Rays beat Angels despite Upton gaffe - San Jose Mercury News

19 August 2008, 1:20 am

Rays beat Angels despite Upton gaffeSan Jose Mercury News,  USA - Aug 19, 2008The first-place Rays beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-4 Monday night, but the postgame buzz was more about Upton getting caught jogging on the bases again ...... read more

Rays beat Angels despite Upton gaffe - The Associated Press

19 August 2008, 1:10 am

Washington PostRays beat Angels despite Upton gaffeThe Associated Press - Aug 19, 2008Athletics 3, Twins 2 At Minneapolis, Kirk Saarloos pitched 3 2-3 shutout innings after Oakland ace Justin Duchscherer left with a hip injury. ...Baseball roundup: Monday's action on the diamonds The Canad... read more

The McCarthy Files: Connecting Nolan Ryan And Mark Connor - Most Valuable Network

18 August 2008, 6:00 am

Most Valuable NetworkThe McCarthy Files: Connecting Nolan Ryan And Mark ConnorMost Valuable Network, MA - Aug 18, 2008On April 21st, 2007, pitching coach Mark Connor compared McCarthy’s miserable start from one day earlier against the Oakland Athletics (1 IP, 4 H, 6 ER, ...... read more

THT Dartboard: August 17, 2008 - Hardball Times

17 August 2008, 6:43 pm

THT Dartboard: August 17, 2008Hardball Times, MN - Aug 17, 2008#20 Oakland Athletics (Dartboard Factor = 78, 80): Trading Joe Blanton and Rich Harden did not cause the Oakland collapse. They were always likely to do ...... read more

Pointing out the good amid all the bad - MLB - ESPN

13 August 2008, 12:55 pm

Pointing out the good amid all the bad - MLBESPN - Aug 13, 2008It's been a grim few weeks since Billy Beane traded away Rich Harden and Joe Blanton to hasten yet another reconstruction in Oakland. The Athletics, 48-41 ...... read more

Ratto: A's are scraping rock bottom - San Francisco Chronicle

7 August 2008, 7:52 pm

Ratto: A's are scraping rock bottomSan Francisco Chronicle,  USA - Aug 7, 2008(08-07) 19:42 PDT -- The past 18 games of the Oakland A's season have dredged up memories of the worst years of the pre-Tony La Russa era - the mid-1980s, ...... read more