http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/ Follow the latest news and notes on the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics en Copyright 2013 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:25:00 -0700 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification SAN FRANCISCO -- With the injuries to key Giants players and a cross-country flight that had players arriving home around 4:30 a.m. this morning, it has come to this: Brandon http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/giants-padres-lineups-crawford-hits-third-plus-injury-updates.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/giants-padres-lineups-crawford-hits-third-plus-injury-updates.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball Giants Angel Pagan Brandon Crawford Bruce Bochy Giants Marco Scutaro Pablo Sandoval Santiago Casilla Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:25:00 -0700 OAKLAND -- It's mid-June, about the time that All-Star buzz starts to percolate around baseball. And your American League co-leader in wins as of Sunday? You guessed it -- Bartolo http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/melvin-colon-bolsters-all-star-candidacy-in-as-10-2-win.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/melvin-colon-bolsters-all-star-candidacy-in-as-10-2-win.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball A's A's Bartolo Colon Bob Melvin John Jaso Josh Reddick Mike Gallego Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:10:44 -0700 OAKLAND -- Somewhat quietly, the Mariners have to have one of the best 1-2 punches atop their starting rotation in the American League, if not all of baseball. Consider: A http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/as-mariners-lineups-and-the-unicorn-backpack-changes-hands.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/as-mariners-lineups-and-the-unicorn-backpack-changes-hands.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball A's A's Bob Melvin Coco Crisp Dan Otero Jed Lowrie Sean Doolittle Yoenis Cespedes Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:35:00 -0700 OAKLAND -- You could call A.J. Griffin one of the more free-wheeling personas in the A's clubhouse. He has been heard playing the guitar before games on days he starts. http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/griffin-at-a-loss-for-words-after-loss-king-felix-stifles-the-as.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/griffin-at-a-loss-for-words-after-loss-king-felix-stifles-the-as.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball A's A's A.J. Griffin Bob Melvin Coco Crisp Felix Hernandez John Jaso Josh Donaldson Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:45:29 -0700 OAKLAND -- Coco Crisp (heel) and Josh Donaldson (hamstring) are back in the A's lineup today against the Mariners and nemesis Felix Hernandez. Chris Young also gets the start in http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/as-mariners-lineups-crisp-donaldson-in-against-king-felix.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/as-mariners-lineups-crisp-donaldson-in-against-king-felix.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball A's A's Bob Melvin Chris Young Coco Crisp Josh Donaldson Josh Reddick Yoenis Cespedes Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:40:15 -0700 OAKLAND -- The A's tried a few tactics Friday to combat the effects of their 18-inning win over the Yankees the day before. Players were allowed to report to the http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/a-good-night-for-young-in-leadoff-spot-though-as-lose-3-2.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/a-good-night-for-young-in-leadoff-spot-though-as-lose-3-2.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball A's A's Bob Melvin Chris Young Dan Otero Derek Norris Eric Sogard Nate Freiman Tommy Milone Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:05:24 -0700 OAKLAND -- Josh Donaldson is out of the A's lineup for only the second time this season after leaving yesterday's 18-inning game with tightness in his right hamstring. Donaldson said http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/as-pre-game-donaldson-out-otero-up-draft-pick-works-out.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/as-pre-game-donaldson-out-otero-up-draft-pick-works-out.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball A's A's Billy McKinney Bob Melvin Coco Crisp Dan Otero Hideki Okajima Josh Donaldson Nate Freiman Yoenis Cespedes Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:00:19 -0700 OAKLAND -- The A's finally faced a right-handed starter Wednesday after seeing five left-handers in a row, meaning Bob Melvin finally got to run out his left-handed lineup, which surely http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/no-rust-for-as-lefties-in-5-2-win-straily-earning-more-rope.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/no-rust-for-as-lefties-in-5-2-win-straily-earning-more-rope.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball A's A's Bob Melvin Brandon Moss Dan Straily Eric Sogard John Jaso Seth Smith Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:30:00 -0700 OAKLAND -- A's manager Bob Melvin is fond of calling Coco Crisp the team's "energizer" atop the lineup and Yoenis Cespedes a confidence-breeding influence in the middle. The lineup is http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/as-yankees-lineups-crisp-cespedes-out.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/as-yankees-lineups-crisp-cespedes-out.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball A's A's Bob Melvin Coco Crisp Yoenis Cespedes Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:30:03 -0700 OAKLAND -- A's catcher Derek Norris said he wasn't surprised to get a first-pitch slider from C.C. Sabathia with two on and two outs in the fourth inning Tuesday night. http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/norris-doesnt-wait-around-cespedes-hamstring-exits-6-4-win.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/norris-doesnt-wait-around-cespedes-hamstring-exits-6-4-win.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball A's A's Bartolo Colon Bob Melvin Coco Crisp Derek Norris Grant Balfour Sean Doolittle Yoenis Cespedes Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:20:12 -0700 OAKLAND -- The A's face Yankees left-hander C.C. Sabathia in the teams' series opener at the Coliseum tonight, meaning manager Bob Melvin found himself writing out his right-handed lineup yet http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/as-yankees-lineups-as-facing-yet-another-left-hander.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/as-yankees-lineups-as-facing-yet-another-left-hander.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball A's A's Bartolo Colon Bob Melvin Brandon Moss Derek Norris Eric Sogard John Jaso Josh Donaldson Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:10:40 -0700 OAKLAND -- With apologies to Bartolo Colon and his complete-game shutout Friday night at the age of 40, Sunday's pitching matchup between Jarrod Parker and Chris Sale may have offered http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/parker-wins-a-duel-rotation-rounding-into-form-as-as-sweep.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/parker-wins-a-duel-rotation-rounding-into-form-as-as-sweep.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball A's A's Bartolo Colon Bob Melvin Chris Sale Coco Crisp Derek Norris Grant Balfour Jarrod Parker Josh Donaldson Sun, 02 Jun 2013 19:30:10 -0700 OAKLAND -- A's reliever Sean Doolittle was so consistent for the first two months of the season -- two runs allowed total in his first 23 outings -- that manager http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/doolittle-not-beating-myself-up-over-two-outings-plus-lineups.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/doolittle-not-beating-myself-up-over-two-outings-plus-lineups.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball A's A's Bob Melvin Brandon Moss Chris Sale Sean Doolittle Sun, 02 Jun 2013 12:25:00 -0700 OAKLAND -- A's manager Bob Melvin wore his cap to his post-game press conference Saturday. So it wasn't clear how much of his hair he'd pulled out during the A's http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/as-giving-themselves-lots-of-chances-capitalize-late-in-4-3-win.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/as-giving-themselves-lots-of-chances-capitalize-late-in-4-3-win.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball A's A's Bob Melvin Chili Davis Chris Young Dan Straily Derek Norris Josh Reddick Sean Doolittle Sat, 01 Jun 2013 20:05:57 -0700 OAKLAND -- The A's, playing for the ninth day in a row and on a quick turnaround after a night game, didn't hit on the field this morning to ease http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/as-white-sox-lineups-crisp-gets-a-day-cespedes-a-half-day.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball http://blogs.sacbee.com/bay-area-baseball/2013/06/as-white-sox-lineups-crisp-gets-a-day-cespedes-a-half-day.html#mi_rss=Bay%20Area%20Baseball A's A's Bob Melvin Coco Crisp Dan Straily Hiroyuki Nakajima Yoenis Cespedes Sat, 01 Jun 2013 11:50:30 -0700