'Like I said [Monday], he's a cautious doctor,' Thomas said. 'He's not going to rush anything, and as much as I want to get going, I have to listen.' Despite not being cleared for any baseball activities, Thomas planned to remain with the team for the

'A month ago I was just hoping to be called up,' Ziegler said before the second game of Oakland's three-game showdown at Angel Stadium. 'There's a lot of great rookies in the American League this year, so just to be mentioned with them is pretty special

'His most attractive asset is the fact that he has a lot of control for such a tall guy, and he knows what to do once he gets on the mound,' Ezequiel Sepulveda, a scout for the L.A. Dodgers in the Dominican, recently told ESPNdeportes.com. 'Inoa is

Before the opener of a three-game series against the host Angels on Monday, Geren said Chavez could have played third base if he had to, but the skipper wanted to see how the shoulder held up after a night as the designated hitter. Chavez went 1-for-5

Then, after Mark Ellis gave the A's the lead again with a two-out homer in the top of the eighth, the Angels tied it up in the bottom of the frame to set the stage for Garret Anderson, who launched a two-out, two-run homer off A's lefty Alan Embree.

But it may not be easy against a Mariners team that - of late - has played better than its last-place record in the majors would indicate.Seattle (32-51) has won six of eight games overall and gone 7-4 since manager Jim Riggleman was hired in favour of

Major league teams have reached the halfway point of the season. That makes now a good time to look at what we thought we knew in late March as spring training wrapped up. With a clearer view of the major league landscape, we asked some of our baseball

Associated Press HOUSTON -- Houston Astros catcher Humberto Quintero suffered a concussion when his helmet was struck by a bat in Tuesday night's game against the . Quintero was taken to a hospital; tests on Quintero were negative. The Astros said

By Enrique RojasESPNdeportes.com ORLANDO, Fla. -- Dominican prospect Michael Inoa has agreed to a minor league contract and a $4.25 million signing bonus with the Oakland Athletics, said the 16-year-old from Santo Domingo. Inoa and his parents turned

LIFE as a minor leaguer is quite different from life as a major leaguer, but life moved on for J.R. Towles. He made a bank run one day. He got his oil changed on another. Wal-Mart beckoned the next. Yep, just like the rest of us, Towles had things to do