Former Oakland A's Grant Balfour Shows Off Massive Truck At Rays Spring Training
Former Oakland A's pitcher Grant Balfour has a new team and a new ride, pulling up in a gargantuan behemoth of a black truck at spring training with the Tampa Bay Rays.
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Former Oakland A's pitcher Grant Balfour has a new team and a new ride, pulling up in a gargantuan behemoth of a black truck at spring training with the Tampa Bay Rays.
First baseman Brandon Belt has reached agreement on a $2.9 million, one-year contract with the San Francisco Giants to avoid salary arbitration.
A lawsuit filed by three former minor league baseball players against Major League Baseball in federal court in San Francisco appears to be the nation's first attempted class-action case claiming the players aren't paid the minimum wage, their lawyer said Tuesday.
CBS baseball insider John Heyman reports that there is no evidence that Zito, 36, actually sought a job this off-season. There is no word of any injury for the lefty, who just finished a 5-11season with a 5.74 ERA for the San Francisco Giants, the final year of a seven-season $126 Million deal.
Tucked in the corner of the San Francisco Giants' spring training clubhouse are side-by-side lockers belonging to the four stars of the starting rotation—Tim Lincecum, Tim Hudson, Matt Cain and Madison Bumgarner.
Scott Kazmir is walking into a different situation with the Oakland Athletics and a most different role.
Jim Fregosi, a former All-Star who won more than 1,000 games as a manager for four teams, died Friday after an apparent stroke. He was 71.
Center fielder Coco Crisp is staying with the Oakland Athletics for an additional two seasons, agreeing Friday to a new contract through 2016 that adds $22.75 million in guaranteed money.
Oakland business leaders are moving ahead with plans for a waterfront baseball stadium downtown and they have the support of Oakland Mayor Jean Quan but not necessarily that of the Oakland A's.
The city of San Jose moved forward in two different courts Thursday with its bid to clear a possible path for the Oakland A's to move to a new baseball stadium in San Jose.
When Eric O'Flaherty returns to health and his former form, the Oakland Athletics believe they have one of baseball's best left-handers to add to an already stout bullpen.
Pablo Sandoval, known fondly as the Kung Fu Panda, has struggled with his weight almost from the instant he put on a Giants uniform, but but the Giants' Panda doesn't really look like a giant panda anymore.
Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and former Oakland Athletic Frank Thomas were elected to baseball's Hall of Fame on Wednesday, while Craig Biggio fell two votes short and tainted stars of the Steroids Era remained far behind.
Some of the best American sporting events worth traveling for are the Daytona 500, the Masters Tournament, the Super Bowl the U.S. Open and the World Series.
In the late 1950s, San Francisco was making good on a deal. They had promised the Giants a new stadium if they moved west from New York.
A group trying to keep the A's in Oakland has been lobbying for a stadium on the waterfront, saying it is taking the next steps toward making that dream a reality.
Coach Madden stands behind his belief that the move to bench quarterback Robert Griffin III is hurting the integrity of the game.
Multiple media outlets are reporting that the San Francisco Giants will sign veteran slugger Mike Morse to fill the starting left field vacancy for the 2014 season.
Major League Baseball plans to eliminate home plate collisions, such as the one that severely injured San Francisco Giants star catcher Buster Posey, possibly as soon as next season but no later than by 2015.
A person with knowledge of the Deal says the Oakland Athletics have dealt left-hander Brett Anderson to the Colorado Rockies for lefty Drew Pomeranz and minor league pitcher Chris Jensen.
Major League Baseball revealed over the weekend that their commissioner sent a denial letter to the Oakland Athletics over the summer, to block their plans to move to San Jose.
The whole notion of "going out on top" sounds good, but it doesn't happen often enough. Too many athletes, coaches, and managers stick around hoping for one more trip to the top of the hill--one that seldom comes.
Right-hander Ryan Vogelsong has finalized his $5 million, one-year contract with the San Francisco Giants.
In one whirlwind stretch of less than 24 hours, Oakland general manager Billy Beane pulled off a trio of trades with three different clubs and upgraded Oakland's bullpen in the process.
A Scottsdale, Ariz., fire official says four people with the San Francisco Giants' minor league team were injured in a Tuesday morning crash.
