The A's finished the sweep of the Pirates today (yeah, the Pirates, I dont care, they're a major league ball club and wins are wins!), Gio was solid, Suzuki came up with the big clutch homer to give us the winning run we needed! Amanda and Stephen said they had a good time and they quickly made it a point to go to one more game with Sandi and I before they move to Colorado. And in minutes I tell you, I had tickets for the 4 of us for Friday night, July 23rd against the White Sox! Very competitive ball club, dont remember the last time I saw em but they have exciting players like Alex Rios (he has a fantastic arm and I would kill to see his arm vs. Rajai's wheels!), Paul Konerko--blasting home runs left and right this year, the hot rookie Gordon Beckham, their own fantastic base stealer in Juan Pierre, A.J. Pierzynalphabet--the player everyone loves to hate, and of course, their manager Ozzie Guillen--pretty much the best "character" in baseball and I would love it so much (guarantee you I'd lose my voice) if he got tossed in a screaming match with an umpire (yes, English teachers, that was one complete sentence).
Tangent: my English teachers used to always get on me, like since first grade, for "run-on sentences." And I would call bullshit. My sentence structure has always just been advanced for my age. :)
Digression: So yeah, very excited about the night that will be. But that's a ways off and the A's need to enjoy their day off and flight to Baltimore. Its time to get on a roll guys. The Orioles suck and will continue to. We're rested, confident, coming off a sweep, and it's time to get hot. Literally best time of the year to get on a roll for the A's. You can question me on that at the end of the year folks. It's time to show we still got it and can compete for the division. If we dont do that now, Beane will give up on this year, start selling, and playing more young guys. I'm all for preparing for the future but our team is GOOD--RIGHT NOW! After Baltimore, we go to Cleveland. At 27-47, they might as well be just as bad. Let's roll.
Concern: 2 days off in a row for Rajai Davis. He needs the playing time. He is the spark to our offense. He's hitting well. I dont care if we just got Connor Jackson. Make him a back-up. Play Rajai, Coco, and Sweeney in the outfield. Like everyday almost. Yes, I will eat my words if Jackson plays and hits over .300. :)
Thanks for reading.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
we got one! a big one!
So it's been another long while between posts. And its because the A's are doing terrible (and the Rangers and Angels are doing great) and I dont wanna talk about it. We may as well take it one step at a time, one game at a time, and call our goal for now getting back to .500. Then we'll look at the standings and make another goal from there. But tonight was good, a beautiful step in the right direction. The A's killed the Pirates 14-4! Most runs we've scored all year I believe. The bats came alive, we fought through the first part of the game when it was real close, real happy to see the clutch hits there tonight, and then we just kept adding on and adding on. The only downside to this game is Sheets still needs to be a little better. I dont think he's even credited with a "quality start". Let me see... yeah, 6 innings, 4 runs on 8 hits=not great. Lets cut those hits and runs in half and pitch one more inning okay? Thanks. He did record 9 K's and didnt walk anyone so that was good, I'll give him that. Crisp almost hit for the cycle though! That was kinda exciting to see him hitting and running well! He was doing it in order too--first the single, then the double, then he legged out a triple! Had 2 chances for a home run, didnt happen, but he did ice his cake, if you will, with a walk.
So yeah, one real good game, made for a nice evening, I even enjoyed it with lasagna, garlic bread, and some Blue Moon out of my brand new BJ's Father's Day beer glass. :) ... But its just one game and I'm still upset about how we've played since that first game in Chicago a week and a half ago. Getting swept by the Reds may have seriously ended our season, no joke. I understand a tough interleague road trip (kinda), but then we get swept--by the Reds! At home! While Texas is now on an 11-game winning streak! It just... fries me. But the Rangers and Angels did lose tonight...
