Free agent pitcher Justin Duchscherer had three possible new employers lined up that all wanted to give him…
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The Seattle Mariners and third baseman Chone Figgins tried to quiet trade rumors during the team’s annual fanfest celebration Saturday.
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Tradition describes it as gold. Billy Beane chooses to call it "canary yellow." Whatever the case, I…
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Viral videos of athletes jumping out of pools are nothing new. Jarron Gilbert, a 6-foot-5, 300-pound defensive…
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Outfielder Josh Willingham has no trouble saying it in January: The Oakland Athletics should contend for the AL West this season. Manager Bob Geren expects it, too. That's how most teams feel heading into spring training and a new year, with fresh faces and optimism. Yet the A's have had such a busy, productive winter of upgrades and acquisitions that it seems — on paper, anyway — they…
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The 2011 MLB Draft order is now set for this upcoming summer. Type A free agent signings have altered the 2011 MLB Draft order, as have compensation picks for unsigned first round players from the 2010 MLB Draft. Now we have the first official look at how things will shake out in the first round, especially how the Tampa Bay Rays will use the 2011 Draft to begin their rebuilding process. In Major League Baseball, the draft for the following season goes in order from the team with the worst record down to the team with the best record.
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If you're old enough, you may remember the great Cincinnati Reds teams of the 1970s. Led by the likes of Joe Morgan, Johnny Bench, Tony Perez and Pete Rose, The Big Red Machine made four trips to the World Series ('70, '72, '75, '76) and fell short in two other seasons in which they made the NLCS (73, 79). With so many playoff appearances in a short period of time, it must have been easy for Reds fans to take those special years for granted.
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Right-handed pitcher Andy Sonnanstine and the Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to a one-year contract worth $912,500, avoiding arbitration.
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Left-handed reliever Craig Breslow and the Oakland Athletics have agreed to a $1.4 million, one-year contract, avoiding arbitration. Breslow was the last of Oakland's arbitration-eligible players to agree. He also can earn a $25,000 performance bonus for finishing 25 games. Breslow made a team-leading 75 appearances for the A's in 2010, going 4-4 with five saves and a 3.01 ERA.
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Eric Chavez has played for the Oakland Athletics since his major league debut in 1998. He's had a lot of…
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