Topics

Newsday > Topics > Oakland Athletics

Newsday's coverage

• Hideki Matsui joins the Rays

  has played nine seasons in the major leagues with the New York Yankees (2003-09), Los Angeles Angels (2010) and Oakland Athletics (2011) following a 10-year career with the Yomiuri Giants of Japans Central League.Its just like with any veteran player, Rays   Read more »

• A's can't get Manny Ramirez back soon enough

  he ever gets there -- is greater than it appears.Ramirez is playing for the Triple-A River Cats, the top farm team of the Oakland Athletics , as he regains his timing and waits for Wednesday -- his 40th birthday, by the way -- which will represent the end   Read more »

• Blue Jays blow it in 9th, losing 7-3 to Athletics

  -- Francisco Cordero walked off the mound with his head down as the Oakland Athletics celebrated behind him. A few more endings like that and Cordero knows he might not be closing close games for the Toronto Blue Jays anymore.Newcomer Brandon Inge hit a game-ending   Read more »

• Cespedes' 1st big league HR leads A's over M's 4-1

  -- With his first major league home run, Yoenis Cespedes helped the Oakland Athletics gain a split of their season-opening series against the Seattle Mariners .The Cuban defector's go-ahead, two-run drive in the seventh inning off reliever Shawn Kelly sent   Read more »

• Cespedes homers as A's beat Mariners 4-1 in Japan

  -- Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes is starting to look at home with the Oakland Athletics .Cespedes hit his first major league home run on Thursday to power the Athletics to a 4-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners that earned Oakland a split in the two-game   Read more »

Around the web

• Series Preview Athletics at Royals June 1-3

  and Cleveland which saw them taking the last two series against the O’s and Indians. The homestand will open with the Oakland Athletics (22-29) coming to town over the weekend. Tommy Milone kept the Royals off-balanced earlier this season in Oakland can KC 10:00 AM from Kings of Kauffman Read more »

• Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics, Minnesota Twins Homestand Highlights

  and royal blue Mardi Gras beads. Visit the official All-Star Balloting Station located at Gate E. Saturday, June 2 – Oakland Athletics vs. Royals, 1:10 p.m. Vintage 1960 KC Cap – The first 20,000 fans will receive a vintage 1960 KC cap courtesy of Taco Bell. 9:06 AM from Kansas City Infozine Read more »

• May days: How a ragtag bunch put Red Sox back in AL East race

  a 5-3 loss to the Oakland Athletics on May 1, the Red Sox were 11-12 and seemingly treading water. Five days later, on May 6, outfielder Darnell McDonald served up a 17th-inning homer to Baltimore’s Adam Jones in the Red Sox’ fifth consecutive loss. Then, 3:40 AM from Clubhouse Insider (BostonHerald.com) Read more »

• A's send down Ross to clear spot for Cespedes

  May 31, 2012, 8:17 PM ET Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Oakland Athletics are expected to activate outfielder Yoenis Cespedes on Friday before the opener of a series against the Kansas City Royals . To make room for Cespedes, the Athletics optioned 5/31/12 from ESPN Read more »

• The Spring Cleaning Begins

  5th starter. Blackley was born in Australia, which you should have been able to guess since he is a player on the 2012 Oakland Athletics. The soft-tossing lefty started out in the Seattle organization, where he shot through the minors and threw 26 inings for 5/31/12 from Athletics Nation :: An Oakland A's Blog Read more »