8:10PM
A’s win again, but baseball under shadow of COVID-19
8:10 PMBy Art Spander
For Maven Sports
OAKLAND — The bad news was more than 2,000 miles away, yet as near as next door.
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Monday, July 27
Monday, July 20
10:50PM
A's-Giants: Cardboard paste-ups and broadcasts from afar
By Art Spander
For Maven Sports
OAKLAND — It wasn’t as strange as you might have imagined, this exhibition game in the middle of summer with photos on cardboard in the seats instead of real, live fans.
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Wednesday, July 8
9:33PM
For the A’s, summer camp at the Coliseum comes loud
By Art Spander
For Maven Sports
OAKLAND — So the plumbing is bad, but one thing about the Oakland Coliseum, the sound system is world-class. And can be played loudly. Very loudly.
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Thursday, February 27
9:03PM
A’s A.J. Puk faces the big boys — and the aftermath of surgery
By Art Spander
For Maven Sports
MESA, Ariz. — It’s become so common and so successful, Tommy John surgery, that in 2019 the expression — describing reconstruction of the ulnar collateral ligament — was added to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary in 2019.
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Sunday, February 23
8:11PM
Fiers off the soapbox, back on the mound
By Art Spander
For Maven Sports
MESA, Ariz. — The guy at the center of the controversy, the one who spoke out, got off his figurative soapbox on Sunday and back on the mound.
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