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  BY MARTIN DAVIDSON The Golden State Warriors are a dynasty, and at this point they’re widely expected to keep winning titles until something dramatically changes the team. Local fans should keep in mind that this will probably happen at some point. 10-year dynasties don’t happen in modern sports, and ...

BY ANTHONY SOSA In what looked to be a possible preview of the AL Wild Card game, the Oakland Athletics defeated the New York Yankees 6 -3, in a Labor Day matinee Monday afternoon at the Oakland Coliseum in the first matchup of a three-game series between the two clubs. ...

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER In a battle for first place with a playoff like atmosphere, the A’s jumped out to an early lead Sunday afternoon before succumbing to a barrage of home runs to the Houston Astros 9-4 before a crowd of 29,143 at the Coliseum. With the win, the Astros ...

BY ANTHONY SOSA With the game knotted at zero in the bottom of the 12th inning, Dee Gordon lined a two-run home run over the right-field wall to give the Seattle Mariners a dramatic victory over the Oakland Athletics Wednesday afternoon at the Oakland Coliseum. Seattle avoided a three-game sweep ...

BY ANTHONY SOSA Dereck Rodriguez, yet again, pitched lights out and the Giants used some timely offensive production to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3, Sunday afternoon at AT&T Park. The win earned the Giants a split of the four-game series. It was just their third win in their past 12 ...

BY ANTHONY SOSA With an absolute pitcher’s duel blooming between Madison Bumgarner and Dallas Keuchel, Tyler White stole the show with a go-ahead, two-run home run in the top of eighth inning to seal a 2-1 Houston Astros victory over the San Francisco Tuesday afternoon at AT&T Park. The win ...

BY STEVEN LUKE The Oakland Athletics finished off a three game series sweep of the Detroit Tigers Sunday afternoon with a 6-0 win. The bats came out to play and the pitching was spectacular for the sixth consecutive game as the A’s moved to 21 games over .500 on the ...

BY ANTHONY SOSA Facing a potential four-game sweep at home by the Milwaukee Brewers, the San Francisco Giants put on a strong offensive day at the plate and captured an 8-5 victory Sunday afternoon at AT&T Park. The Giants’ eight runs scored in the series finale were more than they ...

BY STEVEN LUKE For the first time since interleague play was introduced, the Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants met with more than standings on the line in the finale of their season series. The Bridge Trophy, made out of metal from an old span of the Bay Bridge, was ...

BY ANTHONY SOSA In front of a crowd of 56,310, a new Oakland Coliseum record and the highest attended game in the Majors in 2018, Jonathan Lucroy hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Oakland Athletics a 4-3 victory over the San Francisco ...