Tommy Everidge is hitting .366 in Triple-A over the course of 40 games. With Daric Barton hitting just .100, he should be called up. Let's catch lightning in a bottle or something.

Travis Buck and Aaron Cunningham should be called up and playing every day along with Rajai Davis and Ryan Sweeney in the outfield and designated hitter spots.

That is all.

No. 3 ADRIAN CARDENAS, 2B ATHLETICS
Team: Double-A Midland (Texas)
Age: 21
Why He's Here: .423/.444/.731 (11-for-26), 5 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBIs, 5 R, 1 BB, 1 SO

With an easy, compact swing, Cardenas is the type of player who could sleepwalk his way to a .300 average. His pure hit tool ranks among the best in the organization, and he has the strike-zone judgment (shown in part by his 37 walks and 35 strikeouts in Double-A) to make it all come together for him at the plate. A brief trial in Triple-A didn't work out, but the lefty-swinging Cardenas is still one of the youngest players in the Texas League, where he's hitting .358/.429/.489, ranking second in the league in average and on-base and third in OPS.

No. 8 GRANT DESME, OF ATHLETICS
Team: high Class A Stockton (California)
Age: 23
Why He's Here: .368/.500/.947 (7-for-19), 3 HR, 1 3B, 4 RBIs, 6 R, 5 BB, 6 SO, 3-for-4 SB

The Scoop: Desme is having a solid season, especially considering that injuries had limited him to just 49 at-bats during his first two pro seasons. A second-round pick out of Cal Poly in 2007, he started the season with low Class A Kane County, where he batted .274/.334/.490 with 19 doubles, 11 homers and 24 stolen bases in as many attempts. Desme got a power boost after being promoted to the Cal League, of course, and over his first 21 games with the Ports, he has hit .260/.360/.649 with eight home runs. The power doesn't come without its downfalls, though. Between the two levels, Desme has struck out 113 times in 336 at-bats.

"MVP: Matt Holliday
Cy Young: Andrew Bailey
Rookie: Vin Mazzaro
Surprise: Adam Kennedy
Disappointment: Jason Giambi
Key Injuries: 2B Mark Ellis (calf), LHP Josh Outman (elbow)"

Just wanted to point out that two of the three teams ahead of us in the AL West's managers used to be A's assistant coaches, and we got "Shouldn't Have a Job Bob" instead. How fitting...

Outman Moves to 60 Day DL

Love of the Game Productions and KTRB Radio 860 AM have agreed to terms on a one-year contract for the station to air "Right Off the Bat," the critically-acclaimed, 70-minute baseball show hosted by Marty Lurie which precedes every Oakland A’s broadcast. This upcoming 2009 season marks the 12th consecutive year that the program will appear daily, directly prior to each A’s pre-game show.

The Mike Scioscia Playoff Face against Boston?


Every time he is on camera he looks like a cross between a small child who is terrified to look under his bed and a man who ate a really bad burrito with no bathroom in sight.

"I'm thinking about wearing five different caps," Henderson joked Sunday before the A's home finale at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. "No, in my heart it's the A's. I had a lot of organizations that were really good to me ... These are the guys who got me my start."

since he's the most prolific songwriter this planet has ever seen, he can take the words right out of your mouth and call them his own and none the wiser

I remember once typing out something to Mr. Beane after a head full of acid... something about being able to watch your team struggle because you built it yourself, as opposed to driving around the parking lot swearing at the inferior parts you had to cobble the machine together... even though in those days, the exterior was nice and clean, there was sawdust in the gastank, and you damn well knew it.

Anyway, long story short, the guy from AN Day '07 who tried to turn you on to GBV realizes that he fucked up and what he meant to do is to bet DiNardo five bucks that you won't haul off and call up ol' Robert Pollard himself and challenge him to start a band with you. I bet it'd brighten ol' Uncle Bob's day to get a call from an actual PEER!