They may not be wearing their temporary home city’s name on the front of their jerseys, but Major League Baseball’s Athletics are giving Sacramento a shoutout in the form of a sleeve patch. The team formerly known as the Oakland Athletics — who will be simply known as the Athletics
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Athletics, White Sox Throwing It Back 50 Years
The Oakland Athletics and Chicago White Sox will set the clock back 50 years to 1968 tomorrow night. To mark the 50th anniversary of the Athletics first season after relocating from Kansas City to Oakland, the A’s and White Sox will both we wearing uniform designs based on what the
It started with a Tweet: The story behind the Bay Bridge Series trophy
Some baseball purists still cringe at the notion of inter-league play during Major League Baseball’s regular season, but one indisputable benefit of the practice is the advent of cross-town series in markets with two teams. This gives us Mets-Yankees, Cubs-White Sox, and A’s-Giants for multiple series every season. Last summer,
Braves, Athletics Will Both Wear Throwbacks From 1914 This Saturday
The year 1914; With all of the technological and cultural advances since then, it seems like those days were a million years ago instead of 100. However, the year 1914 is a very significant one for the Atlanta Braves franchise: it was the year that the old Boston Braves completed
A’s Honour Pitcher’s Infant Son with Jersey Patch
While the Oakland Athletics were celebrating their come-from-behind AL West Championship last week pitcher Pat Neshek couldn’t be further away from the joy being experienced by his teammates in the Bay Area. Neshek and his wife had just lost their first and only son, Gehrig John Neshek, who was only