Game #113: A's 7, Rangers 4 (update 8/09)

August 7, 2006 | A's vs. Texas

FIVE IN A ROW!

Went to the game with Steve & Suzanne and Robie. I ate sushi, chocolate, and a hotdog (in that order).

Highlights:

• Mark Ellis's HR and double. He also had a great defensive play.
• Milton Bradley's HR.
• Frank Thomas — he's always a highlight.

As tempted as I was to rag on Loaiza, I was glad he got the win. (His fifth of the season. In a game where he gave up 10 hits in less than seven innings. Oh, am I ragging?)

Steve calls him Esteban Lo-why's he pitching?

I have more stuff, but I'll have to flesh it out in a little bit.

Updated 8/08:
Tanner Boyle was also at this game, but he was in his cushy season ticket seat two rows behind the A's dugout. He had an excellent view of the third base line and reported this on Ellis's two-run double.

wash was waving scutaro home. and he put up the stop sign right as scutaro was about to touch third. scutaro had no hope of stopping. and got picked off. first time i can remember Wash making a mistake. i don't pay close attention to that all the time. but still all in all you don't see a lot of bad baserunning at third that you can blame on wash.

Updated 8/09:
This is the view from where we sat. Yes, we were in right field by the foul pole. Of course in this game NO foul balls or homers went our way... grumble, grumble.

A woman behind me said, "If I ever catch a foul ball, I'm not giving it to a kid. I'm keeping it for myself. I'm almost 50 years old! When would I catch a foul ball again?" Amen.




Steve & Suzanne like to smooch at the end of every game. "Get a room!"

Last year Steve almost got me killed outside of Raley Field. So this year he's been taking me to baseball games to make up for it.

If you guys take me to a playoff game, Steve, we'll call it even.





This family was sitting in front of us. You can't see it very well in the photo, but on the white A's hat is a pin with an LED display that scrolls the message, "GO A'S!"

Where do I get one of those?!







(Game experience: Sec. 103 Row 30 Seat 2)

A's record: 61-51 | streak: W-5 | well-A-meter: 3