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Fantasy Baseball Preview: Oakland A's

Fantasy baseball draft season is coming, so you best be prepared by delving through every major player on each team. Fantasy FanHouse is here to help with a quick once-over. Meet the... Most average team in the league. It's weird, because there don't seem to be many real weaknesses on team -- but can you really find a...

A's, Nationals Talk Nick Johnson Trade

Strange as it might seem, the Oakland Athletics -- the very same club that has built its reputation on jettisoning All-Stars for the better part of the decade -- are pretty clearly in go-for-it-now mode. That's the only way trading for Matt Holliday, signing Jason Giambi and making a serious play for Rafael Furcal makes...

Jason Giambi Returns to Oakland

It's really going to happen: Jason Giambi is going home. Mike Puma of the New York Post reports that Giambi has agreed to return to the A's on a one-year deal worth $4.5 million, with a team option for 2010 worth $5 million or a $1 million buyout. Once he passes his physical tomorrow, the deal will become official.The A's...

From the Windup: The All-Flop Team

From the Windup is FanHouse's daily, extended look at a particular portion of America's pastime.As the final week of the regular season unfolds, millions of baseball fans across the nation are being treated to several close races. Except for me, of course. I live near Detroit, and the only race the Tigers are involved in...

Daric Barton Should Avoid Pools

As I've noted over the last few years here since I began writing at FanHouse, the Oakland Athletics sure do suffer a lot of injuries. Last season it seemed like everybody on the roster spent some time on the disabled list, and so far in 2008 it's been a lot of the same. That's why I'm hoping when the A's finally move...

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Detroit Tigers Fall 3-1 To Oakland A's, Drop Below .500

Prince Fielder, Miguel Cabrera and the rest of the Detroit Tigers are swinging and missing far too often lately.

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05/22/12 A's get past Angels Source: The Daily Journal - San Mateo CA Tommy Milone scattered five hits over seven innings and Kila Ka'aihue drove in the go-ahead run, leading the pesky Oakland Athletics past the Los Angeles Angels 2-1 on Monday night.
05/21/12 Time for A's to Give Up on Barton Source: CBS - KPIX 5 - San Francisco CA Eight years after being traded to the Oakland Athletics , it's time for the franchise to give up on Daric Barton.
05/19/12 Barton working to be more aggressive at plate Source: MLB - Oakland Athletics That's the plate approach the A's are trying to preach to the normally patient Daric Barton, and it appears the work with hitting coach Chili Davis is paying off.
05/18/12 A's Salvage Split Of Rangers Road Series Source: NBC - KCRA 3 Kila Ka'aihue's RBI single in the top of the 10th inning helped Oakland salvage a split of its two-game road series against the American League West leaders.
05/13/12 Detroit Tigers Fall 3-1 To Oakland A's, Drop Below .500 Source: The Huffington Post Prince Fielder, Miguel Cabrera and the rest of the Detroit Tigers are swinging and missing far too often lately.