Was this the first time two Suzukis have played in the same MLB game?

I notice that Casilla threw 2 pitches and Embree 6, so they both would be available tomorrow, presumably.

was hilarious. I wish he was in the booth every game!

That he's injured, that is. We need him in the 'pen stat.

Why do all AL teams stay at SF hotels when they play the A's?  

Just now on M's feed they were talking about getting out of the Coli quick because it is "dangerous" after dark...

MLB teams with (comparatively) good hitting from the traditional spots (DH, corner outfield, corner infield) and woeful hitting from the traditionally poor spots (SS, C, CF).

he definitely will end up in the booth after his career (I believe his dad in the booth for Texas)

Is Casilla not the best pitcher in the bullpen? If so, how come he doesn't close or at least pitch to more than one batter?
if not, is Embree that much better?

yeah, the 9th wasn't bad, but come on Ichiro lined the hell out of that pitch..Embree scares me..

 The A's lucked out and will not need to face washburn.  He always pitches well against the A's.  Weaver tomorrow with Haren on our side.  Time to go to reno and bet on the A's.  Their rookie pitches on sunday and so far he has been awful.  

I'm pulling my hair out trying to score 15,000 points in Little League in Pinch Hitter. Basically, you pretty much need to hit 3+ home runs in order to have a shot. Which sucks cause hitting even one home run in Little League is insanely hard.

Anyone got any tips?

Did anybody else notice the evasive way Swisher answered questions about the HR dance?  When asked about the standalone dance, he seemed to avoid mentioning Bradley at all - I suspect they are under orders not to say anything.

It shows that they can chafe under the edicts of management - not allowed to say anything, the strongest statement Swisher makes is the most eloquent.  

I was at the game last night and was delighted to see Crosby hit that home run.  His first two ABs were so bad the fans were on him.  In fact, in his AB in the first inning, it was pretty clear that Batista pretty much intentionally walked Johnson (moving a second RISP) to load the bases so that he could get Cros with 2 outs.  Cros made the move look both good and easy by taking an 0-2 pitch for called strike 3.  Killer.

As for the A's maybe getting something going ... it's just not going to happen.  The bottom of that lineup was something else last night:  Crosby, Scutaro, Kendall, Suzuki.  Can't remember the last time I saw an A's team that weak in the bottom half.  And the top half isn't great, either.  (Yes, I know ... it would be so much stronger with Chavvy and Kotsay in there, right?)  Thank goodness that ball popped out of Guillen's glove because Stewart was going to be out at the plate by 10 feet.  Stewart can clearly hit but his foot is just as clearly still bothering him.

Two little side bars:  

Mark Ellis is my favorite A, but I've noticed this year that he seems to really struggle moving that runner from second to third with nobody out.  (The best I remember at this was Steve Sax.  Jeter is very good at this, too.)  As much as I am gratified to see the A's work harder this year to create runs, I think the A's should just let Ellis hack in those situations.

Also, there was a scout for the St. Louis Cardinals at the game last night sitting right behind me.  Not hard to notice the guy - he had a World Series ring on about the size of a walnut.  Who are you looking at? I asked him.  All of them, he said.  They always say that ... but he seemed especially interested in Shannon Stewart.  Is Stewart signed beyond 2007?