Oakland Athletics

What Raul Ibanez, Eric Chavez and David Aardsma (and $10 million) do for the Yankees

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While the Mets have been gearing up for the season by attacking players in the media for reporting to spring training on time (you know, appearances) and chartering a private helicopter to speed them to a basketball game (never mind about appearances), the Yankees have quietly added vital depth to their roster at a decidedly [...]

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New on video

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By Bruce Ingram Film Critic January 9, 2012 6:18PM Brad Pitt stars as Oakland A’s General Manager Billy Beane and Jonah Hill plays a Yale economics grad who helps him turn baseball conventions upside-down in “Moneyball,” written by Aaron Sorkin (“The Social Network”) and Steven Zallian (“Schindler’s List storyidforme: 23945015 tmspicid: 8819708 fileheaderid: 3979147 Updated: [...]

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2011 Wrap-Up: Top 20 movies of the year, and the worst five I saw – Leader-Telegram: Chris Vetter

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I always struggle to compile my top 10 list of best movies ofthe year, when I start working on the article in mid-December.After all, so many of the best movies wind up opening in the finalthree weeks of the year. In recent years, some of my favoritemovies, like "An Education" and "The King's Speech" and [...]

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2011 World Series — Jon Daniels' story has movie possibilities – ESPN Dallas

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ST. LOUIS — Went to see "Moneyball" on Tuesday night. In fact, with the Game 6 World Series postponement, St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said he was going to see the same movie Wednesday evening. I don't know what La Russa will think about the baseball flick starring Brad Pitt as Oakland Athletics [...]

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Orioles Hitting Woes Coincide with Their Pitching Struggles

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As I explored in my last article, the Orioles’ pitching staff has fallen on hard times over the last two months of the season to say the least. Not only has their pitching struggled to keep their opponents to less than five runs a game, their offensive production hasn’t performed much better. Although the Orioles’ [...]

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Holland 4-hit shutout for Rangers over Athletics

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Font Size: ARLINGTON, TX — Derek Holland rebounded from his shortest outing ever with a four-hitter for his third career shutout and Josh Hamilton had four RBIs for the Texas Rangers in a 6-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday night. Holland (7-4) struck out seven and walked two while allowingonly four singles. The [...]