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Live-blogging day two of the 2008 MLB draft

Posted in June 6th, 2008
by Oz in 2008

Oakland’s picks thus far:
Round 1: Jemile Weeks 2B from University of Miami - Profile - Scouting report - Video - NewsRound 2: Tyson Ross RHP from University of California Berkley - Interview - Interview - Profile Round 3: Petey Paramore C from Arizona State - Scouting report - Injury? - Interview Round 4: Anthony Capra […]

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2008 Major League baseball draft is underway: Tampa takes Beckham.

Posted in June 5th, 2008
by Oz in 2008, Baseball News, Draft, Newswire, Oakland Athletics

No, not that Beckham.
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays get the first pick (shocker!) and they’ll be grabbing mega-tool Georgia high school shortstop, Tim Beckham.
Here’s the list so far:  
1. Tampa Bay Devil Rays - Tim Beckham SS (can’t miss mega-tool stud)2. Pittsburgh Pirates - Pedro Alvarez 3B (crazy hitter)3. Kansas City Royals - […]

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Around-the-horn: Draft day less than 24 hours away; C’s make splash with new show

Posted in June 4th, 2008
by Jeremy in 2008, Baseball News, Between The Innings, Draft, Meet The Staff, Newswire, North of the Border, Oakland Athletics, Vancouver Canadians

It’s that time of year again.  Just two weeks (13 days) remain until Opening Day, and in two days, the Oakland Athletics will have completed the 2008 draft, which will make up for most of the C’s roster for ‘08.  
Thursday morning, through Friday night, all 30 MLB teams will go through round after round, […]

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Another former C’s star gets called up, Whitecaps dump their stadium plans, C’s debuting new uniforms

Posted in May 17th, 2008
by Oz in 2008, Baseball News, Between The Innings, History, Newswire, North of the Border, Oakland Athletics, Rants'n'Raves, Vancouver Canadians

Congratulations, Gregorio Petit!
From the official release:

OAKLAND — The Oakland A’s today recalled infielder Gregorio Petit from Triple-A Sacramento and placed right-handed pitcher Santiago Casilla on the 15-day disabled list with soreness in his right elbow.
Petit was batting .304 with no home runs and 15 RBI in 37 games with Sacramento this year, all at shortstop. […]

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Big Hurt plays the Jays, then takes their cash back to Oakland

Posted in April 24th, 2008
by Oz in 2008, Baseball News, Newswire, North of the Border, Oakland Athletics, Rants'n'Raves

$18m for 29 home runs; that’s what it cost the Toronto Blue Jays to rent Frank Thomas for one season.
Thomas, the shoe-in Hall-of-Fame slugger who talked his way out of Chicago before coming to Oakland for pennies on the dollar, helped propel the Athletics to an unlikely appearance in the 2006 ALCS. He subsequently parlayed […]

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Oakland A’s organizational changes: what they’ll mean to the Vancouver Canadians

Posted in March 25th, 2008
by Oz in 2008, Around The Minors, Baseball News, Draft, Oakland Athletics, Rants'n'Raves, Vancouver Canadians

The 2008 pre-season (or 2007 post-season, I guess) was a time of change for the Oakland A’s. Call it an organizational epiphany if you will, but using the DL 22 times in a single season seemed to make it abundantly clear to the A’s that, though they had achieved great things for next to no […]

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Easter Monday news round-up: cuts, thrashings, and new beginnings

Posted in March 24th, 2008
by Oz in 2008, Around The Minors, Baseball News, Newswire, North of the Border, Oakland Athletics, UBC Thunderbirds, Vancouver Canadians, Where Are They Now

OMURA NO MORE-AAccording to the folks at Scout.com, 2005 Vancouver Canadians second baseman, Isaac Omura, has been cut by the Oakland A’s as they try to find room for new players in their minor league system.
The Flyin’ Hawaiian (or Windjammer as he was sometimes known) was the sixth player cut this spring, behind such […]

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