The Oakland Athletics

Here are the A's current 25 man roster:

Starting Pitchers
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55 Joe Blanton R/R
40 Rich Harden L/R
57 Chad Gaudin R/R
15 Dan Haren R/R
37 Joe Kennedy R/L

Bullpen
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44 Santiago Casilla R/R
41 Alan Embree L/L
60 Shane Komine R/R
56 Lenny DiNardo L/L
46 Colby Lewis R/R
50 Kiko Calero R/R
52 Jay Marshall L/L

Catchers
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18 Jason Kendall R/R
28 Kurt Suzuki R/R

Infielders
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3 Eric Chavez L/R
7 Bobby Crosby R/R
14 Mark Ellis R/R
29 Dan Johnson L/R
19 Marco Scutaro R/R
12 Donnie Murphy R/R

Outfielders
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17 Dee Brown L/R
21 Mark Kotsay L/L
24 Shannon Stewart R/R
33 Nick Swisher S/L

Designated Hitters
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32 Jack Cust L/R

Athletics in the Hall of Fame

Frank "Home Run" Baker (Philadelphia 1908-1914)
Charles "Chief" Bender (Philadelphia 1903-1914)
Mickey Cochrane (Philadelphia 1925-1933)
Eddie Collins (Philadelphia 1906-1914, 1927-1930)
Dennis Eckersley (Oakland 1987-1995)
Rollie Fingers (Oakland 1968-1976)
Jimmie Foxx (Philadelphia 1925-1935)
Lefty Grove (Philadelphia 1925-1933)
Jim "Catfish" Hunter (Kansas City 1965-1967, Oakland 1968-1974)
Reggie Jackson (Kansas City 1967, Oakland 1968-1975 and 1987)
Nap Lajoie (Philadelphia 1901-1902, 1915-1916)
Connie Mack (Philadelphia 1901-1950)
Eddie Plank (Philadelphia 1901-1914)
Al Simmons (Philadelphia 1924-1932, 1940-1941, 1944)
Rube Waddell (Philadelphia 1902-1907)

Other Hall of Famers Who Spent Part of Their Careers with the Athletics

Orlando Cepeda (Oakland 1972)
Ty Cobb (Philadelphia 1927-1928)
Jimmy Collins (Philadelphia 1907-1908)
Stan Coveleski (Philadelphia 1912)
Elmer Flick (Philadelphia 1902)
Nellie Fox (Philadelphia 1947-1949)
Waite Hoyt (Philadelphia 1931)
George Kell (Philadelphia 1943-1946)
Willie McCovey (Oakland 1976)
Joe Morgan (Oakland 1984)
Satchel Paige (Kansas City 1965)
Herb Pennock (Philadelphia 1912-1915)
Enos Slaughter (Kansas City 1955-1956)
Tris Speaker (Philadelphia 1928)
Don Sutton (Oakland 1985)
Zack Wheat (Philadelphia 1927)
Billy Williams (Oakland 1975-1976)

Unfortuantly this 2007 season, The A's have used the disabled list 16 times! It may be hard to keep track of who is injured right now, so here is a list of the current A's players on the DL.

Travis Buck--- Placed on the 15-day disabled list on 6/29/07

Connor Robertson---Placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 22, with a fractured right thumb.

Justin Duchscherer---Placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 15

Bobby Kielty---Transferred from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list.

Chris Snelling---Placed on the 60-day disabled list.

Huston Street---Placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 13.

Esteban Loaiza---Transferred to the 60-day disabled list.

Mike Piazza---Placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 3, with a sprained right shoulder.

3- May 18, 2007 - The first game of the season against the San Francisco Giants saw former A's pitcher Barry Zito return to Oakland and try to beat his former team. However, the A's would not allow that. Zito allowed seven runs and six hits in four-plus innings, and walked seven. The A's would pound the Giants even harder, scoring eight runs on the Giants bullpen, including a Mark Ellis grand slam for a 15-3 win.
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2- A's playing the Yankees on April 15th '07. They were down 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th. There were two outs, and it looked like the game was over. Tod Walker than singled, and Kendall walked to put two on. Scutaro was up to bat, with only a .50 average. After two straight strikes he ripped it down the left field line and homered off the foul pole.

"Rivera at the belt... here's the 0-2 pitch to Scutaro swung on hit to deep left in the corner....right down the line...fair or foul...ITS OFF THE FOUL POLE! HOME RUN! AND THE A'S WIN! DO YOU BELIEVE IT?!?! MARCO SCUTARO!!!! A'S-5 YANKEE'S-4 IN THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH. THEIR GOING NUTS AT THE COLLISEUM!!!"
~A's radio announcer Ken Korach

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1- Again trailing by two in the bottom of the ninth with two outs, the Athletics seemed to be out vs. the Cleveland Indians. However Chavez overcame a 0-2 strike count to hit a single and get on board. Milton Bradley then hit a home run to right field to tie the game. After Dan Johnson and Bobby Crosby got on base, Jack Cust, coming off a hot streak after being in the lineup for seven days at the time, hit a three-run shot to center field which gave the A's another dramatic comeback at home for a 10-7 victory.

(See movie below-CUST)

5- 20-Game Win Streak: The Oakland Athletics won an American League record 20 games in a row, from August 13 to September 4, 2002. The last three games were won in dramatic fashion, each victory coming in the bottom of the ninth inning. Win number 20 was notable because the A's, with Tim Hudson pitching, jumped to an 11-0 lead against the AL-cellar dwelling Kansas City Royals, only to slowly give up eleven unanswered runs to lose the lead. Then, Scott Hatteberg, enduring criticism as Jason Giambi's replacement, hit a pinch-hit home run off Royals closer Jason Grimsley in the bottom of the 9th inning to win 12-11. The streak was snapped two nights later in Minneapolis, the A's losing 6-0 to the Minnesota Twins. The Major League record for consecutive wins is 26, set by the NL's New York Giants in 1916. There was a tie game embedded in that winning streak (ties were not uncommon in the days before stadium lights) and the record for consecutive wins with no ties is 21, held by the Chicago Cubs on their way to the NL pennant in 1935.
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4- Unassisted Triple Play: On May 29, 2000, Randy Velarde achieved an unassisted triple play against the Yankees. In the sixth, second baseman Velarde caught Shane Spencer's line drive, tagged Jorge Posada running from first to second, and stepped on second before Tino Martinez could return. (Velarde had also pulled off an unassisted triple play during a spring training game that year.) This was only the 11th unassisted triple play in the history of major league baseball
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3- Rickey Henderson: Stolen Base King: In 1982, Rickey Henderson shattered Lou Brock's modern major league record by stealing 130 bases in a single season, a total which has not been approached since. On May 1, 1991, Henderson broke one of baseball's most famous records when he stole the 939th base of his career, one more than Lou Brock.
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2- A's World Series sweep of the Giants in 1989.
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1- The A's won three straight World Series in the '70's, taking the wins in '72, '73, and '74.

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