Game #15: A's 4, Tigers 11
April 19, 2006 | A's vs. Detroit
Mercifully I went out to dinner tonight and missed this mess.
A's record: 7-8 | streak: L-1 | well-A-meter: 2
Mercifully I went out to dinner tonight and missed this mess.
- NOOO! Kenny Rogers?! Doesn't this guy have us by the balls?
- Nooo! I missed Kielty's return to the line-up...
- YES! Frank Thomas is back to hitting home runs.
- YES! Mark Ellis gets his first HR of the season. Good going!
- Uh... For a moment there, I wondered if Kendall was going to hit a HR. Ha ha! The ball hit the wall. It was a double. We score a run. It's 10-2, Tigers. Yipee.
- NOOO! Craig Monroe and Brandon Inge (I like to call him BInge or "binge"). Their names kept showing up on my cell phone. Not good.
A's record: 7-8 | streak: L-1 | well-A-meter: 2
posted by blank book at 9:41 PM
3 Comments:
I was horrified to see Kendall batting leadoff because I think he is nearly worthless and I believe Macha should know that too. He should get the least at bats not the most.
However a double for Kendall is something to celebrate. He gets an extra base hit less often than Zito starts.
A great article on Kendall in 2005:
Kendall Power
Hey, I *like* Kendall. Not only that, but Baseball Prospectus sees him as the third best clutch hitter since 1972.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=betweenthenumbers/ortiz/060405&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab4pos2
Now it's true that figures don't lie, but liars figure. And he does have one of the longest non-homer streaks going.
Nevertheless, I'd rather have a punch-and-judy hitting catcher who can run and hit in the clutch than a Javy Lopez who hits em where they aint when the game is out of hand (given that their handling of pitchers is equal).
YMMV
I told myself I wouldn't give Kendall a hard time anymore after The Tag (July 22, 2005 - Kendall blocks Michael Young at the plate with his bare face and the A's win 11-10 over Rangers) and after K-Rod drops the ball (August 11, 2005 - Kendall alertly runs for home when K-Rod literally drops the ball thrown to him by his catcher and the A's win 5-4 over the Angels).
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