Tonight’s game was so completely frustrating.  The Athletics did NOT hit well. The pitching from Greg Smith was once again really solid only giving up 4 hits and 3 walks through 7 innings.  He looked good through those first 7 innings but the 8th was messy with a walk, single, stolen base, throwing error, and another error. Only the walk and single were his and the rest is all the bullpen and the error is all Brown.  The only good news is the Big Hurt has started hitting home runs and boy oh boy are we a team in need of home runs.  I am beginning to really feel Casilla being on the dl and am worried about Huston Street. He only has one save in the month of May and last night while he recorded 5 strikeouts, threw 31 pitches.  Things are looking messy right now but I think the Athletics by some bizarre miracle are only 2 game behind the Angels.  Baseball is a crazy game and you really do have to stick with it for the whole season.  I love it more than anything else in my life but it drives me insane some days.