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Ryan Christenson Apologizes For ‘Unintentionally’ Mimicking Nazi Salute While Congratulating Players

Ryan Christenson Apologizes For ‘Unintentionally’ Mimicking Nazi Salute While Congratulating Players

Oakland Athletics‘ Ryan Christenson issued an apology on Thursday after he was caught on video gesticulating in a way that onlookers said appeared to be quite similar to the Nazi salute. A video surfaced online not long after Christenson performed the arm motion. Some wondered if they were really seeing what they thought they were […]

4y ago

Bruce Maxwell Says He’s Not Shocked MLB Is The ‘Last Sport To Say Something’ About George Floyd

Bruce Maxwell Says He’s Not Shocked MLB Is The ‘Last Sport To Say Something’ About George Floyd

Former Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell reportedly called out Major League Baseball for how long it took the league to make a comment about the protests that have broken out all over the country. According to an article on Wednesday from Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle, Maxwell laid out why he’s both disappointed […]

4y ago

Watch Tampa Bay Rays Vs. Oakland A’s Stream Live: Start Time, Preview, American League Wild Card Game

Watch Tampa Bay Rays Vs. Oakland A’s Stream Live: Start Time, Preview, American League Wild Card Game

The Tampa Bay Rays will make their fifth postseason appearance since the team entered Major league Baseball as an expansion club in 1998. In addition, this will be their first since 2013, when they traveled across the country to face the Oakland A’s in the 2019 American League Wild Card playoff game. Though the Rays […]

5y ago

Yankees Fan Who Threw Beer On Oakland Fan At Wild Card Game Makes Peace, Two Go Out Clubbing Together

Yankees Fan Who Threw Beer On Oakland Fan At Wild Card Game Makes Peace, Two Go Out Clubbing Together

Yankees fans have a bit of a reputation for bad behavior, but according to Sports Illustrated, at least one example of that misbehavior ended on a positive note. John Spencer was in the rightfield bleachers supporting the Oakland A’s at a Yankee’s game when a Yankees fan drenched him in beer. The Yankees fan reached […]

6y ago

Yankees Keeping Their Expectations Low For Luis Severino In 2018 A.L. Wild Card Game

Yankees Keeping Their Expectations Low For Luis Severino In 2018 A.L. Wild Card Game

While Luis Severino may be the de facto ace of the New York Yankees, management is keeping their expectations low for their All-Star starter in the 2018 A.L. Wild Card game. In last year’s wild card, Severino only made it a third of an inning, giving up three runs for an ERA of 81.00. This […]

6y ago

Yankee Manager Aaron Boone Still Doesn’t Have A Wild Card Game Starter

Yankee Manager Aaron Boone Still Doesn’t Have A Wild Card Game Starter

New York Yankee manager Aaron Boone ended the season knowing he has a set idea on who will be filling out the batting order, but still doesn’t know who the starting pitcher will be. Boone said in post-game interviews that he isn’t concealing the identity of a starter as a means of trying to gain […]

6y ago

Yankees May Bench Sanchez And Skip Severino In Wild Card Game

Yankees May Bench Sanchez And Skip Severino In Wild Card Game

In an 8-2 loss to the Oakland A’s, the two players cited as the most unimpressive were pitcher Luis Severino and catcher Gary Sanchez. Each has had their problems this year, but their combination of ineffectiveness, lack of hustle and attention, and history may be enough for Yankees skipper Aaron Boone to not risk using […]

6y ago

Oakland A’s Catcher Bruce Maxwell Pleads Guilty In Alleged Gun-Related Incident

Oakland A’s Catcher Bruce Maxwell Pleads Guilty In Alleged Gun-Related Incident

Oakland Athletics backup catcher Bruce Maxwell has reached a plea agreement with prosecutors to resolve charges pending against him in connection with an October 28, 2017, incident in which he allegedly pulled a gun on a woman who was delivering food to his Scottsdale, Arizona, home. In November, a grand jury indicted him on charges […]

6y ago

Oakland Fire: Ghost Ship Funds Raise Over $250K, 24 Deaths Counted

Oakland Fire: Ghost Ship Funds Raise Over $250K, 24 Deaths Counted

Less than 36 hours after a fire claimed the lives of at least 24 people at the Ghost Ship warehouse in Fruitvale in Oakland, California, three major fundraisers have accumulated over $250,000 with at least $95,000 still needed to help victims recover and lay others to rest. Described as one of the worst fires in […]

8y ago

Former MLB Star Dave Henderson Suffers Massive Heart Attack

Former MLB Star Dave Henderson Suffers Massive Heart Attack

On Sunday, December 27, former Major League Baseball star Dave Henderson passed away from a massive heart attack at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Henderson was 57 at the time of his death. “I never saw him have a bad day,” first baseman Mark McGwire told Mercury News. “He’d strike out, and he’d come back […]

