Oakland A's

Jenny Cavnar, who formerly did broadcast work for the San Diego Padres and Anaheim Ducks, spent the past 12 seasons in various roles with the Colorado Rockies.

: When the mayor of the city to which you are trying to move trashes your plan, it’s not a good sign.

Sad news out of Oakland.

Hiroki Kuroda gave up five runs, four earned, in five and two-thirds innings Sunday as the Yankees (88-64) lost to Oakland (86-66) 5–4 to snap the team’s seven-game winning streak.

Oakland A’s pitcher Brandon McCarthy was released from California Pacific Medical Campus in San Francisco on Tuesday afternoon.

Oakland’s Coco Crisp singled home Derek Norris in the bottom of the 12th inning Sunday giving Oakland (51-44) a walkoff 5–4 win and a four-game series sweep of the Yankees (57-38) for the first time since 1972.

The 2012 Major League Baseball season will start Wednesday in Tokyo, Japan, between the Oakland A’s and the Seattle Mariners.