Moonlit Jazz

Oakland 2, Seattle 1 at Safeco Field

Winning Pitcher – Mark Redman (11-12)
Losing Pitcher – Bobby Madritsch (5-3)

OAK Runs: 2, Hits: 9, Errors: 0
SEA Runs: 1, Hits: 8, Errors: 0

Oakland Record: (87-62)

Yippee, the A’s won! I didn’t get to see any of it, just very quick highlights on ESPN when I got home from Alameda.

The Bridal Shower

The shower was very nice! I took tons of pictures and some of them actually turned out all right. LOL! Here are a few in the square:

The Bride with four of five bridesmaids, the flowers on the cake, the Bride’s piece of pottery, the Bride and the mother of the bride…

The food was great! And I think a lot of people enjoyed the painting pottery part. I want to go back there (it’s called Art and Soul)and paint some pottery. I had my eye on a little turtle. It was beckoning me. 😉

The weather was rather harsh early in the day. As I was driving into the Bay Area, rain poured down. Thank goodness it cleared up in Alameda.

I will hopefully have the pictures up before next weekend. We shall see…

Saffy with her new cut…

The doggies got groomed yesterday! As you can see, Saffy is freshly cut and shiny. She’s very soft too. And Meggie (who doesn’t ever look different after the groomer’s, but FEELS different to the touch) is absolutely gleaming. She smells good too. And she’s not dusty. LOL!

I’ve got my Tristar Show page up! Yes, my “official” photos arrived yesterday. I went out to get the mail and there they were. How exciting! I love that when I go get the mail, there’s something in there for me. Ahhh. And if you didn’t notice, I’ve also got last year’s Tristar Show photos posted as well. 🙂

with Chavez…

with my ballboy…

Needless to say (but I’m going to say it anyway), I LOVE MY PICTURES! I was comparing my photos from last year and my face looks just a little thinner in this year’s photos. Hmmm. The husband thinks it’s the short hair. I think it’s that and that my hair is straight. Hot irons, gotta love them.

Okay, it’s Bridal Shower day today. I must leave in about thirty minutes or so to be in Pleasanton by 11am. I will pick up a Wagon Wheel at Erik’s Deli, then head to Alameda. I hope it isn’t raining too hard. Bah! 😀

Oakland 7, Seattle 4 at Safeco Field

Winning Pitcher – Tim Hudson (12-5)
Losing Pitcher – Cha Seung Baek (1-4)

OAK Runs: 7, Hits: 12, Errors: 0
SEA Runs: 4, Hits: 9, Errors: 1

HR: OAK: Chavez (29), SEA: Winn (14)

Oakland Record: (86-62)

Bobby, Mulder, Hudson, Zito and Mulder

Yippee, they won! I got to watch Hudson earn a win. Bobby made a spectacular play. Byrnes laid out for one in the outfield. It was GREAT! 😀

Oakland 3, Seattle 6 at Safeco Field

Winning Pitcher – Ron Villone (6-5)
Losing Pitcher – Chad Bradford (5-6)

OAK Runs: 3, Hits: 9, Errors: 2
SEA Runs: 6, Hits: 10, Errors: 1

HR: OAK: McLemore (2)
Oakland Record: (85-62)

The bullpen is KILLING ME!!! When the starting pitcher hands you a lead, you maintain it. Is it so very hard to do?! Blah!

I got to go home early today. Thank goodness! The husband had ribs (from Chili’s) ready for dinner. Yum!

The dogs get groomed in the morning. Lucky them. LOL!

Texas 4, Oakland 5 at Network Associates Coliseum

Winning Pitcher – Rich Harden (10-6)
Losing Pitcher – Kenny Rogers (16-8)

TEX Runs: 4, Hits: 7, Errors: 1
OAK Runs: 5, Hits: 12, Errors: 2

Oakland Record: (85-61)

My postgame alert didn’t arrive in my inbox. That’s two days in a row! Or is it going to arrive late? 😛

AP Photos follow…

Bobby. Nice.

Harden getting ready to pitch…

Let’s hear it for the young ones! 😉

Texas 10, Oakland 3 at Network Associates Coliseum

Winning Pitcher – Ryan Drese (13-8)
Losing Pitcher – Mark Mulder (17-5)

TEX Runs: 10, Hits: 14, Errors: 1
OAK Runs: 3, Hits: 10, Errors: 1

HR: TEX: Soriano (28), Teixeira (36), Blalock (30).
Oakland Record: (84-61)

I see dreams of the Cy Young award fading away. Alas.

Mulder on the mound and in the dugout…

Mulder looked decent the first five innings (in spite of giving up the one run in the first), then he just fell apart. What’s going on with him?

Harden cute in the sweatshirt, Melhuse and Scutaro kinda close, Mulder pondering his loss, Zito looking cool or maybe cold…

The only good thing about losing is that Anaheim also lost, so the A’s still have their lead in the AL west. Small comfort. They can’t keep playing in this suckass manner. It’s depressing…

Bobby in action… AP photo

Texas 12, Oakland 9 at Network Associates Coliseum

Winning Pitcher – Doug Brocail (4-1)
Losing Pitcher – Mark Redman (10-12)

TEX Runs: 12, Hits: 15, Errors: 0
OAK Runs: 9, Hits: 13, Errors: 2

HR: TEX: M. Young (20). OAK: S. Hatteberg (15), A. Melhuse (10).
Oakland Record: (84-60)

Sometimes I hate that we don’t get some of the local (KICU) games here in the Central Valley. It’s on the MLB ticket, but for some reason we fall under the local blackout thing and so we are blacked out. NOT FAIR!