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Cespedes Eager For Big Playoff Run With Athletics
He is far from satisfied with his performance on the field this season for the AL West champion Athletics, who are counting on Cespedes' big bat to help carry them as they make another October run - in...
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A’s Unable To Hold Off Scherzer, Tigers In Game 1 Of ALDS
OAKLAND (CBS / AP) – Max Scherzer and his bullpen stymied that late-game swagger that carried the Oakland Athletics so many times this season. The A’s were rattled and frustrated, and they showed it—an...
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A’s Unable To Close Out Tigers In Game 4 Of ALDS
DETROIT (CBS / AP) – Oakland’s relievers put the Athletics within a win of the AL championship series by not allowing a run through the first three games against Detroit. With a chance to advance...
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A’s Eliminated By Verlander, Tigers In Game 5 Of ALDS
OAKLAND (CBS / AP) – Rookie pitcher Sonny Gray would have had to match his electric postseason debut for the Athletics to have any chance against Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers. Even that...
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Season in Review: Oakland Is Still the Bay Area Baseball King
By Sam McPherson The 2013 Oakland Athletics added yet another jewel to the organization’s rich history of Major League baseball success, winning the American League West division for the 16th time...
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Perez, Gray Each Pitch 2 Innings, A’s-Rangers Tie
PHOENIX (CBS/AP) — Oakland designated hitter Yoenis Cespedes drove in a run with a sacrifice fly against Martin Perez as the Athletics and Texas Rangers played to a 2-all tie Saturday. The game was...
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A’s Rough Up Carrasco, Defeat Cleveland In Cactus League
GOODYEAR, Ariz. (CBS / AP) — Sam Fuld scored two runs on two singles and a walk, leading the Oakland Athletics over the Cleveland Indians 13-3 on Wednesday. The center fielder has scored 13 runs in 12...
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Cespedes Homers In A’s 6-4 Loss To Mariners
Oakland's Yoenis Cespedes hit his first home run of spring training, but the Seattle Mariners rallied for four runs in the ninth inning to beat a split-squad of Athletics on Sunday.
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Kazmir Leads A’s Past Cleveland In 1st Win Of 2014 Season
OAKLAND (CBS / AP) — Scott Kazmir shut out his former team into the eighth inning in his Oakland debut, and the Athletics beat the Cleveland Indians 6-1 in the first game of a day-night doubleheader on...
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A’s Beat Mariners On Crisp’s Homer In 12th
OAKLAND (CBS / AP) — Coco Crisp homered leading off the bottom of the 12th inning to lift the Oakland Athletics to a 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday night. Crisp, who scored the tying run...
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A’s Ruin Home Opener For Twins
MINNEAPOLIS (CBS / AP) — The Oakland Athletics can win a lot of different ways, as evidenced by their two-year hold on the AL West division title. Yoenis Cespedes proved he can play through a hurting...
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Jaso’s Pinch-Hit HR Lifts A’s Over Angels 3-2
ANAHEIM (CBS / AP) — Pinch-hitter John Jaso came through with a two-run homer off closer Ernesto Frieri in the ninth inning, sending the Oakland Athletics to a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels...
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Gregerson Blows 3rd Save Opportunity In A’s Loss To Rangers
OAKLAND (CBS / AP) — Michael Choice singled in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning and the Texas Rangers rallied to beat the Oakland Athletics 5-4 on Tuesday night. Josh Wilson doubled to drive in the...
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A’s Salvage Finale Against Red Sox, 3-2
BOSTON (CBS/AP) — Daric Barton didn’t bat and barely got on the field. He still made the game-saving play. Yoenis Cespedes drove in the go-ahead run on an infield single with the bases loaded in the...
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Milone Gets 1st Win, A’s Power Past Nationals
OAKLAND (CBS / AP) — Tommy Milone tossed eight innings of two-hit ball for his first win of the season, and three teammates homered to power the Oakland Athletics past the Washington Nationals 8-0 on...
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A’s Unable To Hold On, Lose To Rays In 11 Innings
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (CBS / AP) — Sean Rodriguez hit a three-run home run with two out in the 11th inning Thursday to lift the Tampa Bay Rays to a 5-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics. Rodriguez’s...
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A’s Snap Four-Game Skid With 10-0 Win Over Tigers
OAKLAND (CBS/AP) — Athletics manager Bob Melvin issued a pregame message to his slumping team to grind out at-bats rather look for home runs. Fortunately for the A’s, the players didn’t exactly follow...
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A’s Miss Opportunities, Lose To Tigers In Series Finale
OAKLAND (CBS / AP) — Miguel Cabrera hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the fifth to back Rick Porcello’s eighth victory, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics 5-4 on Thursday for a split of...
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A’s Overcome 4-Run Deficit Against Yankees For 5th-Straight Victory
NEW YORK (CBS/AP) — Yoenis Cespedes homered twice, Josh Donaldson hit a tiebreaking shot in the seventh inning and the Oakland Athletics overcame a four-run deficit to beat the skidding New York...
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Cespedes Makes Spectacular Throw, But A’s Lose To Angels In 14 Innings
ANAHEIM (CBS / AP) — Collin Cowgill hit a two-out homer in the 14th inning and the Los Angeles Angels outlasted the Oakland Athletics 2-1 on Tuesday night for their fifth consecutive victory. Josh...
