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The A’s informed a large number of employees who were originally furloughed a few months ago they will not be retained in 2021, The Athletic’s Alex Coffey and the San Francisco Chronicle’s Susan Slusser reported Saturday.

As a member of the Oakland A’s, he puffed out his chest and boasted, for all to hear, that if he played in New York, they’d name a candy bar after him. Five years later, he was a Yankee. And there was, shortly thereafter, a candy bar bearing his name and swing-from-the-heels likeness.

The Oakland Athletics were eliminated from the playoffs Thursday after suffering an 11-6 loss to the Houston Astros in Game 4 of the American League Division Series.

Chad Pinder’s three-run homer tied the game in the seventh and Sean Murphy’s sacrifice fly scored the go-ahead run in the eighth, rallying the Oakland Athletics past the Houston Astros 9-7 to avoid elimination in their AL Division Series at Dodger Stadium

Chad Pinder and the Oakland Athletics knew the Houston Astros were going to be a difficult opponent in the AL Division Series even after winning seven of 10 meetings during the regular season.

George Springer hit two homers and the Houston Astros kept making more noise in the playoffs, beating the Oakland Athletics 5-2 to take a 2-0 lead in their AL Division Series

The A’s season ended early last October when they fell to the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL Wild Card Game in Oakland. They made up for it this season winning a best-of-three series against the Chicago White Sox in the AL Wild Card Series, but this is a different and bigger chance for starter Sean Manaea.

The A’s finally get their shot at the Houston Astros in the ALDS beginning Monday.

The A’s executive vice president of baseball operations told The Athletic’s Tim Kawakami on Friday that he sees hitting home runs, rather than the mythical “little things,” as the key to Oakland’s — and any team’s — playoff hopes.

The Oakland Athletics defeated the Chicago White Sox 6-4 Thursday in a decisive Game 3 to advance to the next round of the MLB playoffs.

Marcus Semien and Khris Davis homered early and the Oakland Athletics held off José Abreu and the Chicago White Sox in the late innings for a 5-3 win that sent their AL playoff series to a deciding Game 3

The Oakland A’s are right back in a do-or-die playoff situation, having to beat the Chicago White Sox twice to survive and advance.

Lucas Giolito dazzled in his postseason debut, stymieing the Oakland Athletics through six perfect innings and sending the Chicago White Sox to a 4-1 victory in the opener of their best-of-three wild-card series

Corey Seager had three hits, including one of Los Angeles’ four home runs, as the Dodgers clinched the National League’s top postseason seed and eighth straight NL West title Tuesday night with a 7-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics

The Oakland Athletics clinched their first AL West title since 2013 on Monday night with an assist from the rival Houston Astros.

Brandon Crawford hit a grand slam, Chadwick Tromp and Darin Ruf added two-run homers, and the San Francisco Giants prevented the Oakland Athletics from clinching the AL West title at home with a 14-2 victory Sunday.

The Oakland Athletics clinched their third straight playoff berth with Seattle’s loss to San Diego and a 6-0 win against the San Francisco Giants, highlighted by Matt Olson’s three-run homer

The Piscotty family is putting together a virtual fundraiser this weekend for a great cause.

Lamb is fitting in so well with the A’s that some of his teammates already have hilarious chant.

The Giants are right in the middle of the fight to grab one of the final two postseason spots in the National League. If they prevail, they now know what October will look like.