sports.yahoo.com - 4/29/2008
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Frank Thomas tripled for the first time in six years, Daric Barton hit a three-run homer and the Oakland Athletics took over the AL West lead from the Los Angeles Angels with a 14-2 rout of the defending division champions Monday night in the opener of a four-game series. Jack Hannahan and Emil Brown also homered for the Athletics, who have won eight of 10.
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If Frank Thomas Is So Good, Why Couldn't He Finish the Cycle?
Walkoff Walk —
... In last night's 14-2 rout of the Angels by the Oakland A's, Frank Thomas hit a single, double, and his first triple in six years, collecting 2 RBI and increasing his slugging percentage by 67 whopping points. Well if Frank Thomas is so good, then why did manager Bob Geren pull Thomas for a pinch runner after leading off the bottom of the seventh with a double? ...
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Major League Baseball News 4/29/2008
Daric Barton, Jack Hannahan and Emil Brown homered for the A's on Monday, and big Frank Thomas fell -- of all things -- a home run short of hitting for the cycle. It all added up to a 14-2 Oakland drubbing in the first meeting of the year between the ...
Athletics 14, Angels 2 —
NYT > Baseball 4/29/2008
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Frank Thomas tripled for the first time in six years, Daric Barton hit a three-run homer and the Oakland Athletics took over the AL West lead from the Los Angeles Angels with a 14-2 rout of the defending division champions ...
