May 27, 2020 A's to place scouts on furlough, end minor league pay The Oakland Athletics are placing their scouts and a significant number of other front office employees on furlough, suspending pay for minor leaguers and cutting the salaries of other executives as part of a cost-cutting move in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 20, 2020 Oakland Athletics missed $1.2M rent because of inability to 'generate revenue': report The Oakland Athletics have failed to pay $1.2 million in rent for the RingCentral Coliseum because of their inability to “generate revenue,” reports say.
May 18, 2020 Art Howe, former manager and infielder, released from hospital after coronavirus fight Art Howe, a former major league manager who played 11 years as an infielder, was released from the hospital Sunday after being in intensive care battling the coronavirus.
May 15, 2020 Art Howe, former MLB manager and infielder, battling coronavirus in ICU Art Howe, a former major league manager who played 11 years as an infielder, is in intensive care in a Houston hospital battling the coronavirus.
May 5, 2020 Astros cheating scandal 'no different' from steroids, ex-MLB star Jason Giambi says Former MLB first baseman Jason Giambi was the latest former player to chime in on the Houston Astros cheating scandal months after baseball handed down its punishment on the team.
May 3, 2020 Former Athletics pitcher Matt Keough dies at 64 Former Oakland Athletics All-Star pitcher Matt Keough died on Saturday night, the team confirmed. He was 64 years old.
April 27, 2020 Michael Jordan turned down chance at playing for MLB team Michael Jordan stepped away from basketball in 1994 and gave baseball a try, but he didn’t have to go play in the Chicago White Sox’s minor league system right away.
April 1, 2020 Oakland Athletics minor league manager on ventilator, battling coronavirus An Oakland Athletics minor league manager was hospitalized in Louisiana and placed on a ventilator as he battles the coronavirus, his fiance said Tuesday night.
March 6, 2020 Hall of Fame pitcher Goose Gossage no fan of today's MLB: 'It's like the Democrats are running baseball' Hall of Fame closer Goose Gossage said in an interview published Friday that the game of baseball has changed so much since he retired that he doesn’t watch it anymore while taking at hit at Democrats in the process.
February 24, 2020 Friendly to Fiers: A's pitcher gets cheers in spring game Oakland Athletics fan K.C. Sandstrom was sitting down the right field line watching his team warm up while armed with a small dry-erase board, a marker and a statement written in all caps.
