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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 2, Oakland 7 at McAfee Coliseum

Winning pitcher – Barry Zito (7-8)
Losing pitcher – John Wasdin (0-1)

Texas Runs: 2, Hits: 4, Errors 3
Oakland Runs: 7, Hits: 8, Errors 0

HR: TEX: K. Mench (17) OAK: E. Chavez (14) J. Payton (6) N. Swisher (12)
Oakland Record:(46-43)

One of those games that wasn’t televised here in the Central Valley, even though the Bay Area had it. NO FAIR! But hey, WOOHOO! 😉 We were watching the Cardinals game, which went to extra innings (13). Mulder pitched, but got the ND because of Isringhausen’s BS. Alas, Izzy!

On the super bright side, it’s the weekend. I am having great fun with my latest toy. Maybe I’ll take a picture of it later and show it off. We’re such consumers. It must be a borderline sickness, eh?

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…

Just the other day I was thinking of a friend and today I got an email! Isn’t that weird? I was wondering what was going on in his part of the world and even though he didn’t tell me in the email (I’m promised more later), just hearing from him brought a smile to my face. Hopefully he has the time to email me again. It’s always lovely hearing from him…

So, the American League won. And my predicated player got MVP. Glorious! Congrats to Miguel Tejada!… Alas, Justin Duchscherer didn’t play. Sadness. 🙁 He was the only Athletic there and he didn’t get to step on the mound. BUMMER.

And there’s still one more day of no baseball? Ye gods!

Got a new toy today. More on that one later.

Maybe. 😉

The LOVELY banner on top is courtesy of the wonderful one called Wah. Muchas gracias!!! It’s so perfect, isn’t it? It goes so well with this blog. 😀

According to weather.com, the temperature here is 27°C , which is 82°F!!! It’s freakin’ after dark and it’s still in the 80s? Ye gods! The air conditioner is crankin’ hard. Yikes.

We watched the Home Run Derby on ESPN-HD. Rockin’! HD is the way to go. If you can get it, get it! 😉

Okay, my eyes are heavy. Time for bed!

Oakland 10, Toronto 7
at Rogers Centre

Winning pitcher – Justin Duchscherer (4-1)
Losing pitcher – Miguel Batista (4-1)

Oakland Runs: 10, Hits: 18, Errors 1
Toronto Runs: 7, Hits: 15, Errors 0

HR: OAK: B. Crosby (5) D. Johnson (3) M. Kotsay (6) N. Swisher (10) TOR: O. Hudson (7) G. Zaun (6)
Oakland Record:(41-41)

Woohoo!!! They won! We were listening to the game on the way home and it was an up and down listen. Ye gods! And then we got home and the game wasn’t on tv. Sadness! But I saw highlights later on ESPN. Yah!

Little mention about rugby… (more…)

We’re back from our long weekend! I was extra lazy when we came home and just lazed about. Baseball, rugby— sports watching at its best. 😉

An alley back to Ocean Avenue

And how was our weekend? Well, check out more pictures I took… (more…)