Game #100: A's 3, Red Sox 7
When the Red Sox come into town, I feel like the A's are a small-time team full of rookies and unknowns. Not entirely true, of course, but certainly lacking in star power.
We don't have a Big Papi or a Manny Being Manny and maybe it's just as well so that we don't have any of the baggage that comes with it.
But besides Eric Chavez, who's bothered these days by tendinitis in his forearms and whose BA has sunk, we A's fans know we can't count on the guys in our line-up to stay with us for years so we can bestow them with loving nicknames and custom cheers and chants.
Zito was on his game when he started, then he unraveled. Five innings pitched, nine hits. And the Red Sox hit three home runs off of him.
Two of those homers were by Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz.
Ortiz Warms Up, originally uploaded by Waldo Jaquith.
"It's definitely the toughest consecutive hitters in baseball. Everyone knows that," Zito said. [ESPN.com]
By the way, in the bottom of the 8th, I was very amused to see Kiko Calero pitching to Coco Crisp. Kiko to Coco, ha ha ha.
Nick Swisher hit his 22nd HR of the season, besting last year's rookie total of 21. His buddy Milton Bradley went 2-for-4. Frank "The Big Hurt" Thomas got the A's the run when he grounded into a DP. Hey, there's a marquee name.
(Game experience: Radio for the first half, TV for the second half)
A's record: 51-48 | streak: L-2 | well-A-meter: 2
posted by blank book at 4:33 AM
1 Comments:
I think David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez comprise one of the greatest hitting duos of all time. They are much tougher to get out than Canseco/McGwire, who were prone to a lot of strikeouts. Schmidt/Luzinski for the Phillies achieved greatness, but Popi and Manny are sustaining their greatness for a longer period. I'm think that we have to go all the way back to Ruth/Gehrig to find a better pair of hitters back-to-back on the same team.
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