Holy Toledo Athletics Fans

Holy Toledo we have the best team in the American League West!!!! Well for a day anyways.  I want to savor the fact that my team played so well tonight and that they are 1 game better than the Angels.  The Athletics have won every three game series they have played so far this season meaning they have taken at least two out of the three games.  Tonight the Athletics beat the Angels whom they were tied with for first place.  They gave the Angels a good beating of 14 - 2 and now have the best record in the entire American league! It was an amazing game and again bizarre things kept happening, as they seem to do with the Athletics.  Thomas got a triple and almost hit for the cycle, which was in my mind the most amazing thing to happen tonight.  It was his first triple since 2002 and he added a single and a double to come just a homerun short of the cycle.  Daric Barton hit a three run homerun while Hannahan and Brown each hit solo shots.  Brown has the second highest number of RBIs in the American league with 25! Gaudin won his third straight game and while that is great for him it makes me feel bad for Blanton.  He never has any luck.  The Angels pitching coach got evicted for arguing with the home plate umpire about the strike zone he was calling which I just loved. I listened to the first part of the game on the radio and on one of the announcers eloquently spoke to what the Athletics have been able to do.  "It may not always be pretty but they play to win." That sums up the 2008 Athletics right there.  All in all it was an amazing game and I am still reveling in the after glow of the win. I hope we can keep this up tomorrow.