Mesa City Council could finalize a plan to bring the Oakland A's to Hohokam Stadium for spring training during its meeting Monday.

A word to the wise as the Diamondbacks prepare to visit Oakland this weekend. Relief pitchers, remain under the bullpen canopy. Outfielders, remember it is nothing personal.

A word to the wise as the Diamondbacks prepare to visit Oakland this weekend. Relief pitchers, remain under the bullpen canopy. Outfielders, remember it is nothing personal.

It’s been more than 35 years since the Oakland A’s made a change in its spring training itinerary, leaving Mesa for Scottsdale, before settling in on the Phoenix-Tempe border.

It was easily the most cluttered area of the Seattle Mariners’ clubhouse at Peoria Sports Complex on Tuesday — rows of suitcases, with a sign above them reading “Japan luggage.”

SAN FRANCISCO - Sports fans already invest considerable emotion and angst in professional athletes. Now they can take that obsession a step further, trading on the pros' performance in an online electronic market.

SAN FRANCISCO - Sports fans already invest considerable emotion and angst in professional athletes. Now they can take that obsession a step further, trading on the pros' performance in an online electronic market.

One of the coolest parts of local-guy-gone-good Ryan Fitzpatrick bringing the Buffalo Bills back from a 21-3 halftime deficit against the Oakland Raiders on Sunday, was that it offered a quick reminder to the average high school football player.

Hit by a line drive last Wednesday, Brandon Webb was simply — and quite uncharacteristically — hit this time out. Webb gave up nine hits — six for extra bases, including two home runs — and walked five in a 15-1 loss to Oakland at Chase Field on Tuesday night.

If anyone didn't think Desert Vista's athletic program was among the state's best, they needn't look any farther than the two tables atop the stage in the school's auditorium Wednesday morning.

OAKLAND, Calif. - Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin looked at his calendar in disbelief after being told June was finally, mercifully, over. “It is really? Thank God,” Melvin said. “I’m not a month-to-month guy . . . but good riddance to June.”

OAKLAND, Calif. - Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin looked at his calendar in disbelief after being told June was finally, mercifully, over. “It is really? Thank God,” Melvin said. “I’m not a month-to-month guy . . . but good riddance to June.”