MLB might start using computerized plate umpires to call balls and strikes

Major League Baseball might soon start testing computer plate umpires to call balls and strikes as part of a labor contract with umpires.

MLB: Pitcher Madison Bumgarner signs 5-year deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks

Left-handed pitcher Madison Bumgarner is taking his talents to the Arizona Diamondbacks for the next 5 years, according to Major League Baseball.

MLB's revised drug policy would essentially make weed legal throughout baseball: report

Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players' Association are reportedly in agreement in removing marijuana from the list of banned substances for minor leaguers.

Foodie hall coming to Jack London Square in the summer

A 40,000-square foot market hall is coming to Jack London Square next summer. Oakland Assembly will be the third and largest market concept for real estate developer John McEnery IV of Kinzie Bridge Holdings.

City of Oakland drops lawsuit over Coliseum site

The lawsuit would have derailed the proposed $85 million sale of the county's half ownership of the Coliseum site to the Oakland Athletics. 

City of Oakland drops lawsuit over Coliseum
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The city of Oakland had filed against Alameda County seeking to stop it from selling its half ownership of the 155 acre Coliseum complex to the Oakland Athletics baseball team for $85 million

Oakland drops suit against Alameda County over sale of Coliseum

Oakland is dropping its lawsuit against Alameda County over the sale of the Oakland Coliseum complex, city officials announced Wednesday. 

Giants hire Gabe Kapler as manager to replace Bruce Bochy

Gabe Kapler has been hired as manager of the San Francisco Giants, a month after being fired from the same job by the Philadelphia Phillies.

San Francisco Giants name Scott Harris as new general manager

Scott Harris has been hired as the general manager of the San Francisco Giants, President of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi announced Sunday.

Oakland city attorneys seek to extend injunction against A's

Attorneys for the city of Oakland filed legal papers on Friday asking a judge to issue a preliminary injunction barring Alameda County from selling its half ownership of the 155-acre Coliseum complex to the Oakland A's baseball team for $85 million.

Raiders get late TD pass, defensive stop to beat Lions 31-24
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Derek Carr threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to rookie Hunter Renfrow with 2:04 remaining and Karl Joseph broke up a fourth-down pass in the end zone with 3 seconds left to give the Raiders a 31-24 victory over the Detroit Lions on Sunday in their first game back in Oakland in seven weeks.

Diaz hits 2 homers, Rays beat A's 5-1 in AL wild-card game

Yandy Diaz slugged baseball's lowest spender into a matchup with mighty Houston, Charlie Morton silenced the powerful Athletics on the mound, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat Oakland at its own game 5-1 in the AL wild-card round Wednesday night.

Rays beat A's 5-1 in AL wild-card game
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The Oakland A's playoff ambitions came to an end Wednesday night before a sold-out crowd at the Coliseum as they lost the American League Wild Card Game for a second consecutive season.