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El Paso's Fernando Rodriguez Injured, Oakland A's Pitcher Needs Tommy John Surgery

Steve Kaplowitz — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:18:54 +0000

Although the start of the Major League baseball season is still a few weeks away, an El Pasoan received some bad news last week. Newly acquired Oakland A’s relief pitcher Fernando Rodriguez tore

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Jeff Francoeur's Unique Relationship With Oakland A's Fans

Andy Lee — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:08:34 +0000

This is a story I first became aware of watching a Royals/A's telecast a couple nights ago, but it's taken on a life of its own. The Oakland A's are a proud franchise, but they play in a dull stadium and haven't been relevant since the early 2000s

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Mariners and A's Open 2012 MLB Season in Japan (Really???)

Andy Lee — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:06:55 +0000

For centuries, philosophers and scientists have asked the question, 'can something exist without being perceived.' The example everyone knows and quotes is 'if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?'

Pardon me for my ethnocentrism, but did Seattle and Oakland really open America's past time in Japan? Obviously, the 44,000+ that filled the Tokyo Dome to see Ichiro play a professional game in his native land for the first time in over a decade know the game was played, but how but us poor saps in the good old U

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Rangers Fan Shannon Stone Dies After Fall From Ballpark

Steve Kaplowitz — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:45:54 +0000

It was a sad night in baseball when we learned about Shannon Stone's death after falling 20 feet at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

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