Tonight's game better lead to some semblance of a bounce back. Tomorrow is the A's "Turn Back the Clock" game that they've been pimping so hard for weeks now and Cahill is taking the mound so we better win that one (really wish I could go, I have a previous commitment, but shhh, its a surprise!) and then on Sunday my best friends Stephen and Amanda are goin so we better just finish out the sweep I say. We gotta be in good shape to do this with the Pirates bullpen obliterated tonight and like I said, Trevor Cahill taking the mound tomorrow and then Gio "I'm money at home" Gonzalez pitching Sunday.
Then we get a day off and go to Baltimore. And Baltimore is garbage, we should AT LEAST take 2 outta 3 there and then 3 games in Cleveland before we come home. They suck too right?... Yeah, "the dirty savages" as my wife calls them are 26-46 so we should AT LEAST take 2 outta 3 there as well. Then we're right back home and hopefully on a nice enough roll at that point to take on the Yankees. With as far under my expectations as we have been playing, I dont really wanna think about them and the Angels' series that follows, so I'll just go back to my point that we just need to take it one series, really one game, at a time, and win ballgames.
And if the A's continue to disappoint, thank God I have World Cup soccer right now! Exciting matches every day and I taught my son how to say "Goal!" :)
Thanks for reading.
So yeah, one real good game, made for a nice evening, I even enjoyed it with lasagna, garlic bread, and some Blue Moon out of my brand new BJ's Father's Day beer glass. :) ... But its just one game and I'm still upset about how we've played since that first game in Chicago a week and a half ago. Getting swept by the Reds may have seriously ended our season, no joke. I understand a tough interleague road trip (kinda), but then we get swept--by the Reds! At home! While Texas is now on an 11-game winning streak! It just... fries me. But the Rangers and Angels did lose tonight...
Tonight's game better lead to some semblance of a bounce back. Tomorrow is the A's "Turn Back the Clock" game that they've been pimping so hard for weeks now and Cahill is taking the mound so we better win that one (really wish I could go, I have a previous commitment, but shhh, its a surprise!) and then on Sunday my best friends Stephen and Amanda are goin so we better just finish out the sweep I say. We gotta be in good shape to do this with the Pirates bullpen obliterated tonight and like I said, Trevor Cahill taking the mound tomorrow and then Gio "I'm money at home" Gonzalez pitching Sunday.
Then we get a day off and go to Baltimore. And Baltimore is garbage, we should AT LEAST take 2 outta 3 there and then 3 games in Cleveland before we come home. They suck too right?... Yeah, "the dirty savages" as my wife calls them are 26-46 so we should AT LEAST take 2 outta 3 there as well. Then we're right back home and hopefully on a nice enough roll at that point to take on the Yankees. With as far under my expectations as we have been playing, I dont really wanna think about them and the Angels' series that follows, so I'll just go back to my point that we just need to take it one series, really one game, at a time, and win ballgames.
And if the A's continue to disappoint, thank God I have World Cup soccer right now! Exciting matches every day and I taught my son how to say "Goal!" :)
Thanks for reading.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Not a great road trip
Last time I posted was the last time the A's won. And that was a while ago. We really shoulda been able to take 2 of 3 from the Cubs, but I was real glad we won today against the Cardinals. Holliday is on a ridiculous hot streak, its not easy to win in St. Louis, and I knew we were facing Carpenter and Wainwright the first 2 games so getting the 1 there, avoiding the sweep, and just going home with a win is nice. There's something about ending a road trip with a win and I know its not just me. I've heard the players like getting out a town with a win as they look forward to opening the new home stand too. Just "a more enjoyable flight back to Oakland" is always the phrase I hear. We play 6 games in the next 7 days, all at home, against the Reds and Pirates. The Reds are pretty good really, but the A's play well at home and the Pirates are garbage. I wanna see us take 2 of 3 from the Reds and sweep the Pirates. Those aren't high expectations yall, its what the A's are completely capable of and a home stand like that may just thrust us back into the divisional race, who knows.
