Fenway West (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
This book is probably the funniest baseball book I have ever read! I usually read in bed before I turn the lights out, and I swear that at least three times while reading this book I had to get up out of bed because I was laughing so hard! Matt McCarthy played college baseball for Yale University, not exactly a hotbed of MLB prospects. He was a half decent pitcher on a sorry excuse for a college baseball...
Bob Lazzari On Sports (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Terrific cause: Join big league pitcher Craig Breslow and others on Saturday, November 7th at the Omni Hotel in New Haven for the Strike 3 Foundation's First Pitch Celebrity Gala. Proceeds will benefit pediatric cancer research and those in attendance will have the opportunity to meet Andrew Bailey, Jack Cust, Rajai Davis, Shea Ralph, and others; guest speaker will be Nomar Garciaparra. More information...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
OAKLAND -- Mike Napoli homered, Joe Saunders pitched five strong innings and the Los Angeles Angels closed out an impressive regular season with a 5-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday. The American League West champions swept the three-game set against the A's and will host the Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of their division series Wednesday or Thursday. Saunders (16-7) allowed two runs and...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
LORI SHEPLER Associated Press The A's Kurt Suzuki receives congratulations from Ryan Sweeney after hitting a two-run homer in the first inning. Suzuki had four RBIs. ANAHEIM – Mark Ellis hit a three-run homer during a six-run eighth inning as the A's came back to outslug the Los Angeles Angels 15-10 Saturday night. Jack Cust and Kurt Suzuki also homered for the A's, who overcame a seven-run deficit....
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
The A's Kurt Suzuki is congratulated by Ryan Sweeney after hitting a two-run homer in the first inning. ANAHEIM -- Jack Cust homered and doubled in the go-ahead run during a six-run eighth inning, Kurt Suzuki and Mark Ellis also went deep, and the A's rallied from a seven-run deficit to beat the Los Angeles Angels 15-10 Saturday night. The Angels, whose magic number to clinch their third consecutive...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
OAKLAND -- Brett Anderson pitched six shutout innings and had a career-high 10 strikeouts, Nomar Garciaparra added two hits and an RBI and the A's stayed hot with a 2-1 win over the slumping Cleveland Indians on Friday night. Rajai Davis added two singles and reached 40 steals for Oakland, which won its fifth in a row and 10th in the last 12. Jeff Gray and Craig Breslow pitched one scoreless inning...
The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Craig Breslow: He is a pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. And he has a degree from Yale in molecular biophysics and biochemistry, which has led to the Connecticut native being given “the unofficial and potentially burdensome title of ’smartest man in baseball.’” A challenger: Philly infielder Eric Bruntlett, who has a Stanford economics degree, and [...]
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ Associated Press A's shortstop Cliff Pennington, right, steals second base as Royals second baseman Alberto Callaspo waits for the throw from the plate. OAKLAND – Ryan Sweeney had a two-run triple and scored the go-ahead run on Adam Kennedy's bases loaded fielder's choice grounder in the sixth inning to help the A's beat the Kansas City Royals 8-5 on Monday night. Rajai Davis...
AaronGleeman.com (Free subscription) | 08/31/2009
Twins Add Rauch, Mahay To Bullpen It took 15 months in the wake of Pat Neshek 's elbow injury last May, but the Twins finally addressed the bullpen by adding a veteran setup man over the weekend. In fact, they added two within the same hour Friday afternoon. Left-hander Ron Mahay , who'd been designated for assignment by the lowly Royals a few days earlier, agreed to a one-year contract worth a prorated...
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
What Lourdes is to hunchbacks and the afflicted, the Oakland Athletics are to under-performing baseball teams. We'll cure what ails ya. — Philip Michaels, via Facebook Well of course the big story will be Kendry Morales and his franchise-record-breaking 13 total bases (at least, that's what I remember the radio broadcasters telling me, I'm too lazy to run upstairs and verify it just yet), but...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
MARK AVERY Associated Press A's relief pitcher Brad Ziegler reacts as the Angels' Kendry Morales rounds the bases after hitting a three-run homer in the seventh. ANAHEIM – Kendry Morales went 5 for 5 with two homers and six RBIs, and the Los Angeles Angels used a seven-run surge in the seventh inning to rally past the A's 11-7 on Friday night. The Angels increased their American League West lead...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
SEATTLE -- Defensive-replacement Ryan Langerhans homered off Craig Breslow with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning to send the Seattle Mariners to a 4-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.
Sliding Into Home (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
(AP Photo/Ben Margot) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E NYY 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 1 OAK 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 6 0 WP - Alfredo Aceves (8-1) LP - Brett Anderson (7-9) SV - Mariano Rivera (36) Mark Teixeira drove in all three Yankees runs in tonight's 3-2 win over the A's. The win makes it five series wins in a row for the Yanks, and improves their record to 75-44. With Derek Jeter on third with one out in the first,...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 08/18/2009
Oakland A's reliever Craig Breslow wowed doctors recently on a visit to the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute.
Sliding Into Home (Free subscription) | 08/18/2009
(AP Photo/Ben Margot) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E NYY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 OAK 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 X 3 6 0 WP - Brett Tomko (2-2) LP - A.J. Burnett (10-6) SV - Andrew Bailey (18) Not really much to say about this one. A.J. Burnett started for the Yankees and pitched well. In 8 innings he allowed 3 runs on 6 hits, walked 2, and struck out 5. All three runs and four of the hits came in Burnett's only bad...
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