Zito Pitcher of the Month, Harden 2nd

by Dog Days on Aug 3, 2005 4:18 PM PDT

Barry Zito was named the American League Pitcher of the Month for July, beating out Rich Harden. Although awards are usually pretty subjective, it's great to see our guys get recognized on the national stage. Congratulations, Barry. Here's to a few more of those awards before the season is over.

PS - You may have heard of that guy who won Player of the Month, too.

PPS - As Alien points out, Dan Johnson, Huston Street, and Nick Swisher finished, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, respectively, in the Rookie of the Month voting. What a month it was!

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YEAH ZITO!!!!

Best Coliseum promotion of the year? 2005 Oakland A's baseball.

by baseballgirl on Aug 3, 2005 4:29 PM PDT reply actions

Yay. :)

Finally they start recognizing! This is for all the April/May doubters. What now? :)

Dude. Click here. NOW. :) I *love* The High Socks, oh yes I do! :)

by GreenNGoldGirl on Aug 3, 2005 4:31 PM PDT reply actions

AL R.O.M

Was Gustavo Chacin. But 2nd, 3rd, and 4th were DJ, Street and Swish. A's all over the place!

"He threw me a pitch I'd never seen before, Sexson said. The umpire asked me what it was, and I said, 'I don't know.' This guy throws ghost pitches.''

by Alien @ Athletics Nation on Aug 3, 2005 4:32 PM PDT reply actions

A prediction from mlb.com?

Noticed this at the end of the ROM article:

"Chacin will receive another specially designed trophy as the American League Rookie of the Month for August."

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20050803&content_id=1156 117&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

by peanut gallery on Aug 3, 2005 4:57 PM PDT reply actions

Very Excellent

I think everyone is proud of the job our guys have done. Some long overdue and well-deserved recognition for our amazing pitchers and rookies! Woot woot!

by athleticsjunkie44 on Aug 3, 2005 8:47 PM PDT reply actions