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Athletics’ Future Bright With Rooker Rocking Its Offense

Brent Rooker is more than an all-star and Silver Slugger to the Athletics MLB team.
Athletics’ Future Bright With Rooker Rocking Its Offense
Brent Rooker of the Athletics reacts after striking out against the Minnesota Twins in the fifth inning of the game at Target Field in Minneapolis on August 19, 2025. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images
Donald Laible
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Once joining the Athletics, Brent Rooker’s baseball career turned a page that few imagined possible.

The Athletics season will conclude on Sept. 28, a home game with the Kansas City Royals during Fan Appreciation Weekend, in their temporary home of West Sacramento, California. Beginning a three-game series as visitors to the Anaheim Angels on Friday, at 64–77, and in fifth (last) place in the American League West, the Athletics are playing for personal pride. “Wait ’til next year” is the baseball battle cry for the club and its fans.

Donald Laible
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Don has covered pro baseball for several decades, beginning in the minor leagues as a radio broadcaster in the NY Mets organization. His Ice Chips & Diamond Dust blog ran from 2012-2020 at uticaod.com. His baseball passion surrounds anything concerning the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and writing features on the players and staff of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Don currently resides in southwest Florida.