John Hickey

Joined: Feb 17, 2020

Inside the Athletics Bids You Adieu, As Do I

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Athletics Underwrite Use of Coliseum Arena for Election Beginning Saturday

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Marcus Semien, Liam Hendriks Among 10 Athletics’ Free Agents

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Athletics' Closer Liam Hendriks Wins AL Reliever of the Year Award

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Olson, Laureano Gold Glove Finalists, but Athletics Chapman Gets Passed Over

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The Oakland Athletics have a pair of 2020 Gold Glove Award finalists in first baseman Matt Olson and center fielder Ramón Laureano, but two-time Gold Glove winner Matt Chapman, who missed most of September after surgery, gets left off the finalists' list.

Athletics Appear Ready to Bring Vancouver Into the Fold Even as Beloit Could Be Gone

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There has been no finalization of a path forward for minor league baseball in 2021 and beyond, but the Oakland Athletics are making changes even so, adding Vancouver as a Class-A club while preparing to say farewell to Class-A Beloit.

The Ones Who Got Away: Athletics Castoffs Have Key World Series Roles in 2020

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Tampa Bay infielder Joey Wendle, Dodgers slugger Max Muncy and Los Angeles setup reliever Blake Treinen all came to their current team from the Oakland Athletics.

Athletics Planning on Retaining Most of Baseball Operations Staff

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Despite a COVID-19 plagued season that saw dramatic drop offs in revenue, the Oakland Athletics will be retaining about 90 percent of the A's baseball operations staff for the 2021 season.

Angels May Be Looking at Athletics' Billy Owens to Fill General Manager Opening

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Billy Owens, who has worked his way up from minor league hitting coach and area scout to assistant GM/director of player personnel, reportedly is on the Angels' short list of candidates to fill that organization's open general manager's job.

On Second Thought: Athletics’ Heim Will Skip Winter Ball This Time Around

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Reports out of the Dominican Republic saying rookie Oakland Athletics catcher Jonah Heim would be playing winter ball in the DR with Toros del Este were wrong. Between the unsettled nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and Heim and his partner expecting a chil

Athletics Finally Putting Minor Leaguers Through Their Paces in Instructional League

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The Oakland Athletics have 46 players, including 25 pitchers and 21 position players, at their instructional league camp in Arizona after most of them missed baseball all summer thanks to the COVID-19 elimination of the minor league season.

Athletics’ Catcher Jonah Heim Will Give Winter Ball Another Shot

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Rookie catcher Jonah Heim catapulted into the Oakland Athletics picture with a big 2019 minor league season followed by an impressive stint at winter ball in the Dominican Republic. He’s decided to rejoin Toros del Este this winter after a season that amo

Billy Beane May Be Ready to Leave Oakland Athletics and Baseball for European Soccer

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Billy Beane has been the Oakland Athletics general manager for more than two decades, but a Wall Street Journal story Monday said that there is a chance that he will have to make a choice between baseball and European soccer.

Baseball and Oakland Lose a Legend With the Passing of Joe Morgan

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Joe Morgan gained national stature playing a flawless second base for the Cincinnati Reds' Big Red Machine, but Oakland was at his heart. The final season of his Hall of Fame career came in an A's uniform. He'd go on to gain a national platform on ESPN's

10 Questions Facing the Athletics Heading Into the 2020-21 Offseason

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The Oakland Athletics won the American League West Division, but faltered against the Astros in the AL Division Series. As the team now has to start thinking about what will happen in 2021 at the Coliseum, here are some of the questions that have to be ad

The Next Step for Athletics: Can They Keep Marcus Semien at Shortstop?

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The Oakland Athletics, eliminated from the playoffs Thursday, move forward having 10 free agents and nine arbitration-eligible players on their roster. The first goal is going to be seeing if there is a way they can retain the services of shortstop Marcus