interrupted by earthquake, rendering more trivial matters insignificant...
One of the best teams ever
Spring training brought its usual spirit of renewal in 1990, but it wasn't the same around the A's camp. In a sense, the ground was still trembling. Oakland had just won a World Series interrupted by earthquake, rendering more trivial matters insignificant...
Kate Hudson added to Yankees' all-star lineup
The Yankees always skim the cream of the free-agent pool, but this is ridiculous. Now they've landed Kate Hudson. Remember when Hudson helped inspire the Warriors to their greatest (and only) playoff series victory in the last 15 seasons, as part of Baron...
Baseball after death, and destruction
There is no cheering in the press box, but there is weeping. I try to keep my weeping to a minimum and reserve it for important stuff, like when the popcorn machine breaks or a writer with a fat head camps in the row in front of me. Oct. 27, 1989, was...
For losers, little relief in playoffs
Say what you want about whether baseball's first-round playoff series should extend to a best-of-seven, the three-man vs. four-man rotation strategies or the sloppy job by umpires. If we've been reminded of anything so far in the 2009 postseason, it's that...
Shedding tears both of sorrow and of hope
There is no cheering in the press box, but there is weeping. I try to keep my weeping to a minimum and reserve it for important stuff, like when the popcorn machine breaks or a writer with a fat head camps in the row in front of me. Oct. 27, 1989, was...
League championships schedule
Playoff schedule NLCS Today: Philadelphia (Hamels 10-11) at Los Angeles (Kershaw 8-8), 5:07 p.m. Friday: Philadelphia at Los Angeles (Padilla 4-0), 1:07 p.m. Sunday: Los Angeles (Kuroda 8-7) at Philadelphia, 5:07 p.m. Monday: Los Angeles (Wolf 11-7) at...
For losers, little relief in playoffs
Say what you want about whether baseball's first-round playoff series should extend to a best-of-seven, the three-man vs. four-man rotation strategies or the sloppy job by umpires. If we've been reminded of anything so far in the 2009 postseason, it's that...
Kate Hudson added to Yankees' all-star lineup
The Yankees always skim the cream of the free-agent pool, but this is ridiculous. Now they've landed Kate Hudson. Remember when Hudson helped inspire the Warriors to their greatest (and only) playoff series victory in the last 15 seasons, as part of Baron...
A's coaching staff to return in 2010
The A's will bring back their coaching staff in the same positions for the 2010 season, the team announced Tuesday. Pitching coach Curt Young will be back for a seventh season, with bullpen coach Ron Romanick returning for his third. Tye Waller is back for...
Bruce Jenkins: October can be a cruel month
It took just a handful of unsettling moments to wreck Matt Holliday's ascent. Huston Street stood up to every question, then dwelled upon his demise via replay. The postseason has a way of testing people, none more so than these onetime members of the A's. By...
Bruce Jenkins: October can be a cruel month
It took just a handful of unsettling moments to wreck Matt Holliday's ascent. Huston Street stood up to every question, then dwelled upon his demise via replay. The postseason has a way of testing people, none more so than these onetime members of the A's. By...
A's coaching staff to return in 2010
The A's will bring back their coaching staff in the same positions for the 2010 season, the team announced Tuesday. Pitching coach Curt Young will be back for a seventh season, with bullpen coach Ron Romanick returning for his third. Tye Waller is back for...
Southland Series would probably focus on Scioscia
On the 20-year anniversary of the A's-Giants World Series, could California have another regional wingding? Now that the Dodgers swept the Cardinals and the Angels are one win from eliminating postseason-nemesis Boston, Southern Californians are envisioning...
For drama, Game 163 tops them all
Baseball's playoffs opened Wednesday with three games, none that measured up to Tuesday's Tigers-Twins epic. How could they? Game No. 163 lasted 12 innings, ended 6-5, Twins, and practically was a best-of-five series on its own in terms of drama, angles and...
For drama, Game 163 tops them all
Baseball's playoffs opened Wednesday with three games, none that measured up to Tuesday's Tigers-Twins epic. How could they? Game No. 163 lasted 12 innings, ended 6-5, Twins, and practically was a best-of-five series on its own in terms of drama, angles and...
A'S YEAR-END REVIEW / Another slog ahead: Hitting rebuild next
If the A's were conducting a clinical trial or product testing, this past season might be considered Phase 1: Pitching. Next year, then, would be Phase 2: Position Players. That means more growing pains as Oakland adds players such as first baseman/...
A's 2009 at a glance
The A's came into the season with an untested but promising pitching staff and a new cast of hitters to bolster the lineup. There were a lot of "ifs." Here's how things unfolded: April W-L: 8-11 April 13: Bobby Crosby, adjusting to a new utility role, plays...
Seeing red in postseason
If Chone Figgins reaches base in the first inning of Game 1, how long will it take to steal second? The Red Sox are a huge challenge, but the Angels' expert running game and Boston's inability to defend it could be a difference-maker in perhaps the most...
Seeing red in postseason
If Chone Figgins reaches base in the first inning of Game 1, how long will it take to steal second? The Red Sox are a huge challenge, but the Angels' expert running game and Boston's inability to defend it could be a difference-maker in perhaps the most...
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