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david.aspinwall | 1 Mar 2006 05:33
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Oakland A's News #3181 - 23 messages


Saarloos adjusting to bullpen role
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PHOENIX -- Kirk Saarloos, the Oakland Athletics' favorite
getaway day pitcher, finds himself in a new role this season.
"With them bringing in Estaban Loaiza, I was the odd man out as
far as being in the rotation," Saarloos said in a clubhouse
interview at the A's spring training camp.
KRON 4 Bay Area
Tue Feb 28 16:42:20 2006
score: 9.8

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Big Hurt, White Sox GM talk by phone
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Former White Sox star Frank Thomas and Chicago general manager
Kenny Williams talked by phone for 20 minutes to discuss their
escalated verbal feud. Williams called Thomas "an idiot" and
"selfish" Sunday after reading the ex-slugger's comments in a
newspaper interview in which he reiterated that he wasn't happy
with his send-off from the team after 16 years. Now with the
Oakland Athletics, Thomas 
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Mon Feb 27 15:10:25 2006
score: 8.7

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Street Adds New Pitch To His Repertoire
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david.aspinwall | 1 Mar 2006 09:33
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Let the games begin
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MESA, Ariz. | Cubs manager Dusty Baker says he's ready for the
games to start. Baker sounded upbeat as the Cubs took part in
their final full day of workouts Tuesday before they open
Cactus League play on Thursday against the Oakland Athletics.
Northwest Indiana Times
Tue Feb 28 22:41:20 2006
score: 11.4

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Guillen: Time for Frank to move on
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TUCSON, Ariz. | White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen talks to
everyone he sees. Frank Thomas will not be an exception.
Thomas' Athletics will play here next Tuesday, but Thomas would
be questionable to make the two-hour bus ride from Phoenix.
Northwest Indiana Times
Tue Feb 28 22:37:07 2006
score: 12.2

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Sore shoulder slows Crosby
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On the eve of the A's first exhibition game, shortstop Bobby
Crosby appears a good distance away from playing in the field.
With the team wrapping up its Papago Park portion of spring
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david.aspinwall | 1 Mar 2006 15:33
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Thomas will make A's interesting
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PHOENIX — Frank Thomas insists it's over, to which the rest
of us who needed something more than stretching exercises to
give spring training some meaning, only could respond, "Drats.
Inside Bay Area
Wed Mar  1 05:27:26 2006
score: 3.3

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Guillen backs Williams
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TUCSON, Ariz. -- Ozzie Guillen had done his best to stay out of
the Frank Thomas-Ken Williams feud, but the White Sox manager
made it clear Tuesday whose corner he's in.
Chicago Sun-Times
Wed Mar  1 02:35:39 2006
score: 3.1

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A'S NOTEBOOK / Hot-hitting prospect will get long look
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He won't be on the A's roster in April, and he might not be on
it in September. Daric Barton, however, will get a good long
look this spring. Just as the team gave Bobby Crosby and Nick
Swisher extra at-bats the springs before they first got to the
big...
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david.aspinwall | 1 Mar 2006 23:33
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Saarloos Has New Role With A's
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Kirk Saarloos, the Oakland Athletics' favorite getaway day
pitcher, finds himself in a new role this season.
KTVU 2 San Francisco
Wed Mar  1 08:21:45 2006
score: 16.7

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Baker's men ready to let the spring games begin
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MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Chicago Cubs manager Dusty Baker says he's
ready for the games to begin. Baker sounded upbeat as the Cubs
took part in their final full day of workouts Tuesday before
they open Cactus League play on Thursday against the Oakland
Athletics.
Telegraph
Wed Mar  1 12:08:44 2006
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A's Thomas allowed to work out
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Frank Thomas will be able to intensify workouts after doctors
gave the Oakland Athletics positive reports Friday on his
recovering left ankle.
The Charlotte Observer
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david.aspinwall | 2 Mar 2006 05:33
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Notes: Bradley ahead of the game
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A's notes: Bradley ahead of the game
MLB.com
Wed Mar  1 17:50:29 2006
score: 25.0

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david.aspinwall | 2 Mar 2006 09:33
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Johnson to start opener for Yankees in Oakland
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TAMPA, Fla. - Randy Johnson was picked as the New York Yankees'
opening day starter against the Oakland Athletics. Yankees
manager Joe Torre announced the decision, which was expected,
on Wednesday. New York opens April 3 at Oakland.
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
Wed Mar  1 21:46:38 2006
score: 13.2

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Six chosen for EIU Hall of Fame
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CHARLESTON -- Eastern Illinois University athletics has chosen
six new members to be inducted into the Hall of Fame Class of
2006. Four are former student-athletes, one is a former
administrator and one is a ‘Friend of Athletics’.
Journal Gazette & Times Courier
Wed Mar  1 21:01:55 2006
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A's rookie sensation of 2005 ready for an encore
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The first time Justin Duchscherer met Huston Street, he wasn't
quite sure if he was in the presence of an Eddie Haskell clone
or a character out of ``Pleasantville.''
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david.aspinwall | 2 Mar 2006 15:33
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Oakland A's News #3189 - 5 messages


Former Hokie to coach defensive backfield
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Torrian Gray, a former Virginia Tech football player, will
replace Lorenzo Ward as Tech's defensive backfield coach,
according to two sources within the athletics department with
knowledge of the football staff.
Daily Press
Thu Mar  2 04:33:26 2006
score: 6.1

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Bradley offering A's long ball
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PHOENIX -- Let's forget the setting for a moment. It was an
intrasquad game with the "umpire," coach Rene Lachemann,
providing running commentary through the overcast afternoon
Wednesday at Phoenix Municipal Stadium.
Contra Costa Times
Thu Mar  2 05:04:21 2006
score: 6.1

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A'S NOTEBOOK / Bradley induces smiles at camp
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Milton Bradley didn't mess around in his first at-bat of the
spring. The team's new right fielder crushed the first pitch he
saw in the A's intrasquad game, sending it over the wall in
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david.aspinwall | 6 Mar 2006 23:33
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Oakland A's News #3217 - 1 message


MLB Game Summary - LA Angels At Oakland
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LA Angels 5 Oakland 8
NBC 11 Bay Area
Mon Mar  6 10:56:27 2006
score: 20.0

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david.aspinwall | 6 Mar 2006 19:48
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Athletics 8, Angels 5
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Scott McClain and Freddie Bynum each hit a two-run homer and
the Oakland Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels 8-5 Sunday
for their first victory of spring training. Right-hander Kirk
Saarloos became the first A's pitcher to go three innings,
allowing...
San Francisco Chronicle
Sun Mar  5 16:24:39 2006
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Athletics (ss) 13, South Africa 1
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PHOENIX -- Preparing for the World Baseball Classic and a
matchup next week with Roger Clemens, South Africa didn't look
too good against an Oakland Athletics' split squad.
KRON 4 Bay Area
Sat Mar  4 18:42:56 2006
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Brewers 9, Athletics (ss) 7
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PHOENIX -- Ben Sheets pitched in a game for the first time
since August, allowing two runs in two innings Saturday as the
Milwaukee Brewers beat an Oakland Athletics' split squad 9-7.
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Oakland A's News #3218 - 1 message


Cubs hit three homers in rout of A's
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Cubs hit three homers in rout of A's
Chicago Cubs
Mon Mar  6 15:59:34 2006
score: 22.2

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