Favorite Krod Moments

the newspaper the next morning. I had to read the recap four or five times before I figured out what the hell had happened. I had never been so happy to get the hell out of nature’s beauty and back to my high speed internet so I could watch the play.

Was finding out he was leaving the Angels.

1. Because the older I get, the less I can remember details of anything beyond the past 6 months

2. Because I was there

3. Because I was there in excellent seats

4. Because I was there in excellent seats courtesy of and accompanied by TheDogfather

5. Because it was the final, crowning dor-K-off against the A’s

Second on my list is the Kendall-dashing-home sulK-off.

That season started out so well, and at that time I believed Piazza was in for a huge season with the A’s just like Big Frank did in 06.

I could be wrong, but I’m almost certain the A’s took over 1st place with that game. Just absolutely epic.

But I remember watching a game on TV with my dad and it was in Anaheim, down by a run, K-rod in to close and Hatteberg at the plate with a runner on second. It was a really intense moment for so early in the season and Hatteberg came through with the hit that scored the tying run. I forget how the rest of the game went but that moment is still fresh in my mind.

Definitely the sulk off, followed closely by his throwing the bunted ball away this past year. Followed closely by Ronnie Mac’s HR in Anaheim.

SO MANY GOOD MEMORIES.

the photo on mlb.com of him wearing a safety helmet and checking out the new bailout park.

it’s pretty funny

For writing Krod, not “K-rod.” Now I can just call him Crod, not K-Rod, and not “Oh crap here he comes, and Billy McMillon’s up…”

so I’d have to say this is my favorite Krod moment.

I’d looked down after the pitch and the next thing I hear is a sudden roar and I look up to see Kendall dashing for the plate. Absolute mayhem afterward.

The funny thing is I ended up sitting next to a couple from England that were visiting the states and this was their first baseball game. I assured them endings like that are NOT normal.

The game in which Kendall scored the winning run on K-Rod’s dropped throw from the catcher was one of my favorite games ever. Besides the crazy finish, and Chavez’s clutch three-run homer that got the A’s back in the game, it was the first game my daughter really got into. Prior to that, all she cared about was Stomper, cotton candy, hot dogs, taunting Giants fans, clapping and chanting with the crowd, etc. But that afternoon, she watched the action on the field with interest. When Chavez hit the big homer, she jumped for joy and high-fived the fans sitting around us. When Kendall scampered home on K-Rod’s error, she understood what was happening and she couldn’t wait to call her grandfathers to tell them about it. I guess you could say it was the day she graduated from little kid along for the ride to card carrying A’s fan. Maybe it’s just a Dad thing but it was a big day for me.

I watched that on TV and went crazy! That was such an amazing moment, because it was absolutely unexpected. I briefly fell in love with Pennington after that game. What’s so awesome to me is that it seemed that every single game that we won off him, was memorable…

… can all of you really claim not to have been impressed a few years back when we were by far the best team in baseball (absence of rings aside), and K-Rod, as a september call-up, performed like a superstar through the play-offs? Back then I think I still saw the Mariners as our primary division rival, and since we didn’t face the Angels in the playoffs, i gotta admit that I enjoyed watching him that post-season. i don’t remember him acting like such an idiot as a rookie setup man.