Oakland Athletics News

Shin-Soo Choo homered twice and drove in a career-high seven runs to lead the Cleveland Indians to a 15-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night, snapping their five-game losing streak.

I'm here to make amends. During spring training, I said that Oakland was a fantasy wasteland, nearly void of any talent.

The A's liked what they saw from Brett Anderson on extra days' rest, so they're repeating the formula.

The situation has to be pretty bad to shut down a film starring Brad Pitt , directed by Steven Soderberg , and $10 million already sunk into pre-production costs.

The Cleveland Indians have been playing poorly since mid- June and will try to stop a five-game losing streak tonight in the opener of a three-game series versus the Oakland Athletics at Progressive Field.

It's probably too late to dislodge the Bash Brothers image from memories of that A's dynasty, but over the next few hundred words, I hope to at least show that power was not the crucial element behind Oakland winning the Loma Prieta World Series.

Oakland, Calif. -- Molars are extracted with more ease than the Tigers grab comfortable leads.

The A's played their last home game of the first half of the season Wednesday, which means at least one member of the team will return home in a few weeks as an All-Star. Who that might be is still up in the air, but a few names floated around the clubhouse before and after the A's 5-1 afternoon victory over Detroit.

Two rookie pitchers who figure to have bright futures ahead will oppose one another when the Detroit Tigers and Oakland Athletics begin a three-game series tonight at the Coliseum.

Brandon Inge knew Jim Leyland was planning on giving him a day off sometime this series.

Tigers ace Justin Verlander takes the mound for the first-place Tigers today as Detroit wraps up its three-game series with the last-place Athletics in Oakland.

Gio Gonzalez's outing Tuesday wasn't particularly special in and of itself. But if the A's wind up giving the left-hander an extended look in their starting rotation, his progress will be measured in incremental steps.

Mark Ellis #14 of the Oakland Athletics in action against The New York Yankees during their game on April 22, 2009 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx Borough of New York.

Oakland Athletics left-hander Josh Outman has undergone ligament replacement surgery on his pitching elbow, ending his season.

Since arriving in Oakland from Kansas City in 1968, the Athletics have thrown five no-hitters. Here is a brief look at each of those games.

With the economy and his numbers down, Matt Holliday's big free- agent gamble is beginning to look like a mistake.

Mark Ellis has always possessed an ineffable knack for timely hits during his years with the Oakland Athletics.

Oakland Athletics rookie left-hander Josh Outman will have surgery on his pitching elbow Tuesday.

Joe Mauer #7 of the Minnesota Twins looks on against the Oakland Athletics during a Major League Baseball game on June 11, 2009 at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California.

The Rockies scored twice in the second against Vin Mazzaro, virtually assuring victory given the zombie state of the A's lineup, and Colorado ticked off a 3-1 win and left town with a three-game sweep, the Rockies' first ever against Oakland.