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A win after 4 losses
Yesterday’s game looked extremely promising with Harden
looking like the Harden he had always promised he could be. It made the past few seasons of
disabled list stints all worth the wait.
Harden not only pitched exceptionally well but he recorded his first
major league hit, and off of Hudson no less. Cust hit a solo home run, walked and struck out using every
one of his skills. (He hardly does
anything other than those 3 things.)
Sweeney hit a 3 run home run and this game got the bad taste of loosing
4 in a row out of my mouth. The reliever Casilla is on the Disabled List, Ellis
is injured and not playing, while Chavy and Buck are playing in Triple A. All
of these things did not matter tonight as the Athletics beat the Braves. Street
looked dicey tonight. It feels
like you never know which Huston Street is going to come out and pitch. He
could be lights out or the other team could hit everything he throws. He almost blew the game tonight but
luckily the Braves only scored 3 runs against him. Still those 3 should not
have happened.
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.
Day of Silence and Bizarre Occurrences
Today
was the Day Of Silence and while I was silent the Athletics were not. The Day of Silence is a day to bring
light to the LGBTQI youth around the globe that must keep their sexual
orientation silent. Today it was
in honor of 14 year old Lawrence King who in February was shot in his classroom
for being gay. He died 9 days
latter. This makes me sick to my
stomach and today I was silent. I
was silent for Lawerence I was silent for my best friend and the thousands of
LGBTQI youth that have no voice. As
I type this I can barely see through my tears because this issue is close
to my heart. I wish the world was
a more accepting place and I wish LGBTQI people were treated as equal. It would be great if a famous current
baseball player would come out because it would shatter a lot of the
stereotypes that exist and hopefully make people more accepting. In my perfect world sexual orientation
would not matter one iota but the world is not perfect. While I know many of you were not
silent today I ask that you take a moment and think about what it would be like
to spend every day living a lie and not being who you are. It would be very hard to live each day
that way. I also ask that you love
and accept those different from you no matter what their difference may
be. Spend this weekend being as
loving, caring, thoughtful and open-minded as you can. Hey I might even befriend an
Angels fan or possible a Yankees fan.
It could happen.
The
game today was one of those bizarre how did we win that one games. I love them because weird stuff always
happens that you may not see all too often. The opposing pitcher walked 4 batters, the Athletics only
had 3 hits total, a run scored on a wild pitch, a walk was issued with the
bases loaded, and the opposing pitcher Batista left in the second with a mild
groin strain. All in all it was a
crazy game. The Athletics are tied
with the Angels for first in the division. I never thought I would see that. Again all around a bizarre
day.
Love and a 4 Game Win Streak
Baseball is never the same
twice. It is so different from the monotony of everyday life, and I guess that
is what I love about it. Every day
could be the best game of a player’s career, the day a no hitter is thrown, or
there are back to back homeruns.
Teams and players can have streaks good or bad and one day, one at bat
can make the difference. My
roommate and I were having a heated discussion yesterday and he wanted to know
why I loved such a masculine fixation.
He couldn’t understand why I (a woman!) would love watching men being
aggressive and trying to win.
There are many reasons most of which he will never understand but I love
the clean slate factor. If a
player has a bad game tomorrow is a new day. Any player can be the hero in any game and I love the
stories of Triple A call ups or bench players winning the game. It is the little moments that most fans
will never remember like Scutaro hitting a double in the playoffs that I love
and cherish. (Well ok people might remember that because it was the playoffs
but you get the gist.) This week has been full of crazy and wonderful little
moments, like Hernandez making his major league debut and getting his first win
after pitching one inning. Or Buck
after going 0 for 22and then hitting 6 doubles. It was in short an amazing week full of many moments I will
remember for a ong time.
