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The Dugout: Oakland Athletics Spring Training 2011

The best part about getting in an Oakland A's Dugout is that I get to use the screen name "Oakami," which might be the most literate and perfect joke I've ever made. Jon came up with Mike Hampton's o_captain_mike_hampton, and this is about as close as I'm gonna whiff to that. For those of you who have been sending in...

Expectations, Optimism High in A's Camp

PHOENIX – Mark Ellis is the senior member of the A's, going so far back with the organization that he shared an infield with a healthy Eric Chavez and Miguel Tejada, playing behind the Big Three of Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder and Barry Zito. Ellis arrived midway through the A's eight-year streak of winning baseball, and...

It's All Relative, but Oakland's Offense Much-Improved Heading Into 2011

The names in the A's new lineup don't inspire much awe. Their three big acquisitions so far this winter have combined for a total of two All-Star appearances, and none since 2004. It's hard to look at their lineup in a vacuum and think they are going to be even a "good" offensive team. Good, however, is a relative term....

Steve Phillips' Fix My Team: Oakland A's

Every team has a few precious months in the offseason to make tweaks to their roster and ensure that they improve in 2011. Steve Phillips has taken a team to the World Series before, and in November and December he will present his plan for every major league team to get there as well. It's the 16th episode of Fix My Team,...

Aggressive A's Following Giants' Blueprint

Don't look now, but the A's are positioning themselves to be the chic pick for a breakthrough season in 2011. For the second time in a week they added a piece to their dismal offense, hoping to bring it up to be a better complement to the best young pitching staff in the league. (If this sounds familiar, keep...

David DeJesus News From the Web

05/24/12 Astros hand Cubs 9th straight loss Source: Daily Chronicle - Dekalb IL Martinez's triple fell fair in shallow right field as Darwin Barney and David DeJesus bumped into each other trying to make the catch.
05/21/12 Astros Hand Cubs 7th Straight Loss With 8-4 Win Source: The New York Times - New York NY Castro's home run came in the second inning and Johnson added his in the third, to hand the Cubs their season-high seventh loss in a row.
05/20/12 DeJesus dons silver sombrero Source: CBSSports.com Some catchers have been bitten by the injury bug in recent days, leaving some owners scrambling.
05/18/12 Sports: White Sox beat Cubs 3-2 in likely Wood finale Source: The Daily Journal - Kankakee IL Beckham's solo shot and a two-run blast from Konerko in the first were the only runs allowed by Cubs starter Jeff Samardzija (4-2).
05/18/12 Cubs-Sox Game Day: Wood strikes out batter, takes... Source: Chicago Tribune - Chicago IL Yes, there also was a baseball game Friday.

Background on David DeJesus

David Christopher DeJesus (; born December 20, 1979 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American professional baseball outfielder of Puerto Rican descent who currently plays for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball.

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