By Art Spander
For Maven Sports
OAKLAND, Calif. — This is way things are going for the Oakland A’s: The guy (Robbie Grossman) they signed as a free agent six weeks ago had two hits, scored a run and made a great catch.
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By Art Spander
For Maven Sports
SAN FRANCISCO — The team president has been suspended. The new scoreboard remains unfinished, as presumably is the roster.
And the Giants completed a losing spring getting swept by the other team in town — well, team from the city across the Bay that has labeled itself “The Town.”
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By Art Spander
For Maven Sports
OAKLAND — The great thing when the game doesn’t count, because when the A’s play the Giants, even in an exhibition it very much counts, is each team finds a reason to feel good.
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By Art Spander
For Maven Sports
OAKLAND, Calif. — At least it wasn’t in the playoffs. Truth tell, if the Warriors played as indifferently through the season as they did Saturday night, there wouldn’t be any playoffs.
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By Art Spander
For Maven Sports
SAN JOSE — The nickname is out of a comic strip. The roster is packed with the offspring of NBA stars. We’re talking about UC Irvine, out there in Orange County, not too far from Disneyland, an institution jokingly referred to as the “University of Caucasian Isolation.”
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