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Texas 10, Oakland 8 at McAfee Coliseum

Winning pitcher – Kenny Rogers (11-4)
Losing pitcher – Joe Blanton (5-8)

SV – Francisco Cordero (21)

Texas Runs: 10, Hits: 12, Errors 2
Oakland Runs: 8, Hits: 12, Errors 0

HR: TEX: H. Blalock (17) K. Mench (18) M. Young (15)
HR: OAK: J. Payton (7)

Oakland Record:(46-44)

Well, they can’t win them all, eh? Better for us because tomorrow we’re going to the game and they must win all the suite games we have. They must!!! So far, the A’s are 3-0 in that department. 😉 They love me, right? 😆

the Treo 650

Yes, I now have the Treo 650. We switched carriers, so I still have my old number (which is really still a new number). At this very moment, I am having a grand time making ringtones. 😆 The last song I did was Kelly Clarkson’s “Addicted.” Cool song. I love technology. Rockin’.

Texas 0, Oakland 6 at McAfee Coliseum

Winning pitcher – Rich Harden (6-4)
Losing pitcher – Chan Ho Park (8-4)

Texas Runs: 0, Hits: 2, Errors 1
Oakland Runs: 6, Hits: 8, Errors 0

HR: TEX: OAK: E. Chavez (13)
Oakland Record:(45-43)

Baseball is back and the A’s shut out the Texas Rangers. Rich Harden faced 29 batters and gave up 2 hits. He faced 22 batters before the first Ranger hit. He was almost freakin’ perfect! It gave me a bit of a headache watching the game. I was so anxious for him. It was great though. 🙂

The heat is getting to me. Our air conditioning has not stopped running since we got home and it’s almost 10pm (as I write this)! When will it stop? My head hurts because of it.

This won’t show posted until 11:59pm because I’m going back to bed and I haven’t gotten my postgame alert yet. Plus I’m too lazy to do my own. 😆

So, the A’s traded away Chad Bradford in one deal, then Eric Byrnes in another. I wasn’t so surprised about Bradford, but I was a bit about Byrnes. 🙁 My favorite moments about each:

Chad Bradford – The hubby and I got into a habit of calling him Rad Chad. Don’t know why. The thing I will ALWAYS remember about Bradford is that he was the winning pitcher on my 30th birthday. The A’s were playing the Blue Jays and Tim Hudson was the starter. Hudson pitched NINE innings, but it went past the ninth and Bradford was the last pitcher on the mound at game’s end. And the A’s won. On my birthday! And I was there to see it! 😀

Eric Byrnes – I will always love Byrnes’ enthusiasm on the field. I had one almost encounter with him. It was at one of the Tristar Shows. I had just had my Mulder moment or something and the hubby and I were walking back to the tables to look at cards and such. While we milled around with the crowd, Byrnes stopped a bit in front of us. He was looking for someone but no one really noticed him. I could have stopped him right there and asked for a picture with him or something, but I didn’t. Now I think I might regret it a bit. Ah well. I didn’t want to be bothersome. But man, he has big arms. Rarr! 😉

I wish the both of them the very best with their new clubs…

Oakland 9, Chi. White Sox 8
at U.S. Cellular Field

Winning pitcher – Huston Street (3-1)
Losing pitcher – Luis Vizcaino (3-3)

Oakland Runs: 9, Hits: 15, Errors 3
Chi. White Sox Runs: 8, Hits: 17, Errors 1

HR: OAK: D. Johnson (4) M. Kotsay (8) N. Swisher (11)
HR: CWS: C. Everett (13) P. Konerko (20)
Oakland Record:(44-43)

Woohoo, a win before the break! And oh, a SWEEP of the Chicago White Sox. It wasn’t exactly pretty, but a win in the end. 😉 Love it!

And now it’s the All Star Break. Bah. Three days without baseball. Well, “real” baseball. Last year I watched the All Star Game, but I dunno about this year. We shall see…

“You Are” – Emma Bunton

Oakland 10, Chi. White Sox 1
at U.S. Cellular Field

Winning pitcher – Barry Zito (6-8)
Losing pitcher – Mark Buehrle (10-3)

Oakland Runs: 10, Hits: 11, Errors 0
Chi. White Sox Runs: 1, Hits: 3, Errors 2

HR: OAK: E. Chavez (12) M. Kotsay (7) CWS:
Oakland Record:(43-43)

Yeehaw, the A’s won! 😀 I love love love when they win. Even better is that they are once again at .500. Groovay!

Someone totally cool (and anonymous) dropped a link at my Ryan site for a WMA file of Ryan and his co-star from The Notebook accepting their Best Kiss award at the MTV Movie Awards. If you didn’t catch it and your computer can handle a HUGE download, click here. HOTNESS, especially if you’re a Ryan fan.

And I was checking my email and I got an update for Kevin Rose‘s Textamerica site. Because I’m a total geek, I posted a comments to his images. And I’m the first one for a couple of them. Such is me. They’re probably thinking I have no life or something. 😆 Of course, he doesn’t actually know anyone is commenting, right? Unless he gets emails sent to his phone. Bah! Okay, I’ll stop being a stalker and not comment. Even if he does post another picture. 😛

The Coke bottle & glove, my ticket for the game, pitching match up, me after game’s end…

St. Louis 3, San Francisco 1
at SBC Park

Winning pitcher – Mark Mulder (10-5)
Losing pitcher – Jason Schmidt (6-5)

SV – Jason Isringhausen (24)

St. Louis Runs: 3, Hits: 8, Errors 1
San Francisco Runs: 1, Hits: 8, Errors 0

HR: STL: R. Sanders (18) L. Walker (10) SF: P. Feliz (11)
St. Louis Record:(55-31)

GREAT GAME! Of course, I say that because I WAS THERE. 😀 Dressed in my red Cardinals jersey, Mulder style, we attended the first game of series between the Giants and the visiting Cardinals.

Musings and photos and such… (more…)

Oakland 4, Chi. White Sox 2
at U.S. Cellular Field

Winning pitcher – Kirk Saarloos (5-5)
Losing pitcher – Jon Garland (13-4)

SV – Huston Street (5)

Oakland Runs: 4, Hits: 13, Errors 0
Chi. White Sox Runs: 2, Hits: 9, Errors 0

Oakland Record:(42-43)

Woohoo, a win! I was keeping my eye on the scoreboard at the Giants game even as Mark Mulder was pitching a good game for his Cardinals. More on that in the next post. 😉 (I’m still working on my pictures…)