Sports
Sean Doolittle wasn’t trying to make a political statement in November 2015, when the Oakland Athletics reliever and his now-fiancee, Eireann Dolan, sponsored a Thanksgiving dinner for 17 Syrian refugee families in Chicago.
Feb. 20, 2017
The Chicago Cubs have dropped their protest over the pitching delivery of Washington reliever Sean Doolittle.
May 19, 2019
Entertainment & Arts
Eileen and Shivaun O’Casey, widow and daughter, respectively, of playwright Sean O’Casey, are in town this week looking at a possible revival of O’Casey’s 1958 “Cock-a-Doodle-Dandy.”
Oct. 10, 1985
Dodgers
To a Washington Nationals fan base that has been shellshocked by a seemingly endless string of late-game meltdowns, it was simply another fine mess a reliever had gotten them into.
July 19, 2017
Looking to fortify a bullpen that has blown more than a third of its save chances, the Washington Nationals acquired relievers Ryan Madson and Sean Doolittle from the Oakland Athletics for right-hander Blake Treinen and a pair of prospects.
July 16, 2017
California
Doolittle, Ida E., 91, of Quartz Hill, homemaker. Halley-Olsen Funeral Chapel, Lancaster.
April 16, 1993
The sound was familiar to Oakland Athletics catcher Stephen Vogt, but the bloody mess that ensued was not.
June 23, 2016
Angels
OAKLAND — Geovany Soto launched a game-winning home run for the Angels on Tuesday night and was not in their lineup Wednesday afternoon, so the 33-year-old returned to the batting cages at the Oakland Coliseum and turned up the velocity, as he often does.
April 13, 2016
The Dodgers struggle against Stephen Strasburg and fail to capitalize against the Washington Nationals’ relievers in a 4-2 loss in Game 2 of the NLDS.
Oct. 4, 2019
KEY MOMENT: Angels reliever Jason Grilli came into a tie game in the sixth inning and five batters later Oakland had a two-run lead on an infield single, Sam Fuld’s triple to right-center and Andy Parrino’s scoring fly ball.
Aug. 22, 2014