Cahill, once again, is the man today. I love (or hate?) that he's the one guy in our rotation who I have full faith in right now to end a losing streak. This isnt the first time he's done it and its not the last. Brett Anderson has this capability too really and I cant wait til he's healthy and back with the team (Please Lord, heal Brett Anderson quickly and keep him healthy, Amen). Gio Gonzalez pitches tomorrow and this is great news because Gio is a completely different pitcher at home vs. on the road. His numbers: 5.44 ERA and 1.67 WHIP on the road, 2.90 ERA and 1.02 WHIP at home. Glaring problem for him on the road to be addressed, yes, but tomorrow night he's at home and he should also be on schedule to pitch on Sunday against the Pirates, also at home.
The sad news to add on to a tough road trip for the A's is how bad the timing of it is as the Rangers and Angels kept winning. We've fallen a ways out of the race, 8 games back of the Rangers, 4.5 games back of the Angels. Maybe things will improve, or maybe the end of the season will look a bit like this. Thats okay though, but if it does, I wanna see changes, starting with the medical and training staff. (Secondly, news on a new park.) And even if we dont make the playoffs this year, I still wanna be a winning team. It'd be a nice, legitimate improvement over our last two seasons where we finished 75-87 both times.
Back to good news: Kouzmanoff is on a wicked tear! Hitting .386 over his last 15 games, OPS of .828. Rajai Davis even better with an average of .410 over his last 15! Cust at .343! Pennington and Sweeney are at .295--we should be winning games! I think the wins will come and soon, very soon!
Today was a good day for me, as it should be this day every year, being Father's Day and all. I did have to work, but hearing the A's won put me in a better mood and I was looking forward to seeing my wife and son so much all day and our dinner at BJ's was great. Got my free Father's Day beer glass again! :) I need more beer though :( ... But among my fantastic gifts, the one definitely worth mentioning here, is my $25 A's gift card! Now I just need to find a game to get to. A Friday night game would work best I think. There's no cool giveaways on the calender for Fridays really, so I kinda just wanna see an interesting team. Looks like I have the Pirates (yeah, may go this Friday who knows, but Sheets is scheduled to pitch and I have seen him once this year already), White Sox, Rangers, and Rays on tap. I'm leaning Rangers or Rays.
Thanks for reading.
Cahill, once again, is the man today. I love (or hate?) that he's the one guy in our rotation who I have full faith in right now to end a losing streak. This isnt the first time he's done it and its not the last. Brett Anderson has this capability too really and I cant wait til he's healthy and back with the team (Please Lord, heal Brett Anderson quickly and keep him healthy, Amen). Gio Gonzalez pitches tomorrow and this is great news because Gio is a completely different pitcher at home vs. on the road. His numbers: 5.44 ERA and 1.67 WHIP on the road, 2.90 ERA and 1.02 WHIP at home. Glaring problem for him on the road to be addressed, yes, but tomorrow night he's at home and he should also be on schedule to pitch on Sunday against the Pirates, also at home.
The sad news to add on to a tough road trip for the A's is how bad the timing of it is as the Rangers and Angels kept winning. We've fallen a ways out of the race, 8 games back of the Rangers, 4.5 games back of the Angels. Maybe things will improve, or maybe the end of the season will look a bit like this. Thats okay though, but if it does, I wanna see changes, starting with the medical and training staff. (Secondly, news on a new park.) And even if we dont make the playoffs this year, I still wanna be a winning team. It'd be a nice, legitimate improvement over our last two seasons where we finished 75-87 both times.
Back to good news: Kouzmanoff is on a wicked tear! Hitting .386 over his last 15 games, OPS of .828. Rajai Davis even better with an average of .410 over his last 15! Cust at .343! Pennington and Sweeney are at .295--we should be winning games! I think the wins will come and soon, very soon!
