because even in the first two innings he seemed to always be at a 3-2 count. I would think he is finished in Oakland, too many other young possibilities coming fast behind him, guys with better stuff. Am I the only one tired of watching Frank and Brown in the lineup. The season was effectively over about a month ago, no reason to keep trotting those guys out there day after day. Perhaps after the Rivercats finish the playoffs some guys will come up from the minors, sure hope so. Would Bowen be such a bad idea as a DH?

on the radio and watching the last half on TV. Any idea why Pennington got the start at ss today? Not that I will recall the Crosby A’s era with any fond nostalgia.

There was nothing today that meant anything. It would’ve been nice to win a series. But Meyer is pitching himself out of a spot on the 40-man roster, Saarloos has always been an afterthought, and the hitting continues as it continues.

I’m fine with Hurt trying to get his timing back because that will make for a much better September for the whole club. It’s not as if he’s really taking at bats away from anyone, at least until the minor league call-ups, and even then - given service time - the A’s may decide to hold Cunningham back until next May, and there’s really nobody else who’s ready who can supply much power.

As for the rest - it’s too late for Hannahan. Barton is starting to pick it up and if he does, it makes the possibilities for 2009 much improved. So I’m more impressed by Barton in this series than anyone else. I’ve gone through my stages of anger with regard to the Harden trade, so now I can only look to the future with acceptance.

I see next year’s starting rotation on opening day as: Gallagher, Braden, Eveland, Smith and Gonzalez, with Duke gone - hopefully for one, single, good-hitting infield prospect who can join the team in 2010. But the good news is that during the 2009 season, it’s likely that Anderson, Simmons and Cahill will all be ready, or almost ready for their big league debuts - and it’s possible, if CarGo and Barton develop, if Sweeney & Cunningham continue to improve, and if Buck makes a comeback - that the 2009 Oakland A’s COULD compete. A year under the belt and maybe Smith takes several steps up; same with Gallagher. Gio matures. Braden proves to be an innings eater. And Eveland chugs along as a number five.

Okay, optimism.

Meyer walking the first two hitters in the third, and then Brown allowing a Cairo single go for a triple…..ugh! There is no reason to walk any Mariner except maybe Raul Ibanez. They are terrible. They are free swingers…..let them hit it.

How many games has Brown cost the A’s this year with his fielding and base running. He has no future on any major leagure roster……so why is he starting….let alone still occupying a roster spot?

Final frustration was noting that Rich Harden was lights out today. He completely shut down the Nationals, but then again Lenny DiNardo or Captain Kirk, or even Meyer could have shut down the Nats.

learns to cut down his BB ratio, he could be our version of K-Rod.

Cunningham is just an absolute stud, I thought he was a throw in, glad I was wrong on that one.

I wish Carter knew how to play LF, but I guess he’s destined to be our future DH.

Very nice, some POS in Ontario CA is using my Visa Debit to eat pizza at Dominos and buy Gas from Shell. I checked my balance and found a $67.07 charge for Pizza that had come thru that day (authorization) so I called the bank and they said I have to wait until it goes thru next week. I call the Pizza place and the manager told me that someone ordered it by phone and then came in and picked it up.

I have the only card and I checked with the bank and there have been no other cards issued. I went to the bank and withdrew all the cash out of there just in case it would happen again this weekend. The Domino’s manager told me that he did not have time to look for the transaction at the time and the bank told me that maybe the numbers got transposed and that the person who purchased the pizza had a similar set of numbers and that it was a mistake.

Anyway, I decided to wait until tomorrow to cancel the card as I have other pending transactions that will be going thru like my cable bill etc.

Today I get a B of A alert of 2 more charges in Onatario from a Shell gas station for $91.67 and $40.00 so I call and cancel the card tonight and of course my account is overdrawn which is the first time I have had a negative balance since I opened it.

I will get everything back but I have to wait for them to go from authorizations to being officially paid.

This is what happens when you are a supposed good customer. Even though there is no money in there, they keep paying things out no matter what because the account is in good standing. (LOL)

Wish they had dome this years ago when a previous account was not in good standing because I would have kept charging shit myself.

I have no idea how someone got my info. I use Western Union online and it is secure according to their fraud department. I pay the cable bill and SCE and that’s it. I do not use it for anything else as I use check or cash.

Very strange.

Except some one got ahold of her card info all the way in Europe! Cleaned her whole bank account out for more than $500.00 bucks!

Eventually, she was reimbursed and all was well. Sorry that happened to ya Trainman………..