Game #132: A's 2, Red Sox 1
August 29, 2006 | A's vs. Boston
I missed the pitcher's duel last night. Most of it.• But I did get this highlight: Frank Thomas running to home from 1st on a Chavy double. Every time the Big Hurt has to do any kind of baserunning, A's fans hold their breath. Interviewed afterwards, Thomas said he's now able to get his knees up higher. There's something lovable about this 6'5" 275 lb. athlete talking about running 90 feet at a time.
• Kirk Saarloos, as usual, held his own. Six hits over 6.1 innings, three Ks, two walks... Yeah, just like the previous night with Loaiza, the A's are dealing with a second-string Red Sox line-up. But Saarloos kept Boston to only one run. Red Sox losing pitcher Josh Beckett didn't fare as well.
• Calero, Kennedy and Duchscherer took over for Saarloos. You know, our bullpen is not bad. I think we might be able to get by even with Huston Street. Duchscherer's back-to-back strikeouts to end the game were mighty impressive. Of course I want to see Huston Street back! Just like I want Bobby Crosby back. But it's better for the team if we have enough depth to continue winning games with pieces missing.
(Game experience: Dropped into the 6th on KYCY 1550 AM, moved to TV at the 8th)
A's record: 76-56 | streak: W-2 | well-A-meter: 5
posted by blank book at 8:13 AM
3 Comments:
Boston is way beyond being "on the brink" of missing the post season. They are in totally freefall right now with no sign of salvation in sight. Hopefully, this will put an end to all bad books and screenplays written by Red Sox fans pointing out how special they are. Losers.
I hope the A's can clinch the AL West early so they can get their September callups some playing time during the last week of the season.
"Hopefully, this will put an end to all bad books and screenplays written by Red Sox fans pointing out how special they are. Losers."
GeneralChiang, I couldn't agree with you more. Well, actually, I could. I agree with you 110%. I'm still laughing because I dislike Red Sox fans something fierce.
Some of it goes back to my old housemate, a Red Sux fan, a few years ago when I was still learning some basic BASIC baseball stuff. One morning over breakfast I was reading the sports page and I asked him, "What does a No Decision mean?"
That kind of basic.
You know what he said? "It means a loss."
I believed him, but it didn't quite make sense to me and I figured out he was wrong a couple of days later when I asked someone else. To this day, I'm still wondering why my one BlowSox fan/housemate didn't give me a straight answer.
Is it because he's not a morning person?
Or because he didn't want to go into the details over breakfast?
Or he thought, "Oh, she's an ignorant West Coast fan -- let her suffer."
WHY? WHY? WHY? I let him have a dog in the house even though the landlord said no!
Tanner Boyle, I think it's really big of you to point out Kendall's achievement especially since you practically sneer every time you mention his name. Oh no, wait, sneering is my domain.
Stats and Win Shares aside, and going with my gut, I'd say Jason Kendall is the type of in-the-blood baseball player who knows the game so well, he can spot an opportunity to use an advantage before most people can recognize it. Those recent wins we had courtesy of batter's interference? I'd say that was all Jason, all the way.
Of course maybe I don't know what I'm talking about because four years ago I didn't know what a ND was...
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