Today was a good day for me, as it should be this day every year, being Father's Day and all. I did have to work, but hearing the A's won put me in a better mood and I was looking forward to seeing my wife and son so much all day and our dinner at BJ's was great. Got my free Father's Day beer glass again! :) I need more beer though :( ... But among my fantastic gifts, the one definitely worth mentioning here, is my $25 A's gift card! Now I just need to find a game to get to. A Friday night game would work best I think. There's no cool giveaways on the calender for Fridays really, so I kinda just wanna see an interesting team. Looks like I have the Pirates (yeah, may go this Friday who knows, but Sheets is scheduled to pitch and I have seen him once this year already), White Sox, Rangers, and Rays on tap. I'm leaning Rangers or Rays.
Thanks for reading.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
The Confines are very Friendly!
Tough weekend of baseball for the A's obviously. And no game on Monday just lets that sweep sit with me longer. But tonight was a different story! A's win 9 to 5! Cahill on the mound, did a nice job! We basically won due to the Cubs 4 errors tonight but a win is a win and I'll take it. Every wrapup article on this game is gonna point to that as the only reason. But I watched closer. The A's hustled. Examples: Ellis got into a run-down between 1st and 2nd with Koooouuuzmanoff on 3rd when they made the out at first and because it took 4(!) throws to get Ellis out, Kouz had plenty of time to score before the final out was recorded; Rajai got 3 hits and 2 RBIs. Ellis and Pennington each went 2 for 5 with and RBI, Kouz went 3 for 4 with 2 runs and a walk; Pennington hit a triple (and he was bookin it! woulda been a double for a lot of guys) and then runs home on the overthrow to 3rd! Fosse called it the "little league home run". :) Playing like this forces errors. Or at least makes them more likely. Ya gotta do everything you can to keep the opposing pitcher and defense uncomfortable and I saw a lot of that outta the A's tonight and I LOVED it! This is how to play the game. This is the "Green Collar" baseball the A's try to personify. And it was nice to have Suzuki back with the team. He went 1 for 4 with a walk and a run.
And the Angels lost. Always a good thing. We gotta take advantage and not fall out of the race to catch Texas.
What I just wrote in the fantasy baseball league blast kinda fits in here tonight I think:
"I got the earful I deserved. Thanks A's. Thanks for droppin every damn game to the Giants last weekend. I just wanted one. One game, one win, and we woulda won 4 (to their 2 wins) outta the 6 times the A's play the Giants this year. But no, the Giants showed up to play and the A's couldnt keep up, couldnt come up with the clutch hits when they had plenty of opportunities. Frustrating isn't a strong enough word. So, of course, I hear it from all my Giants fan friends who know I love the A's. Aight, I hear ya'll, good job Giants, real good baseball played lately by you guys.
Tomorrow, Sandi and I are goin to the Giants game. And I'm kinda pullin for em. Lincecum is pitching and I'm pumped for that. I wanna see that majestic delivery. I wanna see the ball fall off the table. I wanna see a ton of K's that just make the Orioles hitters look silly (Tyson Ross should watch and take notes--ya feel me on that right? anybody?). So yeah, should be fun, I've never been to AT&T Park, but I've heard so many great things about it and it looks great on TV, I know I'm gonna leave totally jealous. I've heard the view is good, the food is great, the place is fun, and there's some good eats behind section 310. I want the A's to have their own new park so bad. I'm gonna visit all the children's hospitals in northern California and tell the kids to make that their Make-A-Wish. "
Sandi and I are taking the day to celebrate our anniversary. Maybe we'll find a good spot around dinner time to catch a chunk of the A's game. Maybe some place Pier 39. Maybe On The Border in Dublin. Maybe Buffalo Wild Wings. :)
And the Angels lost. Always a good thing. We gotta take advantage and not fall out of the race to catch Texas.
What I just wrote in the fantasy baseball league blast kinda fits in here tonight I think:
"I got the earful I deserved. Thanks A's. Thanks for droppin every damn game to the Giants last weekend. I just wanted one. One game, one win, and we woulda won 4 (to their 2 wins) outta the 6 times the A's play the Giants this year. But no, the Giants showed up to play and the A's couldnt keep up, couldnt come up with the clutch hits when they had plenty of opportunities. Frustrating isn't a strong enough word. So, of course, I hear it from all my Giants fan friends who know I love the A's. Aight, I hear ya'll, good job Giants, real good baseball played lately by you guys.
