Game #61: A's 4, Indians 1

June 8, 2006 | A's @ Cleveland

It was strange listening to the game start on the radio while commuting to work instead of from work. Yes, we did win today, but the news about Rich Harden's return to the DL puts a damper on the whole lot.

But there was some good news: Esteban Loaiza didn't disappoint in his return from the DL. Against the Cleveland Indians, the second-best offense in baseball, he pitched seven innings with four hits, five Ks, one walk, and one earned run. Best of all, he threw only 77 pitches of which 59 were strikes.

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Finally, I'm about to leave for vacation! It is a real vacation because where I'm going there will be no news about the A's. Let's see if I can come back alive.

While I'm away, Oakland Athletics Journal will be left in the capable hands of Tanner Boyle. His nom de plume is borrowed from the memorable character played by Chris Barnes in the 1976 film classic The Bad News Bears.

Our Tanner Boyle was a life long Yankees fan who saw the light in 2003 and jumped on the A's bandwagon. His goal in life is to track down the surviving members of the Fikac Force and, like all A's fans, he still Fears Mecir.

Please give Tanner the devoted attention you've been giving me. He knows a heckuva lot more than I do about baseball and, as a recovered Yankees fan, he'll certainly have interesting things to say about the upcoming series.

Go A's!

(Game experience: Some radio, some MLB Gameday, mostly word-of-mouth.)

A's record: 29-31 | streak: W-1 | well-A-meter: 2