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A recent neck injury may force Eric Chavez to retire according to Joe Stiglich of the Bay Area News Group. Chavez believes this could be a serious injury that could sideline him for a while. Although, according to a recent tweet, Chavez hasn’t even talked to a trainer yet to see if the injury is [...]

Justin Duchscherer was placed on the disabled list again by the Oakland Athletics. His last scheduled start was Saturday and he was scratched because of recurring inflammation in his left hip. The Athletics also optioned Josh Donaldson to Triple-A Sacramento and recalled catcher Kurt Suzuki from the disabled list. Chad Gaudin was designated for assignment [...]

Sunday afternoon, Dallas Braden pitched a perfect game. Braden pitched the 19th perfect game in major league history on shutting down the majors’ best team and leading the Oakland Athletics to a 4-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. Before this game, Braden was better known for the scuffle between him and Alex Rodriguez back [...]

The Oakland Athletics signed the right handed Chad Gaudin earlier today, according to Ken Rosenthal. Gaudin was released by the Yankees earlier this week. The A’s signed Gaudin to a major-league deal and likely will use him out of the bullpen to start the season. Gaudin was effective against right-handed hitters last season with the [...]