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This period in Oakland history featured splendid performances from a trio of young starting pitchers: right-hander Tim Hudson and left-handers Mark Mulder and Barry Zito. Between 1999 and 2006, the so-called "Big Three" helped the Athletics to emerge into a perennial powerhouse in the American League West, combining for a collective record of ...
On June 28, 2023, Domingo Germán of the New York Yankees threw the 24th perfect game in Major League Baseball history, defeating the Oakland Athletics 11–0 at the Coliseum. It was the third perfect game in Coliseum history after Dallas Braden in 2010 and Catfish Hunter in 1968.
The history of the Athletics Major League Baseball franchise spans the period from 1901 to the present day, having begun as a charter member franchise in the new American League in Philadelphia before moving to Kansas City in 1955 for 13 seasons and then to the San Francisco Bay in Oakland, California, in 1968 for 57 seasons.
By RYAN GORMAN A massive earthquake that struck the Bay Area on October 17, 1989 forever changed the region, and potentially altered the course of baseball history. The 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta ...
In 1916, a struggling Oaks team made history by (inadvertently) breaking the professional baseball color line, as Jimmy Claxton pitched in both ends of a double-header on May 28, 1916. He was introduced to the team as an American Indian, but once the team discovered that his ancestry was both Native American and African, he was fired. [ 2 ]
The 14-time American League All-Star and member of five World Series Championship teams joined Mornings on 2 live on Thursday to talk about the rich history of baseball in Oakland and the historic ...
OAKLAND, Calif. — They began arriving at the Oakland Coliseum at 6 a.m. Thursday, and were pounding Jägermeister shots by 6:30. Nearly 11 hours later, with burning throats and eyes filled with ...
Oakland Pioneers (1879) Several different minor league baseball teams played in the city of Oakland, California in the California League (and its alternate names) starting in 1879 until 1915. From that point, the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League took over as the main team in Oakland.