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Oakland A's Players Furious Teammate Kila Ka'aihue Is Let Go Right Before He Has Twins

Shauna Wright — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 13:34:43 +0000

The clubhouse for the Oakland Athletics had some unhappy players on Friday after it was announced that just four days after being named first baseman for the team, Kila Ka’aihue has been designated for assignment.

And the timing couldn’t be much worse for Ka’aihue.

'Moneyball' Trailer: Brad Pitt Hits Home Run [VIDEO]

Andy Scott — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 14:00:01 +0000

Could ‘Moneyball’ be Brad Pitt’s ticket to the Oscars?

On Thursday, Columbia released the trailer for the highly anticipated adaptation of Michael Lewis’ ‘Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game,’ in which Pitt plays Oakland A’s GM Billy Beane, a man who used sabermetric principles to boost his team’s winning record on a tight budget.

Woman Pitches Batting Practice For The Cleveland Indians [VIDEO]

Amory Gritta — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:00:19 +0000

Justine Siegal pitched batting practice at the Cleveland Indians' spring training facility in Goodyear, Arizona, marking the first time a woman has ever performed this task.

She will pitch batting practice again today, this time for the Oakland A's.

This isn't the first time the 36-year-old has been a baseball gender pioneer -- in 2009 Siegal became the first woman to coach first base for a men's professional team when she did so for the Broxton Rox of the Canadian-American League. Read on to see her in action.