Tomorrow, Sandi and I are goin to the Giants game. And I'm kinda pullin for em. Lincecum is pitching and I'm pumped for that. I wanna see that majestic delivery. I wanna see the ball fall off the table. I wanna see a ton of K's that just make the Orioles hitters look silly (Tyson Ross should watch and take notes--ya feel me on that right? anybody?). So yeah, should be fun, I've never been to AT&T Park, but I've heard so many great things about it and it looks great on TV, I know I'm gonna leave totally jealous. I've heard the view is good, the food is great, the place is fun, and there's some good eats behind section 310. I want the A's to have their own new park so bad. I'm gonna visit all the children's hospitals in northern California and tell the kids to make that their Make-A-Wish. "
Sandi and I are taking the day to celebrate our anniversary. Maybe we'll find a good spot around dinner time to catch a chunk of the A's game. Maybe some place Pier 39. Maybe On The Border in Dublin. Maybe Buffalo Wild Wings. :)
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Dropped another one! UGH!
We lost today, 5-4. Almost came back, needed just one clutch hit and we had a few chances. Didnt even need to be in that situation with 2 costly errors earlier in the game though. Guess we gotta try to get em tomorrow. I really dont wanna get swept by the Giants. I really think we're the better team.
I didnt get to watch a lot of the game due to leaving for house shopping, but I listened to more of it on the radio when we were driving house to house. After every A's game, theres the A's postgame show called A's Talk with Chris Townsend. He's a great host, runs a great show, really lets the smart fans make their points. Tonight though what I thought was especially interesting was him essentially bashing Geren, without naming him as far as I heard, about the lineup he wrote tonight. He's just constantly movin guys around and we have no rhythm and it messes with the players mentally, not knowing where they are in the lineup or if they're in the lineup at all when they get to the park that day. Townsend was right when he said Ellis shouldnt be leading off one day, batting 8th the next day, and batting third the next day! He was right when he said Rosales should be in the lineup. The man is all hustle and he's swingin a great bat. He needed to take the spot of Pennington or Matt Carson tonight. And you know there's a problem when our hot-hitting power hitter Kooooouuuzmanoff finds himself leading off innings , what was it, like 5 out of his last 7 at bats. Somehow he shouldnt be leading off, he should be driving in runs! I understand a little shift in the lineup this series with Kurt Suzuki on bereavement leave (his grandfather passed away so Kurt is in Hawaii with his family this weekend) is necessary, but come on. Powell should have been catching tonight instead of Fox too.
Geren better get things back the way they should be tomorrow. There have been A's fans for a little while now calling for Geren's head, but I havent been one of them (I'd like a revamp of our training and medical staff--leading the league 3 years in a row in DL usage is completely unacceptable and something is wrong there, anyways...) but I'm starting to question Geren a little more now. If you're constantly rearranging your lineup, it tells me you dont know your hitters. If you know what your hitters can and should be doing, put them where they belong and keep the shuffling to a minimum. I understand things happen--injuries, bereavement leave, needing to give guys a day off, etc.--but by and large, if you dont keep a consistent lineup, it looks like you dont know your hitters. Get it together on this Geren. I know what the lineup should look like for tomorrows game:
1. Rajai Davis CF
2. Ryan Sweeney RF
3. Daric Barton 1B
4. Kevin Kooooouuuzmanoff 3B
5. Jack Cust LF
6. Landon Powell C
7. Mark Ellis 2B
8. Adam Rosales SS
9. Vin Mazzaro P
Lets see if Geren gets it right.
Thanks for reading.
