A Welcome Back To The Big Hurt!

The Oakland A's resigned (& already played) Frank Thomas today after he was released by the BJ's a couple days ago. I wasn't too excited about this initially. Probably cause I'm always a bit skeptical when someone is let go... I mean, there must be a reason right?

But then, a strange thing happened. One of my roommies & an ex both sent me text messages about the events surrounding this acquisition. So I started thinking maybe this is something I should be excited about. I mean, just because Canada dropped him like a hot potato after only 16 games, doesn’t lessen the fact that he did do good things for the A’s. He was a great influence on the A’s club the last time around, so it must be some kind of karmic delight bringing good news right? Maybe rather than listen to the reports that he was livid at being benched by the Blue Jays more often than not, I should choose to believe that fate has a hand in this. I think he even got the award for the Comeback Player of the Year – but I have zero time to figure out where to look that up. What I did look up was that he had 39 dingers with the A’s. That pleases me, & makes me a tad bit more excited than I was initially.

So thanks boys for lighting a fire under me to think about baseball for a bit. It has brightened my day more than you can possibly realize. I cannot wait to spend some of my upcoming time off relaxing in the sun & watching our boys continue to kick ass. I keep you updated on all my A’s ogling adventures…

In other (Yankee Hating) news – this delighted me to no end!

New(er) Pics

Here's some from the A's game last week...









& I know you're dying to see new ones of the now 54lb. King..

A's Win 7-3 Over the Motor City Kittens..

I went to the A's game with my old roommate Lyss lastnight & enjoyed myself quite thoroughly. Got perfect (& free) Princess Parking, arrived early (in time for the A's Poker Set giveaway) & even got to stare at Huston's Street's butt as he was warming up (before & during the game) from pretty spiffy seats in the 15th row.

Oh & my boys even managed to pull out a win for me! Which didn't really look to be that easy after Jack Cust dropped a routine fly ball in left on the first play of the whole game. He made it to 3rd then scored... & don't even get me started on the pickle that didn't play out in the 2nd.

Although the front office made no moves as yesterday's trade deadline passed & the team was intact, it seemed like the rookies did the majority of the good work. A 6th inning rally for 4 runs was where I really perked up & momentarily forgot how cold I was... Our fast as heck new catcher Kurt Suzuki tied the game with a 2 ribby single. That sent Verlander packing! & Cust fixed his oopsie to give us the lead with another 2 run single to right. Suzuki had another RBI later & my favoritest, Travis Buck ended the game with a cute lil sliding catch in right.

Haren pitched fantastic (as usual), I love how that boy never disappoints me! Danny allowed the 2 earned runs; 6 hits and only 1 walk with 3 strikeouts in 6 innings to earn his 13th win. This was his 3rd straight outing and & 5th consecutive quality start. He ended July at 4-1 with a 4.10 ERA after 6 starts. He still leads the American League with a 2.44 ERA and is tied for the lead in wins. So I suppose I should be used to his ass-kickey-ness by now, but I love the happy surprises. :-)


Unhappy surprise of the day: The A's released Bobby Kielty. I liked that crazy redhead & he'll definately continue to be missed. He's a 30 y/o switch hitter with a .255 career average, 52 homers, 244 RBIs & 579 major league games. I hope someone good picks him up... I think I heard the Sawx were sniffin?

A's win but I feel kinda quiet today...

The A's won again today in a super short shutout against the Angels. That's three in a row & Haren's first win, yet I still find myself with not much to say. So I'll leave it to you all!

Send me a comment or one or two of a sports related memory of your own. Anything you like, whether it's a silly memory of your first kickball game or the sweet green grass of your first stadium. Maybe it's your best goal or the smell of the ice, send 'em to me & share a bit of your sports history if you will...

Super Marco!

Yesterday was one of the best games I've been to in a very long time.

The A's got ahead of the Yankees quick when they routed Pettitte in the first. "Swisher led a first-inning charge, nothing new for the A's, as they scored two runs off Pettite right away. Shannon Stewart reached on an error by Jeter, then Swisher smacked a double into the left-field corner to put runners on second and third. Stewart scored on a sac fly by Bobby Kielty, and Swisher came home when Mike Piazza smashed a single off the glove of Cano."

The early error by Jeter alone made my day, & things just got better & better from there. Even after the Spankees took the lead in the 7th it never really felt like we could lose.

Then fate stepped in: "for the ninth time in his four years in Oakland, Scutaro delivered a game-winning hit, hitting a three-run home run off the left-field foul pole with two outs in the ninth inning to give the A's a 5-4 win."



After Super Marco hit that dinger, no one left their seats! The celebrations went on & on! Plus the seats were great for heckling the Yankers, although they had lots of coppers guarding their precious lil egos...

The only crappy part was of the day was that Harden left the game with a tight shoulder & none of the MFY's were actually hurt...