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Four fielding errors–two by Tyler Colvin and two by Derrek Lee–cost the Cubs a game Tuesday night at Wrigley field. The errors lead to four unearned runs for the Athletics who took the game 9-5. For...
View ArticleCubs Take Series from A’s
On Thursday, Kosuke Fukudome’s game-winning single in the bottom of ninth gave the Cubs a 3-2 victory over the A’s and sealed the first series win for the Cubs since May 27th against the Dodgers. It...
View ArticleFormer Cub Breaks Ichiro’s Record In Japan
TOKYO — Former-major leaguer Matt Murton broke Ichiro Suzuki’s record for the most hits in a single season in Japanese Professional Baseball on Tuesday. Murton achieved his 211th hit of the season with...
View ArticleWill Oakland A’s Become San Jose A’s?
Oakland Athletics owner Lew Wolff knows right where he wants the new ballpark for his team to be located, it’s just not in Oakland. Not only is initial funding in place, but the San Jose mayor is on...
View ArticleBernstein: Sox Bullpen Off To Bad Start
By Dan Bernstein– Ten games into a major-league season is no time to declare a crisis. There will be normalization of underperformance, just as there is in the other direction. In time, players will be...
View ArticleAthletics Fire Manager Before Starting Series With White Sox
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — On Thursday, the Chicago White Sox and the Oakland Athletics will start a four-game series in Chicago. When the two teams square off, the Athletics will do so without the manager...
View ArticleDunn, Konerko Homer In White Sox Rout
CHICAGO (AP) Adam Dunn and Paul Konerko each hit two-run homers and the Chicago White Sox spoiled the debut of Oakland interim manager Bob Melvin, beating the Athletics 9-4 on Thursday night. Melvin...
View ArticleIHSA: No Games For CPS During Teachers Strike
CHICAGO (CBS) – The state’s governing body for high schools has rejected a request from Chicago Public Schools that would have allowed athletic programs to continue during the teachers strike. The...
View ArticleYour Chicago: Metro Squash
CHICAGO (CBS) — Squash is a game that not many people know about. And yet thanks to a University of Chicago doctor, it is helping broaden the athletic and academic horizons of many inner city kids....
View ArticleMeet The Man Behind Roosevelt’s Athletics Program
CHICAGO (CBS) — While many colleges are cutting back on sports, tiny Roosevelt University in the Loop is building an athletic program from the ground up in a big way. The Women’s basketball team is...
View ArticleGrand Slam Allows A’s To Overtake White Sox 4-3
CHICAGO (AP) —Josh Donaldson hit his first career grand slam, Josh Reddick made a homer-saving catch in the ninth inning, and the Oakland Athletics rallied from a three-run deficit Friday night for a...
View ArticlePreview: White Sox-Athletics
Scott Carroll opposes Drew Pomeranz tonight at 9:05 at O.co Coliseum.
View ArticlePreview: White Sox-Athletics
Andre Rienzo opposes Tommy Milone this afternoon at O.co Coliseum.
View ArticleBernstein: Stopping Baseball’s Spiral Of Stupidity
By Dan Bernstein- CBSChicago.com senior columnist (CBS) It all has to go, eventually, and it will. Every last bit of the antiquated, indefensible laws of baseball machismo will somehow be fined and...
View ArticleWatch: Yoenis Cespedes Guns Down Runner From 300+ Feet
(CBS) Major League Baseball has a clubhouse leader for the season’s best outfield assist and perhaps the defensive play of the year. In other words, Oakland outfielder Yoenis Cespedes finally was...
View ArticleWatch: Pujols Apparently Forgot Cespedes Has A Cannon Arm
(CBS) On Tuesday night, Athletics left fielder Yoenis Cespedes gunned down an Angels runner at the plate on a perfect throw that traveled more than 300 feet and sparked discussion on where it ranked...
View ArticleWatch: Beer Vendor Catches Foul Ball, Refuses To Give It To Overzealous Lady
(CBS) Nothing makes fans go crazy quite like T-shirt cannons and fouls balls, the latter of which gathered more evidence in Wednesday’s Tigers-Athletics game. Ian Kinsler hit a foul ball in the eighth...
View ArticleReport: Samardzija Sold His Chicago Condo For $600K
(CBS) It didn’t take long for former Cubs pitcher Jeff Samardzija’s condo to get gobbled up on the market. Traded on July 4 to Oakland, Samardzija sold his 2,500-square-foot condo for $600,000, the...
View ArticlePreview: Athletics-White Sox
Sonny Gray opposes Hector Noesi tonight at U.S. Cellular Field.
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