Rookie Nick Kurtz hit a 493-foot grand slam homer, the longest in Major League Baseball for more than two years.

Hitting is tougher than ever in October. Teams deploy their best pitchers, and the pressure on every pitch ramps up to max ...

"(It was) the longest home run in A's history, I believe ... "That was the farthest ball I've ever seen hit. Like, by far," Butler said. "That's crushed." Kurtz's 31 home runs leads all MLB rookies.

The Athletics are running out of vocabulary to describe Nick Kurtz's rookie season. And after Kurtz’s latest jaw-dropping ...

July brought the heat — and the power — across MLB, with some seriously towering home runs. The month's top-10 list includes big-time shots from some breakout rookies, as well two appearances by ...

When Athletics rookie Nick Kurtz stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning on Saturday, he was in an uncharacteristic slump and 0-4 for the game. The bases were loaded and the A’s had ...