Longtime A’s broadcaster Ray Fosse dies after battle with cancer
Fosse passed away at the age of 74 after a 16-year battle with cancer. He stepped away from the A's broadcast booth in August.
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Jim “Mudcat” Grant, a famed former MLB player, author, musician, and broadcaster, has passed away at 85
Grant led a remarkable life, starring in MLB, writing Baseball's Black Aces, playing music in nightclubs and on TV, and working as a broadcaster for two different teams.
ESPN aired a Ramón Laureano f-bomb in an in-game interview, then bleeped him on a later hit
An in-game interview of Ramón Laureano Thursday led to a broadcast f-bomb and then a later bleeped one, and it also led to a lot of criticism of in-game interviews of players.
Dallas Braden drops a “Duck, dive, dodge, duck, and dive!” for Tony Kemp’s tag evasion
"An incredible heads-up effort from Nolan Arenado, but Tony Kemp on the backside, duck, dive, dodge, duck and dive!"
The Oakland A’s broadcasters are calling a delightful series of “home games” based on submitted footage
Where else do you get Vince Cotroneo describing third base blowing into the pool, or Glen Kuiper giving us a "How 'bout the slow trot around the dinner table?!
ESPN’s Mike Petriello disappointed MC Hammer isn’t able ‘to throw his own age’ with first pitch at AL Wild Card Game
"He turned 57 earlier this year, which is a shame- he could've been the first person to throw his own age."
The A’s ran a “Rooted In Oakland” ad in an Australian newspaper, where that translates as “Fucked In Oakland”
"Root: A Kiwi/Australian slang that is used in place of the more commonly used term 'fuck.'"
With no one to play second fiddle to anymore, the Oakland A’s hope a new radio deal boosts their signal
The A's have a couple of new terrestrial radio deals to add to their online coverage, but their exit from their previous deal raises some questions.
After a decade in the minors, a NYT feature helped Donny Baarns get a chance to call a regular-season Oakland A’s game
In his 11th season of calling minor-league baseball games, Baarns finally got the chance to be part of a regular-season MLB broadcast.
A’s radio broadcaster Roxy Bernstein called his own one-handed foul ball catch
Have yourself a night, Roxy.
Edwin Encarnacion foul ball annihilates TV camera during A’s-Indians game
Thoughts and prayers go out to the family of the camera lens.
