The Athletics won four World Series in Oakland after moving there in '68 from Philadelphia, joining the likes of the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers as part of MLB's own westward ...

J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content. A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los ...

One visible addition to the “rivalry” was a banner that hung from the right-center stands, with the area codes of 415 (in orange, for San Francisco) and 510 (in yellow, for Oakland) connected by a ...

Chet Lemon enjoyed a 16-year MLB career after being drafted out of Fremont High. After he retired, he taught baseball in Florida despite battling a blood disorder.