Moonlit Jazz

Friday: A’s fall to the Tigers, 1-3. Tejada extended his hitting streak to 22 games, but Zito ended his home game winning streak at 16. Alas!

Mychael Urban has another cool article. Read it! Urban Legends: Good, bad ball My favorite part (yeah, a Zito bit of course):

Retro uniforms: Is there anything better than the powder-blue road getups of the Mike Schmidt-era Phillies? Probably not, but the canary-yellow tops of the Catfish Hunter-era A’s run a close second. And when 6-foot-4 Oakland ace Barry Zito works in the high socks, it looks like a good 5-foot-11 of him is covered in yellow, conjuring images of Big Bird on the Subway diet. Good for ball.

And my take…

Mychael Urban: Gives fans, A’s and just baseball, interesting and funny and thoughtful insights into the game, the players, and even the fans. Plus he answers his emails from goofy fans like me! Good for ball. 😀

The A’s over the visiting Detroit Tigers, 5-3. 🙂 Miguel Tejada extended his hitting streak to 21 games. Good for him! 🙂

Carlos Peña is back in town! He’s now part of the Detroit Tigers, but I think I will always think of him with utter fondness. In the short time he was with the A’s, he endeared himself in the very best way. He let us, the fans, catch glimpses of his life. So personal, yet so accessible. With his return, we get another installment of Carlos’ Corner: Thank you, Oakland. And thank you, Carlos Peña. You are one of the brighter stars of baseball…

STILL BLAMING YOUR PARENTS? GET OVER IT, GROW UP. Sometimes people need to heed that one. I’m not sure if I got the quote exactly right, but it says what I think needs to be said. The quote led me to an article called “Release Your Parents“. Interesting. I know someone who should read it…

A’s rally past the Indians, 6-4. Mark Mulder earned the win to bring his record to 12-6. Miguel Tejada extended his hitting streak to 20 games. Billy Koch got his 26th save. Very healthy crowd of 47,574 were on hand for MUGS Root Beer Float Day. 😀 A very lovely baseball day…

Pictures up from the Cardinals/Giants game from the 22nd. 🙂

St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Francisco Giants

I did something different. The thumbnails will open up a new browser window to show the pictures in their original size. Don’t know if I’ll keep it like that…

Tuesday: The A’s lose to the Indians again, 4-5. Alas…

Test by Krylanna

Actually, that was my number 3 ranking. Number one and two were boys, I think. 😀 Okay, not that I even know who these anime folks are! I just saw the test and decided to take it. LOL!

I think I had a dream about Barry Zito. I seem to remember talking to him. Or seeing him talk? I dunno. I think he’s starting to get to me. I’m sure it has to do with the fact that I have the picture of me and him here at Moonlit Jazz, opening walelia.com, part of my desktop wallpaper, and featured on the montage I have up at work. Ye gods! What’s interesting is that I know my baseball thing is borne of the fact that I want to write my baseball story. But Barry Zito is so not the main fellow of the story. Not physically and not in my perceived notions of him. Yet I find him to be a rather interesting character. Or is that he’d make an interesting character? LOL!

And I think I should stop looking at old Mark Mulder pictures. He was kinda dorky when he was younger, eh? Not that I think it’s a bad thing! (Like I should be worried he’s going to read this. Geez.) But he seems more self assured now. The look of him anyway. And it’s exactly his look and my perceived notions of him that make up the main fellow of my baseball story. Hmm, if I ever write it, I’ll have to mention that. LOL!

Who knows what these guys are really like…

The A’s drop a heartbreaker to the Cleveland Indians, 6-8. The bright stuff– Miguel Tejada extended his hitting streak to 18 games. Go Tejada! 😀

I keep wondering, why am I so into baseball this season? It’s like I’m a freak for it. Perhaps it’s the story in my head. The baseball story romance. 😉 Then again, it could be that I need to be a freak fan for something and since Xena’s gone and Dark Angel’s flown to tv heaven, baseball has taken over. Maybe it’s ’cause of the Mound HoundZ. Get it? Mulder, Hudson, Zito. There’s a contest at KICU and I entered. 😉 It’s worth a shot!