OAKLAND — A’s reliever Yusmeiro Petit will do his best to focus on baseball, but it might be an impossible task.
Petit, who was away from the team since Tuesday on family medical emergency leave, returned to the A’s clubhouse Saturday. He was in Maracaibo, Venezuela visiting his mother, Rubia, who is battling an illness. Petit said she has been battling with the illness for a while now, and it now has worsened to the point where she was sedated throughout the entire time he was there.
“She’s really sick,” Petit said, choosing not to disclose the illness.