Oakland Athletics
Yankees Trade for Frankie Montas, Lou Trivino, Scott Effross
The best teams need to do the most work at the baseball trading deadline. This would seem counterintuitive, because the best teams tend to have the fewest needs. But if a team is really good, the hardest part is over: you know you’ll be playing in October. Trades are all about boosting your odds once […]
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Tampa Bay Lightning Try To Win Stanley Cups. How Hard Is It?
Winning a championship is the peak achievement for a professional sports team. Repeating the next year is a rarity. But trades get made, and players retire. Injuries happen, and so do upsets. Postseason play is a grueling gantlet to run, and it keeps expanding. Winning a third straight title is one of the toughest feats […]
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Buck Showalter and Bob Melvin Face Off in Mets-Padres Series
SAN DIEGO — They were hired with much fanfare over the off-season and have received rave reviews around Major League Baseball for their early work with their new teams. Both have won three Manager of the Year Awards and, should things keep up, would be strong contenders in this year’s voting as well. But before […]
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The Oakland Athletics are the Loneliest Team in Baseball
OAKLAND, Calif. — On one quiet night earlier this month, fewer than 3,000 fans attended an Athletics game. It was so vacant and tranquil at the bulky, old coliseum that the visiting Tampa Bay Rays players could hear the crisp enunciation of every taunt flung their way. Brett Phillips, a Rays outfielder, said one of […]
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The Toronto Blue Jays Set Their Sights on the World Series
Last year, Cavan Biggio and Santiago Espinal led a group that combined to hit .249 with 10 home runs and a .691 O.P.S. During a down 2021 season, Chapman hit .210 with 27 home runs and a .716 O.P.S. In his previous four seasons combined, he posted an .839 O.P.S., and he smashed 36 home […]
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