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BY J.A. SCHWARTZ There have been several noteworthy story lines that have competed for the attention of baseball fans through the first 70 games of the 2021 Major League Baseball season. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads the American League in all three Triple Crown categories, hitting .337 with 23 home runs …

The East Bay Regional Park District is partnering with Outdoor Afro to commemorate Juneteenth by waiving park entry fees on Saturday, June 19, 2021. Juneteenth is an annual recognition of the 250,000 enslaved Black Americans in Texas who were notified of their freedom on June 19, 1865, two and a …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER A pair of home runs by Matt Olson as part of a four-hit game helped carry the A’s to a 6-3 win over the Kansas City Royals Sunday afternoon at the Coliseum. Olson’s second multi-home run game of the season raised his total to 18 for the …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Sean Manaea held Arizona to just two hits over six shutout innings as the A’s sent the dreadful DiamondBacks to their 19th straight road loss 4-0 at the Coliseum Wednesday afternoon. Manaea (5-2), coming off a complete game shutout against the Mariners in his last start, labored …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The Giants hopes for their first four-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs in nearly a decade were dashed Sunday afternoon by the hot bat of former St. Mary’s Gael Patrick Wisdom, who continued his power surge since joining the Cubs with another pair of home runs to …

The East Bay Regional Park District Board of Directors unanimously voted Tuesday to name the new regional park at the former Concord Naval Weapons Station “Thurgood Marshall Regional Park – Home of the Port Chicago 50.” The name “Thurgood Marshall Regional Park – Home of the Port Chicago 50” recognizes …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Four unearned runs in the fifth inning was all the offense Alex Cobb and the Angels bullpen needed as Los Angeles scored a 4-0 win against the Athletics Saturday afternoon at the Coliseum. Cobb (3-2, 3.78) was masterful in his first start against Oakland since joining the …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The A’s bounced back from a pair of series opening losses to the Mariners behind seven shutout innings from James Kaprielian to score a 6-3 win over the Mariners Wednesday afternoon at the Coliseum. Kaprielian (2-0, 1.53), a first round pick in 2015 out of UCLA making …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The Houston Astros continued their mastery over the A’s Thursday afternoon at the Coliseum, taking the rubber match of their three-game series, and the division lead in the process, with a 8-4 win. After rebounding from a four-game sweep at the hands of the Astros to open …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Tampa Bay rode five innings of shut out relief from their bullpen to make Mike Brosseau’s sixth inning home run hold up as the Rays rallied for a 4-3 win over the A’s Sunday afternoon to salvage the final game of their three-game weekend series at the …