Adam Kennedy connects during one of his two five-hit games in 2009

Whole lot of talking, and very little action

Few moves happened at the winter meetings, leaving a lot of action to come in the weeks ahead.

A's invite McPherson to spring training

Free agent third baseman Dallas McPherson has agreed to terms with the Oakland A's on a minor league contract with an invitation to major league spring training camp, his agent said.

Zack Hample: King of the ballhawks

Patrick Hruby spends a day with Zack Hample, the undisputed king of getting baseballs from major league parks.

Sweeney atones for error with tiebreaking two-run single for Mariners

Mike Sweeney followed a two-out error with a tiebreaking two-run single in the fifth inning, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 4-2 Thursday night.

Angels drop number in West to 2 as Morales helps halt skid with HR, 3 RBIs

Kendry Morales homered and drove in three runs, and the Los Angeles Angels snapped their first four-game losing streak of the season with a 7-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.

Angels' magic number still 4 after A's rally for victory

Jack Cust homered and doubled in the go-ahead run during a six-run eighth inning, Kurt Suzuki and Mark Ellis also went deep, and the Oakland Athletics rallied from a seven-run deficit to beat the Los Angeles Angels 15-10 on Saturday night.

A's rookie outduels Weaver as Angels magic number holds at 4

- Rookie Gio Gonzalez outpitched Jered Weaver and the Oakland Athletics beat Los Angeles 3-0 on Friday night, keeping the Angels' magic number at four for clinching their fifth AL West title in six years.

Rookie Anderson wins fourth straight as A's split series with Rangers

Jack Cust homered to help rookie Brett Anderson win his fourth straight start, Cliff Pennington hit a two-run triple and the Oakland Athletics salvaged a split of their four-game series against the Texas Rangers with a 12-3 rout Thursday.

Cahill wins fourth straight decision as Athletics rout Rangers

Kurt Suzuki and Daric Barton drove in two runs apiece, Trevor Cahill won his fourth straight decision and the Oakland Athletics clinched their first winning month in more than a year with an 9-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night.

Rangers-Athletics Preview

Rangers-Athletics Preview

Rangers-Athletics Preview

Rangers-Athletics Preview

Eveland shines in first start since July 7, helps A's to 7th win in row

Adam Kennedy had three hits and drove in three runs to help the Oakland A's match their season high seven-game win streak.

Streaking A's hand fifth straight loss to slumping Indians

Kurt Suzuki hit a three-run homer and the Oakland Athletics beat the Cleveland Indians 5-2 on Thursday night.

Changing positions

Brendan Roberts looks at players who will lose eligibility at certain positions next year, possibly hurting their fantasy value.