that Joe may have thrown the game because of the dinner deal? I mean, Giving up 8 runs in 3 innings ought to net him a pretty damn good dinner. Perhaps they should have the loser buy dinner from now on. That’s called an incentive.

I am of course kidding. Sort of.

Absolutely was dealing tonight….

8ip 0bb 1h 0er 12Ks…..

1) 7 double cheeseburgers
2) 11 Taco Supremes
3) 5 helping of french fries
4) 2 gallons of Breyers Mint Chip

Add a cup full of visine to finish

But maybe it was Gio that did it—in any case, I think the case is pretty much closed re Blanton and his true performance this year. unfortunately the trade value has dropped dramatically

Now for Carlod Beltran to launch one

I am not a Lakers fan but was rooting for them this series just because of him.

The sad thing is that he is also an Angels fan who jumped on the bandwagon in 2002.

He has already called me to rag on me about the A’s losing.

I know better than to call him when K-Fraud blew the save because those bastards still have life with their fluke dunkers and occasional Home run.

Meatball city

Justin Meatball Speier

The POS team loses

Blanton has reached 10 losses faster than any pitcher in Oakland history. Tom Candiotti, who was on hand Wednesday night as one of the Diamondbacks’ broadcasters, held the previous mark, dropping his 10th decision on June 23, 1998.

In his past seven starts, Blanton has allowed eight home runs in 41 2/3 innings. He gave up three, total, over his first 61 1/3 innings this season. For the second time in four starts, he left without speaking to reporters.

“The pitch that got hit out was over the plate, but other than that, they snuck a couple of hits in there, hit them where we weren’t,” shortstop Bobby Crosby said. “I didn’t see anything different with Joe than in the past.”

Will be the fastest to 20 losses in 10 more appearances

Gotta beat Doug Davis. This is the same Davis that used to fool the old A’s about 5 or 6 years ago when he was with Texas right?