I didnt get to watch a lot of the game due to leaving for house shopping, but I listened to more of it on the radio when we were driving house to house. After every A's game, theres the A's postgame show called A's Talk with Chris Townsend. He's a great host, runs a great show, really lets the smart fans make their points. Tonight though what I thought was especially interesting was him essentially bashing Geren, without naming him as far as I heard, about the lineup he wrote tonight. He's just constantly movin guys around and we have no rhythm and it messes with the players mentally, not knowing where they are in the lineup or if they're in the lineup at all when they get to the park that day. Townsend was right when he said Ellis shouldnt be leading off one day, batting 8th the next day, and batting third the next day! He was right when he said Rosales should be in the lineup. The man is all hustle and he's swingin a great bat. He needed to take the spot of Pennington or Matt Carson tonight. And you know there's a problem when our hot-hitting power hitter Kooooouuuzmanoff finds himself leading off innings , what was it, like 5 out of his last 7 at bats. Somehow he shouldnt be leading off, he should be driving in runs! I understand a little shift in the lineup this series with Kurt Suzuki on bereavement leave (his grandfather passed away so Kurt is in Hawaii with his family this weekend) is necessary, but come on. Powell should have been catching tonight instead of Fox too.
Geren better get things back the way they should be tomorrow. There have been A's fans for a little while now calling for Geren's head, but I havent been one of them (I'd like a revamp of our training and medical staff--leading the league 3 years in a row in DL usage is completely unacceptable and something is wrong there, anyways...) but I'm starting to question Geren a little more now. If you're constantly rearranging your lineup, it tells me you dont know your hitters. If you know what your hitters can and should be doing, put them where they belong and keep the shuffling to a minimum. I understand things happen--injuries, bereavement leave, needing to give guys a day off, etc.--but by and large, if you dont keep a consistent lineup, it looks like you dont know your hitters. Get it together on this Geren. I know what the lineup should look like for tomorrows game:
1. Rajai Davis CF
2. Ryan Sweeney RF
3. Daric Barton 1B
4. Kevin Kooooouuuzmanoff 3B
5. Jack Cust LF
6. Landon Powell C
7. Mark Ellis 2B
8. Adam Rosales SS
9. Vin Mazzaro P
Lets see if Geren gets it right.
Thanks for reading.
Friday, June 11, 2010
First one
Well, here is the place. The place where I can talk about the A's all I want. I can get all my thoughts, musings, excitement, frustration, analysis and whatever else out right here. And no one has to read it. I'm on facebook and if you're reading this, you're probably already my friend on there and see that almost half my status updates are about the A's; which is a lot, especially for the probably 200+ friends I have that could care less. Thing is, I'd probably go on about the A's EVEN MORE if it werent for me trying to consider the things they'd like to see on their news feed. Hence, this blog. A place where I can get everything out concerning Oakland A's baseball without bothering anyone, theoretically. So yeah, that's it. I'm ready to talk now. :)
Yesterday, I got out to the A's game with my best friend Stephen and my son Jack. It was a beautiful day, we got seats in the shade (very good for me and my fair-skinned son) on the field level deck. This was game 4 of a 4 game set with the Angels and we had already lost games 1 and 3 of the series. So, needless to say, I REALLY wanted to win this one. We needed a series split to stay in legitimate contention right now with them and the Rangers in the AL West. I knew we had a good chance with Cahill taking the mound, such a great groundball pitcher and he's done well in his past 5 starts or so. They had Ervin Santana though, who has feasted on A's hitters in most of his efforts. To start the game, he looked good too, retiring the first 9 batters I believe. Cahill hung with him though, getting through his innings, turning double plays, also not allowing a run. Then, 2nd time though the order, the A's jump on him. Score 2 runs in the 4th and 3 more in the 5th. Scioscia shoulda pulled him when he was at 105 pitches and had allowed his 2nd run in the 5th, but he left him in, we hit him for another run and he was done and I knew that's all we needed. Cahill allowed 1 run throwing 8 innings, Bailey closed it out and there were actually 6 different A's hitters coming up with 1 rbi each in our 6-1 victory. Just a beautiful team win by the book. I was hopin to see a home run from someone like Cust, Koooouuz, or Suzuki, but that woulda just been icing on the cake. We didnt need it, and just 6 days prior I did see the long ball from Kouzmanoff and Rajai Davis, they lost that game to the Twins but whatev.
