Bob Melvin wasted no time making changes to his Oakland coaching staff after receiving a new three-year deal last week to stay put as manager. The Athletics said Friday they aren’t renewing the contracts of bench coach Joel Skinner, pitching coach Ron Romanick and hitting coach Gerald Perry. First base coach Tye Waller and third base coach Mike Gallego will return to the staff in 2012.

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Joe Maddon sure knows how to grab your attention, doesn’t he? That’s exactly what the Tampa Bay Rays skipper did again on Thursday night, naming rookie left-hander Matt Moore his starting pitcher for Game 1 of their ALDS against the … Continue reading →

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Athletics general manager Billy Beane expects to hear “very soon” from Commissioner Bud Selig about whether the club will be allowed to move south to San Jose and build a new ballpark. The reigning World Series champion San Francisco Giants currently hold the territorial rights to San Jose and technology-rich Silicon Valley in Santa Clara County, where the A’s hope to build a new…

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The chances of slugger Hideki Matsui signing on again with the Oakland Athletics took a jump up this week when…

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The Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics will open next season in Japan with a two-game series at the Tokyo Dome on March 28 and 29. Seattle and Oakland had been scheduled to play there in March 2003, but the series was scrapped because of the threat of war in Iraq. The A’s will be the home team in both games, the MLB commissioner’s office said Wednesday.

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As Blake Beavan heads into the offseason after his first year with the Seattle Mariners he wants to focus on what he did well. He’d prefer to avoid dwelling on what he did Tuesday night. Beavan (5-6) struggled in his final start, going just five innings, allowing seven runs on eight hits in a 7-0 loss to the Oakland A’s.

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Having parted ways with manager Ozzie Guillen Monday evening, the Chicago White Sox did a bit of an about-face on Tuesday in naming an interim skipper to replace Guillen for the remaining games this season. It was expected that bench coach Joey Cora would fill Guillen’s shoes,…

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Brandon McCarthy is tied for second in the American League with five complete games. Problem is, he only has two wins in those games. McCarthy went the distance again Monday night, but the Oakland Athletics lost 4-2 to Justin Smoak and the Seattle Mariners. The difference was Smoak’s three-run homer on a fastball in the sixth inning.

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The good news for the Oakland Athletics and their fans should have been that Josh Willingham actually wanted to re-sign with the team. Instead, the bad news is that the team says it’s not going to spend any money on … Continue reading →

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Jordan Walden literally had the game in his grasp in the ninth inning. Then it all came apart for the rookie closer and the Angels in a devastating defeat that left Los Angeles on the brink of elimination. Walden wasted a three-run lead in the ninth inning, throwing away a potential game-ending, double-play grounder Sunday in a 6-5 loss to the Oakland Athletics.

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