Friday, October 5, 2012

Oakland A's grieving reliever Pat Neshek returns to team

DETROIT -- A's reliever Pat Neshek, grief-stricken over the death of his newborn son Gehrig two days earlier, rejoined the team Friday. Neshek said it was his wife, Stephanee, who suggested they fly from their home in Florida and join the A's inThe Oakland Athletics relied heavily on rookies in 2012.CATCHER: Neither George Kottaras nor Derek Norris were on the A's roster before July 29. They've done a commendable job learning the pitching staff, but they've combined to throw out just 6 of 57 base stealers (10.5 percent). Luckily for Oakland, theDETROIT -- A's reliever Pat Neshek, grief-stricken over the death of his newborn son Gehrig two days earlier, rejoined the team Friday. Neshek said it was his wife, Stephanee, who suggested they fly from their home in Florida and join the A's in(CNN) -- Dennis Eckersley is one of the greatest relief pitchers in baseball history, and he spent nine years of his career closing games for the Oakland A's. So surely, if there is somebody out there who believed this current team could have a
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