So tonight, I just got done watching the A's lose to the Giants but they did have Tim Lincecum tonight. You'll probably find I'm not as likely to talk much or post at all when the A's lose. Its okay though, the A's swept the Giants when they came to Oakland so if we only win 1 game this series I'll be happy since that guarantees us winning 4 outta 6 games against them for the year. Much better than least year, even already, when we only won 1 outta 6. Gio started tonight and he wasnt getting his curveball called for strikes when even the Giants broadcaster thought it was in the zone, but whatever. It wasnt a bad call that sent Pat Burrell's home run ball to deep left.
Tomorrow we got Sheets vs. Zito. This is the game I'd like to make. Sheets has been doing well lately and although I'm impressed by Zito's comeback year he's having (almost happy for him), we destroyed him on Oakland a few weeks ago, just like we always have since he's gone to the Giants. I'm off at 5:55 and the game starts at 6:05. Perfect. Wish I wasnt outta beer, but I did have to buy a ticket to yesterdays game when I was pretty tight on money. It was worth it. :)
I do welcome all questions, comments, and debates. Thanks for reading.
Yesterday, I got out to the A's game with my best friend Stephen and my son Jack. It was a beautiful day, we got seats in the shade (very good for me and my fair-skinned son) on the field level deck. This was game 4 of a 4 game set with the Angels and we had already lost games 1 and 3 of the series. So, needless to say, I REALLY wanted to win this one. We needed a series split to stay in legitimate contention right now with them and the Rangers in the AL West. I knew we had a good chance with Cahill taking the mound, such a great groundball pitcher and he's done well in his past 5 starts or so. They had Ervin Santana though, who has feasted on A's hitters in most of his efforts. To start the game, he looked good too, retiring the first 9 batters I believe. Cahill hung with him though, getting through his innings, turning double plays, also not allowing a run. Then, 2nd time though the order, the A's jump on him. Score 2 runs in the 4th and 3 more in the 5th. Scioscia shoulda pulled him when he was at 105 pitches and had allowed his 2nd run in the 5th, but he left him in, we hit him for another run and he was done and I knew that's all we needed. Cahill allowed 1 run throwing 8 innings, Bailey closed it out and there were actually 6 different A's hitters coming up with 1 rbi each in our 6-1 victory. Just a beautiful team win by the book. I was hopin to see a home run from someone like Cust, Koooouuz, or Suzuki, but that woulda just been icing on the cake. We didnt need it, and just 6 days prior I did see the long ball from Kouzmanoff and Rajai Davis, they lost that game to the Twins but whatev.
So tonight, I just got done watching the A's lose to the Giants but they did have Tim Lincecum tonight. You'll probably find I'm not as likely to talk much or post at all when the A's lose. Its okay though, the A's swept the Giants when they came to Oakland so if we only win 1 game this series I'll be happy since that guarantees us winning 4 outta 6 games against them for the year. Much better than least year, even already, when we only won 1 outta 6. Gio started tonight and he wasnt getting his curveball called for strikes when even the Giants broadcaster thought it was in the zone, but whatever. It wasnt a bad call that sent Pat Burrell's home run ball to deep left.
Tomorrow we got Sheets vs. Zito. This is the game I'd like to make. Sheets has been doing well lately and although I'm impressed by Zito's comeback year he's having (almost happy for him), we destroyed him on Oakland a few weeks ago, just like we always have since he's gone to the Giants. I'm off at 5:55 and the game starts at 6:05. Perfect. Wish I wasnt outta beer, but I did have to buy a ticket to yesterdays game when I was pretty tight on money. It was worth it. :)
I do welcome all questions, comments, and debates. Thanks for reading.
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