San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
A's reliever Michael Wuertz is ecstatic over Bailey's being Rookie of the Year, saying it's as if his little brother won the award. "I don't think a lot of people got to see him, being in Oakland, but what he did and where he came from, it's absolutely amazing," Wuertz told The Chron's Susan...
SFGate: Oakland Athletics : The Dru (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
A's reliever Michael Wuertz is ecstatic over Bailey's being Rookie of the Year, saying it's as if his little brother won the award. "I don't think a lot of people got to see him, being in Oakland, but what he did and where he came from, it's absolutely amazing," Wuertz told The Chron's Susan...
The Cub Reporter (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
With most all of the Cubs front office personnel, Scouting Department, and Player Development staff watching from the picnic area high above the third-base dugout, Michael Brenly singled twice and scored once, Starlin Castro singled twice (increasing his AFL-leading batting average to .433) and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, and four Cubs pitchers combined to throw seven innings of one-run ball,...
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
via cache.daylife.com View full size photo uploaded October 6, 2009 Stopping short of just inviting every free agent reliever who possesses a fastball and a slider to spring training, I decided to look into a few individual cases that I think might fit the Rays ' plans in 2010. The first name is Joaquin Benoit . The name has been mentioned in passing on the site for the past few weeks, but now it's...
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
At one point or another all of these will (likely) be transcribed into posts of their own, so if you something doesn't quite make sense at this point, it will in the near future. I'm simply posting this as a "to-do-list" for myself as much as anything. Anyhow, my initial off-season hopes for the Rays : 1. Sniff the Felix Hernandez trade front. 2. Glance Aroldis Chapman's way. 3. Secure the...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
OAKLAND – Mark Ellis has a strong bond with former A's infielder Dick Green because they have much in common, from growing up in the same town to playing the same position with the A's. Ellis was honored to pass Green on Saturday as the franchise leader for home runs by a second baseman. "I actually forgot until (A's announcer) Ray Fosse said something," Ellis said after homering and...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
OAKLAND -- Oakland's Mark Ellis homered to break the franchise record for second basemen, and the A's beat the Cleveland Indians 8-4 Saturday to extend their winning streak to six games. Ellis homered in the second inning off Indians starter Jeremy Sowers, the 79th of his career and the 77th he has hit while playing second base for the A's, to move past Dick Green on the club's all-time list. Reliever...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
A's starter Trevor Cahill limited Texas to one hit over seven innings. ARLINGTON, Texas -- Unable to score, the Texas Rangers are fading out of the American League playoff picture. Trevor Cahill combined with two relievers on a one-hitter, and the last-place A's completed a three-game series sweep, their first in more than three months, with a 4-0 victory Wednesday night. Cahill had a career-best...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
Brett Anderson threw seven sharp innings and Cliff Pennington had three hits with an RBI as the Oakland Athletics won for the fifth time in six games, beating the Minnesota Twins 4-2 on Saturday. Anderson (9-10) retired 18 of 24 batters, including the final eight he faced, and didn't allow a walk for the fourth time this season to win his second-consecutive start. Twins rookie Jeff Manship (0-1) lasted...
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
by Gene J. Puskar - AP May there be many scenes like this today -- Cubs runners scoring. View full size photo uploaded September 11, 2009 Since the Cubs last faced the Reds in Cincinnati on August 5, the Reds are 17-16. That sounds decent, but they have been an extremely streaky team. Starting on August 14, the Reds: lost five straight, then won one, lost two, won five, lost two, won seven, and lost...
Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 09/06/2009
More photos » by Ben Margot - AP OH GOD NOT AGAIN Browse more photos » Maybe if I write really fast people won't notice that this is how I spent my Saturday night. When I went through the PITCHfx data and saw that Luke French threw 63% strikes, I could hardly believe it, because I could've sworn he threw a lot more balls. Turns out maybe he should've, because the strikes he threw got pounded....
Sacramento Bee (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 A's on Tuesday night. Franklin Gutierrez singled with one out in the 10th off Breslow (5-7). It was Gutierrez's fifth hit – and the seventh time he's been on base – in the two games he's been leading off while...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
A's starter Brett Anderson allowed one run in seven innings. 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 A's on Tuesday night. Franklin Gutierrez singled with one out in the 10th off Breslow (5-7). It was Gutierrez's fifth hit and seventh time on base in the two games...
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,...
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
More photos » by Jim Prisching - AP Browse more photos » We've heard plenty of times this year about how the Rays need to add a veteran pitcher with closing experience. After Troy Percival 's back, arm, and legs gave out along with Jason Isringhausen 's arm blowing up, the Rays were left with a rag tag group of pitchers. No current member has held the Rays closer except for Dan Wheeler...
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