By Bryan Smith / MLB.com Michael Richard doesn't remember the day he hurt his thumb in Spring Training. He remembers it hurting once after he was jammed by a pitch. He remembers it hurting another time when he slid into second base. The shooting pain was

By Jane Lee / MLB.com OAKLAND -- Eric Chavez has not been getting the greatest amount of sleep at night. It's not pain in the third baseman's inflamed right shoulder that has kept him wide-eyed into the early morning hours. Rather, it's the uncertainty

By Mychael Urban / MLB.com OAKLAND -- In the top of the fourth inning Friday, with runners at second and third with one out, two Rangers runs already in and an All-Star at the plate and an All-World on deck, A's rookie right-hander Sean Gallagher looked

By Jane Lee / MLB.com OAKLAND -- On a team that watches players come and go faster than former A's great Rickey Henderson's speed, it goes without saying there are not many constants when it comes to the green and gold -- not including Mark Ellis. In

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays were back home Friday with an opportunity to climb back over .500 for the first time since mid-June and with the worst team in the American League across the field. Then they seized the moment against a struggling team,