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Who Is Yoenis Cespedes? 5 Facts You Didn’t Know About The A’s Outfielder
by @TaraLipinsky It’s the out seen around the world. Tuesday night, Yoenis Cespedes of the Oakland A’s made a bad play when the Angels’ Mike Trout ripped a double to left field. But boy, did he make up...
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Physicist Analyzes A’s Outfielder Yoenis Cespedes’ Spectacular Throw To Home...
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — Every now and then, the sports world gives us something that is truly hard to believe. A throw made by Oakland A’s outfielder Yoenis Cespedes during Tuesday night’s game has many...
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Cespedes Stuns Angels Again With Another Improbable Throw From Outfield
LOS ANGELES (CBS SF)- Less than 24 hours after turning a bungled play in the left field corner into a physics-defying strike that shot down a Los Angeles Angels base runner and got the sports world...
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3 Things Yoenis Cespedes Was Compared To On Twitter
After Tuesday’s 300-plus foot throw to home by the Athletics’ left fielder went viral, fans took to twitter to express who and what Yoenis Cespedes really is. Here are some of the comparisons. 1....
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Kazmir Takes Shutout Into 6th Inning, A’s Defeat Red Sox
OAKLAND (CBS / AP) — Scott Kazmir pitched seven innings to win his fourth straight start, Yoenis Cespedes hit his 14th home run of the season and the Oakland Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2 on...
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A’s Lead Major League Baseball With 6 All-Star Selections, Giants Earn 2
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – The team with baseball’s best record also boasts the most All-Star selections for next week’s midsummer classic. The Oakland A’s will send six of their starters to the game at Target...
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Daily Madden: All-Star Selections Honor The A’s
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — Six players from the Oakland A’s have been selected for the All-Star game, the most since 1975. “That’s great for the A’s,” John Madden told the KCBS Radio morning crew. “They...
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Back To Back: A’s Cespedes Wins Second Straight Home Run Derby
MINNEAPOLIS (CBS / AP) — Yoenis Cespedes knew how to pace himself in this rain-delayed home run derby, drawn out further by a new format. The Oakland Athletics outfielder simply trusted his own...
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5 Facts You Didn’t Know About Back-To-Back HR Derby Champ Yoenis Cespedes
by @TaraLipinsky One of the most talked about names in baseball this season, Oakland’s Yoenis Cespedes, is the first back-to-back Homerun Derby Champion in 15 years. In June it was the “out” seen...
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21 Things That Have Happened Since The Last Back-to-Back Home Run Derby Champion
After Yoenis Cespedes won Monday night Home Run Derby for the second consecutive year, he became the first back-to-back champion in 15 years. Ken Griffey Jr. did it in 1998 and 1999 and now Cespedes...
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A’s Hold Off Late Charge By Astros, Cespedes Homers Twice
OAKLAND (CBS / AP) — Yoenis Cespedes homered twice and tied a career high with five RBIs before leaving with an apparent right thumb injury, and the Oakland Athletics held off the Houston Astros 9-7 on...
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A’s Blockbuster Deal Sends Cespedes To Red Sox For Ace Jon Lester, Local Boy...
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – The A’s have added another ace to their rotation with the acquisition of Jon Lester, and brought back fan favorite Jonny Gomes for slugging outfielder Yoenis Cespedes, confirms John...
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A’s To Go Ahead With T-Shirt Giveaway Honoring Traded-Away Cespedes
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The Oakland Athletics will go ahead with a planned T-shirt day promotion this weekend honoring outfielder All-Star Yoenis Cespedes, hours after the team announced he had been traded...
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5 MLB Trade Deadline Winners
by Jake Brown (@JBSportsRadio) The 2014 MLB trade deadline was arguably the greatest one we have ever seen. Jon Lester went to the Athletics. Yoenis Cespedes went to the Red Sox. David Price went to...
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New A’s Players Welcomed To Baseball’s Winningest Team For World Series Run
OAKLAND (AP) — Jon Lester walked through the Oakland clubhouse doors to quite a greeting, from the snappy, patriotic marching tune blaring from the sound system to the handshakes and hellos from every...
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Jump On Tomorrow: @HiddenCash, Levi’s Stadium Opens, Cespedes Shirts,...
SAN FRANCISCO (KBCW) — Return of @HiddenCash. Jason Buzi, aka @HiddenCash, the millionaire who stashes money in public places around the Bay Area, then tweets the locations, will be hiding money in Pez...
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5 MLB Players That You Didn’t Know Defected From Cuba
In light of the Boston Red Sox signing Cuban outfielder Rusney Castillo to a seven-year, $72.5 million deal, let’s take a look at other MLB players who defected from Cuba. Some you may have heard of...
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Red Sox Send Cespedes To Detroit Just 5 Months After Shocker A’s Trade
BOSTON (CBS/AP) – The Boston Red Sox have traded outfielder Yoenis Cespedes to the Detroit Tigers for pitcher Rick Porcello. Pitchers Alex Wilson and Gabe Speier also went to Detroit as part of the...
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Giants Shortstop Crawford, Former A’s Outfielder Cespedes Win Gold Gloves
NEW YORK (CBS / AP) — World Series MVP Salvador Perez and Kansas City Royals teammates Eric Hosmer and Alcides Escobar have won Gold Gloves. The awards for fielding excellence were announced Tuesday by...
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Expanded MLB Rosters Can Mess With Your Fantasy Baseball Lineup
By Sam McPherson There are several milestone moments in every MLB season that impact the fantasy baseball world, and September 1 was another one of those moments. That’s the date MLB teams are allowed...
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