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BY J.A. SCHWARTZ The Toronto Blue Jays came within inches of bringing the World Series trophy back to Canada for the first time since 1993, but Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s dash to score the title winning run in the bottom of the ninth in Game 7 fell short by mere centimeters. The …

By J.A. SCHWARTZ Padres General Manager A.J. Preller and the Major League Baseball trade deadline are clearly made for each other. Preller, who famously gets by on fewer hours sleep than most of his peers, made several high-impact trades that offloaded a plethora of minor league talent to bolster a …

BY J.A. SCHWARTZ The Oakland A’s have indicated their intentions about the 2022 season with a flurry of trades that may not be fully complete even when their season begins on April 7th. Despite qualifying for the playoffs three straight years, including a division title in the shortened 2020 campaign, …

BY J.A. SCHWARTZ The A’s survived a wild game in their finale in Minnesota, winning 7-6 Sunday afternoon at Target Field behind a run that scored on a strikeout in the top of the ninth to take two of three from the struggling Twins. Oakland scratched and clawed, and despite …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER In a game with six lead changes, the A’s fought back with three runs in the tenth inning to pull out an improbable hard-fought 13–12 win over the Minnesota Twins to stretch their winning streak to 11 games. The back-and-forth affair featured a combined seven homers, 31 …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER In one of the best pitching duels of the season, the A’s closed out their most important series of 2020 with a 3-1 win over the Houston Astros, firmly putting themselves in the drivers seat in the race for the AL West championship. The win, their fourth …

BY J.A. SCHWARTZ From 2011 through 2013, the Houston Astros were the worst team in baseball. They lost 106, 107 and 111 games in that three year stretch, going a combined 162-324. Those results were not entirely unexpected, as the franchise embarked upon a “rebuilding” process that would begin in …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER For the second year in a row, the A’s dreams of postseason glory died a sudden painful death, falling to the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 Wednesday night at the Coliseum in the AL Wild Card game. Tampa Bay’s Yandy Diaz ripped a leadoff home run against A’s …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Mark Canha’s 11th inning double drove home Jurickson Profar with the only run of the game, breaking up a pitchers duel and giving the A’s a 1-0 win over the Kansas City Royals Wednesday afternoon at the Coliseum. Canha laced a 1-2 sinker from Royals reliever Jessie …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Matt Chapman’s two run eighth inning home run came at a perfect time to break out of a 1-27 slump, giving the A’s a 5-3 come from behind win over the Milwaukee Brewers in a battle of playoff contenders at the Oakland Coliseum Thursday afternoon. The win keeps Oakland …