Thursday’s game saw Buck go
3 for 6 and win the game in the 12th inning. (Extra inning games bother me but more
on that later.) He hit a 2 run
double to finish the game for a 3-2 victory for the Athletics. This meant the Athletics swept the Blue
Jays for all 3 games and could take their half hour flight to Cleveland feeling
elated. Buck not only hit a double
to win the game he hit 3 doubles to account for his three hits the entire
night. (Has a player ever hit 6 doubles in a series before? I will need to look
this up) The winning pitcher
Divine was called up from Triple A the day of the game and arrived 20 minutes
before the first pitch. He pitched
a scoreless 1oth and 11th
to get the win. He was added on the roster to replace
the injured Harden and looks like a nice addition. Scutaro came up in the 11th
and with runners at the corners looked like he posed a threat. I know he is not an Athletic anymore
but I wanted him to get a game-winning hit so bad. I know this sounds weird but I loved him as an Athletic and
wanted him to rub the trade in Beane’s face by winning the game. Hannahan made a stellar play to record
an out at first and keep the man at third from scoring. Eevland made another great start
pitching 6 and 1/3 innings of shutout ball, allowing the Jays just 3 hits. It
was nice to sweep the series because the Jays are made up of so many former
Athletics. They have Thomas,
Scutaro, Stewart, and Stairs so it was good to beat many former Athletics.
Friday saw the Athletics
beat Sabathia for the second time in a week which is amazing being that he won
the C.Y Young award last year.
This game was by far the craziest of the season and the fact that it is
a young season means thing can only get crazier. When the bottom of the 4th inning started the
Athletics had a 9-1 lead and I mistakenly thought they had the game in the
bag. Rain was threatening on
the doppler radar so it looked as if the game would be cancelled after the
fifth. All signs pointed to
an easy win. But this is baseball
and there are no easy wins.
Blanton looked good early and lasted 7 and 2/3 innings only allowing 5
runs and 8 hits. He finally got
some run support and his spell of bad luck seemed to be coming to a close. The
runs came 1 in the 1st, 5 in the 2nd, 1 in the 3rd and 2
in the 4th. Doubles
seem to be a theme with the Athletics this week and Friday’s game saw Ellis,
Barton, and Cust all go for 2. The
game experienced a 59 minute rain delay and Street came in to get the last out
of the 8th and 3 outs in the 9th. Lets hope this 4 game
win streak can continue. I would
love nothing more than the team that everyone said could not win many games to
win a lot.
A Crazy Series Unfolds
With
the Athletics one is never bored.
Today saw the removal of Dan Johnson from the team, which makes me very
sad, and Harden looking like he will not be ready for his next start. Room had to be made on the roster to
bring up a pitcher to start the game today and Dan Johnson was designated for
assignment as a result. He was
drafted seven years ago with the Athletics and was a big part of the team the
past few years. Johnson was always
a fan favorite nicknamed DJ, and was an extremely nice guy. But as my father
said earlier today “Its business”.
I wish that were not the case.
Harden is still experiencing soreness in his right shoulder blade ans
was quoted today saying” I don’t know if it’s too likely that I’ll be starting
Saturday, but we’ll see. It’s the
one spot on my body that I don’t take any chances with.” That is enough however
on the negatives and now on to the past two games. This has been a crazy series and both teams will be
glad to see it end.
Tuesday’s
game was won on an RBI triple from rookie Ryan Sweeney for a final of 9-8. The
game was a rollercoaster with the Athletics ahead 8-6 in the 8th
inning. Embree walked Wells and
then former Athletics player Thomas hit the long ball for a two run shot. Thus the game was tied. Luckily the Athletics had a powerful
top of the 9th. It all
began in the second for the Athletics with a five run 2nd inning
that saw Buck hit an RBI double.
He finally was able to break his 0 for 22 streak becoming the hitter he
was last year. Street cam in fir
the 9th doing what he does best aside from one walk. All in all it was a positive game much
better than the negative injury reports coming out of the Athletics camp.
Today’s
game again was crazy. Ellis
recorded four hits, which included a game tying triple in the 9th. He is having a fantastic start to the
season and so are the guys being brought in with the disabled list announcements. Today was Greg Smiths first major
league game and he was the starting pitcher. He seemed nervous in the first giving surrendering three
runs but after the 1st inning he was able to rally within himself
and settle down. Smith had five
shutout innings after the first and I was impressed that he was able to stabilize
and get the job done. When he left
the game it was 3-2 and at one point he got eight men out in a row. Very impressive stuff for a rookie in
the beginning of the season. Smith
looks very promising if he is able to repeat today’s performance . Today was the day for rookies with
Fernando Hernandez also making his debut, pitching a scoreless 8th and
receiving the win. The final was
6-3 and boy was I glad to see the game end. What I take away from this is that the Athletics have
talented rookies and are able to rally back after falling behind. All positives.
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