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This Date in A's History
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June 6, 2013
12 runs in Extra Innings COMBINED? Pffft.
The '83 Rangers know a thing or 12 about scoring a boatload of runs in extra innings.
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May 17, 2013
Before Jason Collins, There was Glenn Burke
As the first openly homosexual baseball player, Oakland-born Glenn Burke was about 35 years ahead of the times.
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May 8, 2013
Catfish and Braden: Perfection Decades Apart
The Oakland A's have two perfect games. The men that threw them could not have been any different. Except where it counted.
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April 30, 2013
A's and Angels seem to enjoy playing 2 games in 1
The A's and Angels played a 20-inning affair in 1971. Oakland won that one, too.
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April 23, 2013
This Date in A's History, April 23
A budding star leads a mediocre A’s team to victory in 1996.
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April 18, 2013
This Date in A's History, April 18
After opening up their inaugural season before 50,000 fans, the A’s treated a more modest crowd to their first-ever win at the Oakland Coliseum.
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April 16, 2013
This Date in A's History, April 16
Dave Kingman was considered a one-dimensional ballplayer. Thankfully, the one thing he decided to be very good at was hitting baseballs a long way.
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April 15, 2013
This Date in A's History, April 15
In honor of Jackie Robinson Day, we review the A’s players who have worn the Number 42.
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April 12, 2013
This Date in A's History, April 12
It’s never not a good day to reminisce about the days of Tim Hudson in an A’s uniform.
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April 11, 2013
This Date in A's History, April 11
The faceless A’s got off to a rousing start in 1977. The fun didn’t last long.
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April 10, 2013
This Date in A's History, April 10
Mike Norris gave the champion A’s a much-needed boost in April 1975. Oh what might have been for the would-be star.
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April 9, 2013
This Date in A's History, April 9
Who says history needs to be ancient? In this segment, we go all the way back to…2012
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April 8, 2013
This Date in A's History, April 8
Vida Blue and John “Blue Moon” Odom celebrated the A’s win in the 1972 ALCS by nearly coming to blows. For that reason we’ll keep them apart in today’s segment.
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April 7, 2013
This Date in A's History, April 7
Love him or hate him, a Reggie Jackson at-bat was not the time for a bathroom break.
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April 6, 2013
This Date in A's History, April 6
Not surprising that the A’s stole their way to victory in 1983. The surprise was the guy missing from the heist.
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April 5, 2013
This Date in A's History, April 5
Bob Welch owned April 5. Of course it helped to have a pretty awesome team behind him.
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April 4, 2013
This Date in A's History, April 4
The A's have played the Yankees three times on this date - and have won them all. We highlight them here.
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April 3, 2013
This Date in A's History, April 3
The A's obtained Dennis Eckersley from the Cubs in 1987 for three minor-leaguers. I think Oakland got the better of the deal.
