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I’m talking, of course, about Mark Ellis, who may make errors all the time (didn’t he make one just, like, 102 games ago?) but he’s always good for three—heck, make it four—hits. Ellis...

The old adage of "good field, no hit" is antiquated in this age when second basemen and shortstops are expected to provide power and slugging alongside the muscle-bound first basemen and...

Score one for the rookie. The story is no longer about offensive ineptitude, it's about how it all ended so differently from how it started and continued, with the A's, shutout right down to their...