Thursday, 3/12/2015 @ 10:05am

(12:50pm) In his first game since hurting his back 10 days ago, Oakland’s Ike Davis played DH and went 1-for-3 on Friday * * * (12:41pm) One of Sam Fuld‘s RBIs Thursday came when he beat out a double play — and was struck in the face by the toss * * * (12:39pm) Oakland’s…

Sam Fuld saved a run Monday with a leaping grab at the wall…and put the A’s ahead in the 8th with an RBI bunt single (9/9/2014) *** Jew X 2: Kevin Pillar and Danny Valencia stroked RBI singles in Toronto’s 8-0 win Monday. Pillar also doubled and scored from second on an error (9/9/2014) ***

(9:45am) Angels prospect Charlie Cutler drew a pinch-hit walk Sunday in his 2015 Spring Training debut * * * (9:43am) Cincinnati’s Jason Marquis was dominant Sunday, tossing 3 perfect innings in a 10-1 win over Seattle * * * (9:41am) Oakland’s Ike Davis went 1-for-2 Sunday in a 10-4 loss to the White Sox *…

(8:33pm) Here’s video of Toronto’s Kevin Pillar crushing a 2-run HR today * * * (8:26pm) Nate Freiman doubled and Sam Fuld singled for Oakland in a 9-4 win over the Giants * * * (8:24pm) Ian Kinsler hit a 3-run HR and Josh Zeid pitched a scoreless inning for Detroit in a 15-2 win over the O’s *…

(9:59am) Video: Analyst tells MLB Network why Joc Pederson will be L.A.’s starting center fielder * * * (9:53am) The excellent blog Kaplan’s Korner has assembled a list of tributes to the late Al Rosen * * * (9:51am) Baseball author and publicist Marty Appel spoke Thursday with NPR about the 100th anniversary of ‘Who’s Who in…

By Scott Barancik, editor Dodgers CF Joc Pederson has been named to the National League All-Star team as a reserve. He is one of just two rookies picked for the Tuesday, July 14 game, the other being Cubs 3B Kris Bryant. He is the first Dodgers rookie to be named to the team since P…