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Oakland 6, Minnesota 5 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
(18 innings)

Winning Pitcher – Chris Hammond (3-1)
Losing Pitcher – Terry Mulholland (3-5)
SV – Octavio Dotel(23)

OAK Runs: 6, Hits: 16, Errors: 0
MIN Runs: 5, Hits: 11, Errors: 0

HR: MIN: C. Guzman (6), J. Morneau (8).
Oakland Record: (62-48)

Mulder in the 9th inning, looking slightly dejected…

Mulder pitched the first 8 innings of this game, but gave up the homerun that tied the game and sent it into extra innings. Shoot, it went into a whole new game! No runs scored again until the 18th inning. The A’s bullpen was great! Well, except for Dotel giving up the 2-run homer in the bottom of the 18th. I did not like that one at all. But the end result was a win, which was very nice indeed.

Books are good…

I finished reading Just a Geek by Wil Wheaton. A great read. He’s really a wonderful writer and I can’t wait until he comes out with another one. I love the way he lets us into his world, his “angst,” and his joy. And I love the way he’s a FAN too and how he’s appreciative of everything. I really enjoyed his perspective on ST:TNG and conventions (namely Creation). Although I was a Star Trek fan first, my real foray into the whole con-going thing was with Xena & Hercules. Different fandoms, same feeling of occasional dissatisfaction in the experience.

Someday I’d love to write something about my experiences as a fan and convention goer. I think a lot of my fellow Xenites/Herculeans would have wonderful stories to tell, especially those who were “behind the scenes.” It’s a thought, eh?

After the 18 innings of A’s vs. Twins, we went to Borders. On a whim I did a check for Just a Geek and what did I find? It was “in store.” WHAT?! In the media section (it should really be in biography) was one copy of the book. Craziness!

I ended up buying a romance novel (of course) called The Last Mermaid by Shana Abe. I started reading it and I couldn’t resist. LOL! I also got the soundtrack for the Princess Diaries 2. 😉

This week is a short week for me, work-wise. I get to go to a class on Thursday and Friday. Yeah, might be fun. 😛

Oakland 3, Minnesota 4 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

Winning Pitcher – Johan Santana (11-6)
Losing Pitcher – Tim Hudson (7-4)
SV – Joe Nathan(32)

OAK Runs: 3, Hits: 9, Errors: 1
MIN Runs: 4, Hits: 12, Errors: 0

Oakland Record: (61-48)

Bummer. This game was supposedly on FOX, but it wasn’t playing here in the Central Valley. What is up with that?

The Big Three: Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, and Barry Zito

That’s a picture of a picture. I cropped out the folks behind just in case they didn’t want their mugs gracing my weblog. The picture was taken on my friend’s birthday, but she wasn’t there. If you check out my Buzznet, you can see a picture of the ball autographed by the three given to my friend by her mom. (Now that’s a messed up sentence!)

If you like William Gregory Lee (just click on his name if you don’t who he is), I’ve added new headshots. They look good. Check them out. 😉

Oakland 3, Minnesota 1 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
(Friday)

Winning Pitcher – Octavio Dotel (2-5)
Losing Pitcher – Juan Rincon (9-4)

OAK Runs: 3, Hits: 8, Errors: 0
MIN Runs: 1, Hits: 4, Errors: 2

HR: MIN: S. Stewart (5).
Oakland Record: (61-47)

I totally forgot that this game was on. Is that nuts or what? I was at my friend’s house and my Blackberry buzzed and I checked it and saw the post game email. Ye gods! I paused before checking the email and I was quite relieved to see that they had won. Woohoo!

Oh my goodness! My friend showed me a baseball that her mom got signed at the A’s game, as well as a picture. Guess who signed the ball. Never mind, I’ll just tell you: Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, and Barry Zito. I got to touch (very lightly) a ball held by The Big Three. I told my friend that she had to will it to me. And the picture is of the three along with my friend’s mom and some others. NOT FAIR!!! Mulder looks best out of the guys. Hudson has his eyes closed and Zito has his mouth open enough to see the gum inside. Geez. LOL!

I had a great time hanging out with my friends. We ate good food and talked about all kinds of things. Twas a good time indeed…

“All the Way” by Bobby Caldwell
Oakland 1, NY Yankees 5 at Yankee Stadium

Winning Pitcher – Kevin Brown (9-1)
Losing Pitcher – Barry Zito (7-8)

OAK Runs: 1, Hits: 4, Errors: 1
NYY Runs: 5, Hits: 12, Errors: 2

Oakland Record: (60-47)

Alas. Zito, you’re killin’ me.