9y ago

Barry Zito Makes First MLB Appearance In Nearly Two Years

Barry Zito Makes First MLB Appearance In Nearly Two Years

Veteran pitcher Barry Zito completed his comeback on Sunday as he made his first appearance in a big league game in nearly two years. Zito came in as a reliever for the Oakland A’s in the eighth inning against the Houston Astros. The story didn’t have a Hollywood ending as Zito got knocked around a […]

9y ago

Watch Oakland A’s Vs. Toronto Blue Jays Live Online Free: Red-Hot Jays Zero In On 1st Place, Streaming

Watch Oakland A’s Vs. Toronto Blue Jays Live Online Free: Red-Hot Jays Zero In On 1st Place, Streaming

Watch the hottest team in Major League Baseball, the Toronto Blue Jays, host the struggling Oakland A’s live online for free and legally Tuesday — a game that could see the Blue Jays, who were eight games out of first place in the American League East on July 28, move to within a half-game of […]

9y ago

Kansas City Royals Grab Ben Zobrist From A’s

Kansas City Royals Grab Ben Zobrist From A’s

Kansas City Royals have swung a deal to grab Ben Zobrist from the Oakland A’s, fortifying virtually every outfield position that Zobrist is able to play. Oakland will receive two promising pitchers in return, signifying they’re also in rebuilding mode along with Colorado, Cincinnati, and several other clubs. The news was first reported by MLB […]

9y ago

Houston Astros Trade For Oakland’s Scott Kazmir

Houston Astros Trade For Oakland’s Scott Kazmir

If you had Scott Kazmir as one of your starters in your draft Kings lineup today, you need to make a change now, as the Oakland A’s have dealt the lefty to the Houston Astros. Kazmir was supposed to take the hill for the A’s against R.A. Dickey and the Toronto Blue Jays. Susan Slusser […]

9y ago

Switch Pitcher Pat Venditte Gets Called Up By Oakland

Switch Pitcher Pat Venditte Gets Called Up By Oakland

Pat Venditte is a unique player in baseball and he will likely make his Major League Baseball debut this weekend. Venditte is a switch pitcher; he can pitch left-handed and right-handed, and the Oakland A’s have called up the 29-year-old to the big leagues. According to mlb.com, Venditte isn’t the first pitcher in the modern […]

9y ago

Chicago Cubs Rumors: Ben Zobrist Is On Top Of Team’s Wish List

Chicago Cubs Rumors: Ben Zobrist Is On Top Of Team’s Wish List

As expected with such a young team, the Chicago Cubs 2015 campaign has been like a roller coaster ride with lots of ups and down. The Cubs, whose roster’s average age is 28.7 years old, enter the third month of the season with a 26-22 record. Chicago currently sits in second place in the National […]

9y ago

Boston Red Sox Trade Rumors: Forget James Shields, There’s Another Name On Boston’s Shopping List

Boston Red Sox Trade Rumors: Forget James Shields, There’s Another Name On Boston’s Shopping List

The Boston Red Sox need pitching. File that insight under “not news.” But the news, when it happens, will be where the Red Sox go to get pitching. Boston needs a front-line starter, and all rumors since the end of July have centered around which ace the Red Sox will target in the off-season. By […]

10y ago

Boston Red Sox Rumors: Jon Lester Could Head Back To Boston — Except For One Thing

Boston Red Sox Rumors: Jon Lester Could Head Back To Boston — Except For One Thing

Ever since the Boston Red Sox traded Jon Lester to the Oakland A’s on July 31, rumors have indicated that the ace left-hander would return to Boston for the 2015 season. Lester, whose 2014 season ended with Oakland’s dramatic Wild Card Game loss to the Kansas City Royals, now becomes a free agent and clearly […]

10y ago

Seattle Mariners Can Still Make Playoffs On Final Day Of Regular Season

Seattle Mariners Can Still Make Playoffs On Final Day Of Regular Season

Going into game number 162, the Seattle Mariners still have a chance for postseason baseball. ESPN is reporting that the Mariners defeated the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2-1 in 11 innings, to keep their slim playoff hopes mathematically alive. Coupled with the Oakland A’s 5-4 loss to the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, the […]

10y ago

Robinson Cano Showing His ‘Value’ As Possible Most Valuable Player

Robinson Cano Showing His ‘Value’ As Possible Most Valuable Player

Robinson Cano had a very good offseason last winter. A quarter-of-a-billion-dollar offseason. Cano signed a lucrative, 10 year, $240 million dollar deal with the Seattle Mariners, leaving behind Yankee pinstripes for “King” Felix Hernandez and a bunch of kids that the baseball world hadn’t really caught on to yet. The sports world laughed. Some pundits […]

10y ago

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