Everyone on the team is injured, true, but the bright side is that none of them have been comically murdered by their wives:

At exactly 5:45:34 on April 18, 2004 a computer taken from the office of the attorney of Melanie McGuire, did a search on the words "How To Commit Murder."

That same day searches on Google and MSN search engines, were conducted on such topics as `instant poisons,` `undetectable poisons,' 'fatal digoxin doses,' and gun laws in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Ten days later, according to allegations by the state of New Jersey, McGuire murdered her husband, William T. McGuire, at their Woodbridge apartment, using a gun obtained in Pennsylvania, one day after obtaining a prescription for a sedative known as the "date rape" drug.

The A's took an early 5-0 lead over the Orioles behind Dan Haren and cruised the rest of the way for a refreshingly easy victory. Or so I remember. Congratulations to Danny Putnam and his family (who apparently are unclear on the rules of baseball) on "DP's" first hit. All of the unsightly crimson residue appears to have been washed off, which bodes well.

Injuries:
Harden: To the DL, not clear what his status is.
Bradley: DL
Buck: A pair of bum wrists kept him out of the lineup.

Putnam, 24, started in right field because Buck has a sore right wrist to go with the sore left wrist that has bothered him since the beginning of the season.

Buck is unsure how he hurt his right wrist, but he believes it's either the result of overcompensating for the left side or it's from diving for a ball in the eighth inning of Saturday night's game at Texas.

"I've got two of 'em," Buck said. "The right side is a lot worse than the left. ... I definitely felt it the whole game (Sunday)."

Buck was hopeful that taking Monday off would resolve the problem but he's prepared to play through it if necessary.

While I was watching the game last night, it was actually refreshing to not worry about players getting injured, since most of the team is already injured.
Kielty: calf strain

Members of the presumptive starting lineup opening spring training who have shown full health:
Jason Kendall
Shannon Stewart

when he says "we" now, he means the Sox

Dan Johnson had a single and two walks in 4 plate appearances in his first rehab start at Sacramento. Kurt Suzuki homered, and is currently hitting .327/.409/.455.

Not as good news for Dan Meyer, making a rehab start at Midland. Meyer gave up 3 runs in his first two innings, then settled down to pitch two more innings without giving up another run. The 'Hounds pulled out the win on a Jeff Baisley homer in the ninth. Baisley is also off to a great start, with a line of .352/.400/.630 after 14 games.

And at Kane County, Craig Italiano, making his second start of the year after having surgery last year, was lit up for 4 runs in 2/3 of an inning.

On Saturday, April 28th, after the A's host the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at 1:05pm, A's fans can meet A's outfielder Travis Buck at The Oakland Airport Hilton. Travis will sign autographs and take photos with fans one hour following the game at The Oakland Airport Hilton, located at One Hegenberger Road in Oakland. Don't miss this exciting opportunity with the A's!

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Speaking of Baek, I've never seen a pitcher who looks so absolutely terrified in my entire life. It's not so much the body language as it is the facial expression; Baek legitimately looks like a man who's in the early stages of being delivered the worst news in the history of the world. Observe:
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Contrast this with Kevin Millwood, who appears to display nothing but bitter contempt for everyone around him when he pitches. I wonder if it might not be part of why Baek succeeds - when the batter goes up to the plate, he sees Baek looking like spooked cattle and assumes that something horrible is about to happen. Fearing for both his own safety and for the welfare of his family back home, the batter is no longer able to concentrate on the pitch, and he pops it up quickly so he can return to the dugout and call his wife.

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the place to be!

rain? in texas??

at least this time seattle knows they are going back and can reschedule the game....

Strained left hamstring-

Scutaro in RF
Stewart in CF
Putnam in LF

boxscores, I noticed a few abnormalities.

D. Barton 3b
C Pennington 2b
B Snyder 2b

deadspin links this web countdown of the Philadelphia Phillies' inexorable march toward a mark once thought unattainable...becoming the first major league franchise to lose 10,000 games.

They're 33 losses away (and losing to the Nationals as I write).  I just hope they get the milestone first and steal some of Bonds' thunder.