Some love

• Sharon – Did you get a new URL?! I must update my links. 😉 Good to see you! I never really thought Byrnesie was cute, but I love the way he plays. He’s a big ball of energy!… Oh, and don’t say 27 is old! (Poor Mulder.) It makes me feel ancient!
• Wah – The whole former work thing still riles me a bit. When I was there (and not even thinking of leaving), I suggested on a more than a few occasions that training should be done. But why should they listen to a lowly civilian chick like me? So if following procedure and giving two weeks’ notice is considered “blindsiding,” then I think they need to look up that definition… And I didn’t send my ballboy (I love how you call him that!) a bday card. Maybe next year. 😉
• Olivia – Last night’s game was totally annoying. And today’s wasn’t much better. Bah!

The weekend starts at 5pm Friday…

I still find is a bit strange that I’m now working a “normal” schedule. I worked swing shift for so long that my body has definitely grown accustomed to that kind of day. I still have a tiring time getting up in the morning. But I do love seeing the morning sun across the valley. At least I have a beautiful view on the way to work.

After work tomorrow I get to hang out with my friends and the weekend is blessedly unplanned at this point. Well, I do need to put some pictures up for my Greg site. Must remember to do that!

And once again, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Mark Mulder! 😀

from the game on Tuesday, a tv shot…

MARK MULDER! He’s 27 today. Hope he has a good one. 😉

And a slightly belated Happy Anniversary to my friends in Southern Cali. Hope you two had a lovely anniversary!

Oakland 6, NY Yankees 8 at Yankee Stadium

Winning Pitcher – Mariano Rivera (3-1)
Losing Pitcher – Justin Duchscherer (4-3)

OAK Runs: 6, Hits: 12, Errors: 1
NYY Runs: 8, Hits: 15, Errors: 0

HR: OAK: E. Chavez (20), J. Dye (18), E. Byrnes (17). NYY: A. Rodriguez (29), H.
Matsui (20), G. Sheffield (25).
Oakland Record: (60-46)

BAH!!! Dotel blew the save (giving up the game-tying homer ) and Duchscherer gave up a home run in extra innings. And so it goes.

I can’t wait until the weekend is here! 😛

Oakland 13, NY Yankees 4 at Yankee Stadium

Winning Pitcher – Mark Mulder (15-3)
Losing Pitcher – Jon Lieber (7-7)

OAK Runs: 13, Hits: 15, Errors: 0
NYY Runs: 4, Hits: 8, Errors: 1

HR: OAK: S. Hatteberg 2 (13), A. Melhuse (6). NYY: J. Posada (14), G. Sheffield (24).
Oakland Record: (60-45)

I started watching this game a little after 5pm and the A’s were trailing 4-1. Soon after I started watching, the boys started scoring and all was right in the world. 😉 Mulder did not have his best stuff, but the fellas picked him quite nicely. Gotta love it.

My appointment this afternoon…

I think I wanted to cry after my unemployment hearing. But I didn’t. It’s just one of those things I had to deal with. I had to appear in person, but the county’s reps were on speakerphone. It ended up being the Lt. who gave me my exit interview and one of the sergeants. The judge got impatient with both of us at certain points, but I hope she realized what finally drove me to turn in my notice and quit my job.

One of the things that really bothered me was the sergeant’s anger about my resignation. He apparently felt that I blindsided them by quitting. I was just a piece of the puzzle and by all accounts a dispensible piece, so why feel blindsided by my resignation? I gave the appropriate two weeks’ notice. Is it my fault that they didn’t have a plan? I know that I asked on many occasions about training. And they had absolutely more than two weeks to get someone trained on dispos. But they didn’t do it.

Part of me wants to reason that the sergeant is just doing what he’s told to do. I don’t want to think unfairly of him, but I do. I thought I did a good job. I took pride in my work and I know that the way I did things made a difference.

And the thing that bothered me the most was this: someone I confided in told the sergeant my plans. My co-worker, someone I considered my friend, was the one who told the sergeant that I was going to leave because, as the sergeant said, “she didn’t want us blindsided.”

So I’m sad. It’s stupid really. I know I should have known better. And yet I cannot quell the disappointment.

Alas.

But hey, the A’s won! 😉