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all star break

10 July 2006

This takes the cake on neglectful, eh? Ye gods!

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I’ve been neglectful!

10 June 2006

Things baseball and babbling…

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catching up with the baseball…

3 June 2006

THURSDAY:

Minnesota 0, Oakland 4 at McAfee Coliseum
Oakland Record: (25-29)

Winning pitcher – Barry Zito (5-3)
Losing pitcher – Boof Bonser (1-1)

Minnesota Runs: 0, Hits: 5, Errors: 0
Oakland Runs: 4, Hits: 5, Errors: 0

HR: MIN – None
HR: OAK – D. Johnson (3) M. Kotsay (5) F. Thomas (12)

FRIDAY:

Minnesota 2, Oakland 1 at McAfee Coliseum
Oakland Record: (25-30)

Winning pitcher – Johan Santana (5-4)
Losing pitcher – Kirk Saarloos (2-4)
SV – Joe Nathan (7)

Minnesota Runs: 2, Hits: 5, Errors: 0
Oakland Runs: 1, Hits: 2, Errors: 0

HR: MIN – J. Morneau (11)
HR: OAK – F. Thomas (13)

The winning is fun but the losing just sucks. Bah!

it happens when it happens

31 May 2006

TUESDAY:

Kansas City 8, Oakland 7 at McAfee Coliseum
Oakland Record: (23-29)

Winning pitcher – Elmer Dessens (3-5)
Losing pitcher -  Matt Roney (0-1)
SV -  Ambiorix Burgos (7)

Kansas City Runs: 8, Hits: 16, Errors: 0
Oakland Runs: 7, Hits: 11, Errors: 1

HR: KC – D. DeJesus  (1)
HR: OAK – B. Crosby  (7) J. Payton  (2) N. Swisher  (16)

TODAY

Kansas City 0, Oakland 7 at McAfee Coliseum
Oakland Record: (24-29)

Winning pitcher – Joe Blanton (5-5)
Losing pitcher -  Scott Elarton (1-6)

Kansas City Runs: 0, Hits: 5, Errors: 0
Oakland Runs: 7, Hits: 8, Errors: 0

HR: KC – None
HR: OAK – B. Crosby  (8) J. Kendall  (1) F. Thomas  (11)

Omigosh, Jason Kendall hit his very first homerun as an Oakland Athletic!  Took him long enough.  ;)  Ahhh, and his daddy got to see it too.  Isn’t that kinda sweet?

losing is sad

29 May 2006

SUNDAY:

Oakland 3, Texas 4 at Ameriquest Field in Arlington
Oakland Record: (23-27)
Texas Record: (26-24)

Winning pitcher – Vicente Padilla (5-3)
Losing pitcher – Kirk Saarloos (2-3)
SV – Akinori Otsuka (8)

Oakland Runs: 3, Hits: 7, Errors: 0
Texas Runs: 4, Hits: 6, Errors: 0

HR: OAK – None
HR: TEX – J. Botts (1)

TODAY:

Kansas City 6, Oakland 4 at McAfee Coliseum
Oakland Record: (23-28)

Winning pitcher – Seth Etherton (1-0)
Losing pitcher – Dan Haren (4-5)
SV – Ambiorix Burgos (6)

Kansas City Runs: 6, Hits: 13, Errors: 1
Oakland Runs: 4, Hits: 9, Errors: 2

HR: KC – None
HR: OAK – N. Swisher (15) F. Thomas (10)

bad streak snapped

27 May 2006

Oakland 6, Texas 3 at Ameriquest Field in Arlington
Oakland Record: (23-26)

Winning pitcher – Barry Zito (4-3)
Losing pitcher – Kameron Loe (3-5)
SV – Huston Street (8)

Oakland Runs: 6, Hits: 12, Errors: 0
Texas Runs: 3, Hits: 5, Errors: 1

HR: OAK – None
HR: TEX – P. Nevin (9)

bah

26 May 2006

  Oakland 3, Texas 5 at Ameriquest Field in Arlington
Oakland Record: (22-26)

Winning pitcher – Francisco Cordero (4-3)
Losing pitcher –  Chad Gaudin (0-2)
SV –  Akinori Otsuka (7)

Oakland Runs: 3, Hits: 6, Errors: 1
Texas Runs: 5, Hits: 8, Errors: 0

HR: OAK – E. Chavez  (12)
HR: TEX – G. MatthewsJr.  (4)