New “three true outcomes”?

exciting does not do it justice

“O-Cab’s roundhouse kick decapitates Ethier. Dodgers forfeit. A’s win!”

tried to screw him out of the win. Bailey was outstanding and props to Ziggy for hanging in there as well.

I hope to see Mazzaro World in person.

when Cahill had a hard time settling down and loaded the bases. Giambi came over to try and calm him down and cheer him on, and I think it worked great. Cahill got the out he needed and got out of that inning. On the way back to the dug out they showed Giambi come over and congratulate him for getting out of the inning. That for me was awesome and its exactly the kind of veteran leadership that this team needs

and started Denorfia and sat Cust etc…

I asked Geren before the game about Orlando Cabrera, because he hasn’t looked quite as sharp to me as he usually does defensively. Some scouts I just talked to were saying the same thing, and speculating that maybe he’s a little tired. Geren said Cabrera looks fine to him, just like always. Having seen Cabrera a lot over the years and having always loved watching him play defense, he just seems a tick off to me recently.

chopping up some freshies…..sniff!

Can’t field, can’t hit. A true Athletic. Ouch. That was a little harsh. Who cares anyway, we won! Celebrate good times come on! WOO HOO!

A blurb from Matt’s World…..enjoy.
http://mattholliday.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/06/on-the-road-again.html

It was sloppy, but it was a good day.

Let’s win this series!

Despite the Breslow/Ziegler debacle, an entertaining watch. My Dodger-loving roommate was angry. For one night, at least.

It was nice to watch something positive for once. During the whole losing 6 out of 7 thing recently, I was forced to hunker down and comfort myself with the new Animal Collective record. And no one wants that.

I barley followed the game yesterday because we had a couple of new additions to the family (my sister had twins) during the day, which meant i had work to catch up on at home at night. While I was sitting at the kitchen table, reading email, I thought “I wonder if the A’s have managed to lose that lead yet?”

I can’t help my envious disposition watching the Dodgers play. Yes, it is true I hate the Dodgers; not because of any other reason other than Kirk Gibson.
Anyways, I hate to admit it, but they are a very ‘watchable’ team. Their line up is made up of a lot of young talent. I really have a hard time seeing Ethier perform so well. They sign players that have underperformed on other teams, (Blake, Hudson), the develop rookies who other teams tried to pluck away in trades, and finally they have a great knack for talent. With a young core of Loney, Martin (even though he can’t hit a HR), Ethier, and Kemp they have a core to build around for years to come. When you add Furcal, Blake, and Hudson to that mix and when Manny comes back, they are going to be tough to beat.
I can’t help but to think watching the Dodgers play, why are we so much different than them, even though they have so many young players? What are we not doing right? Trading Ethier? I don’t know, but I don’t like it!

Cust just hasn’t been the same player this year. He’s swinging at more pitches, thus making more contact, however he has just 12 homers in his first 219 at-bats this season — well off his career average. As a result of the aggressiveness, his walk rate has suffered. Don’t expect a rebound in the second half.

I’m not disputing the swinging at more pitches and walking less but isn’t he still on pace for 30 HRs? Maybe my math is off. “don’t expect a rebound second half” man, the guy just hit a opposite field HR and a bunt single against the shift in the same game, cut him some slack or at least complain about the drop.

I used to love watching the A’s on defense a few years ago. Can we hire Wash as a parttime infield coach (will Texas mind)? All the regulars need a refresher course except Hannahan.

With Giambi’s slower bat and inability to scoop, I would rather see Barton at first more often than not. It seems Barton’s defense has come a long way from what I remember during his September call up in 2007 and early season drops in 2008 and he is fun to watch at 1B (love the splits!). And I don’t think we would loose anything with his bat over the current G in the long run. Barton has only had 8 ABs in 4 games since being called up. Give him a few days in a row at 1B and see what he can do! Besides, Giambi’s legs could use the rest.

And thank goodness for the infield fly rule, but OrCa should just let Hannahan field anything he can get to on the left side. I almost spit up my beer when I saw Hannahan peel away from the popup… and then to see Cabrera drop it!

This team is getting hard to watch… even when they win!