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Sean Manaea admits that last season, giving up a home run in a tight game could have been the start of a rough outing. Manaea pitched seven strong innings and Jed Lowrie hit an early two-run homer off Felix Hernandez, leading the Oakland Athletics to a 2-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Anything that would go bad, immediately terrible thoughts would pop in my head and just keep getting me further and further down, and there were times I couldn't get out of it,'' Manaea said. Continue to Article

April 15, 2018 9:01:pm EST

Jackie Robinson's daughter thinks black baseball players are more reluctant to speak publicly about racial issues than their NFL and NBA colleagues because they constitute a lower percentage of rosters. While more than 200 NFL players protested racial inequality last season by kneeling or sitting during ''The Star-Spangled Banner,'' Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell was the only baseball player to take a knee. Continue to Article

April 15, 2018 8:46:pm EST

Jackie Robinson's daughter thinks black baseball players are more reluctant to speak publicly about racial issues than their NFL and NBA colleagues because they constitute a lower percentage of rosters. While more than 200 NFL players protested racial inequality last season by kneeling or sitting during "The Star-Spangled Banner," Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell was the only baseball player to take a knee. Continue to Article

April 15, 2018 8:45:pm EST