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27 Up & 27 Down = A Perfect Game
What a game! Dallas Braden just pitched a perfect game today, on Mother’s Day! It hasn’t been done in A’s history since since “Catfish” Hunter in 1968, and it’s only been done 18 times prior to today’s game in all of MLB history. Braden was just on today, as he shut down the Tampa Bay Rays. Like I said…what a game.
Now, I’m going to cover two games in one blog because I got to go to yesterday’s game. Yesterday, Ziegler was kind enough to purchase 200 tickets for military men & women, and their families.
I must say Sheets did a really good job, it seems as though he might finally be getting comfortable on the mound. He only allowed 2 runs and they were all in the second inning.
It also helped that our guys really stepped up. And thanks to an error made by the pitcher, Pennington was able to steal 2nd and 3rd. We ended up scoring 2 runs in the first (great way to start a game).
Barton also got a big play in over at home plate when the runner at 3rd got caught in a pickle while trying to run home…as you can see, it didn’t work out too well for the runner.
This series was great, we took the series with 2 wins, but we ended it with a perfect game! Now that’s baseball!
Go A’s!
Spring Training is in the Air
It’s that time of year again!! The boys are back in Arizona, and from what I’ve been reading things are looking pretty good (knock on wood). I’m most excited to hear that Duchscherer, besides undergoing a minor nerve procedure, seems to be looking great and ready to get back on the mound. Go Duchscherer!!
Next up we have Chavez. Now I’ll be honest, I’m still wanting Barton to stay over at first (sorry Chavez). But any guy that is willing to dive into the splits to get an out is dedicated to our team. And I think Barton can have a really good future with us. Or my next pick would be Tommy Everidge (he can produce some big hits) and he’s a local boy, so I’m going to be kind of bias there.
I also heard they’re thinking about having Chavez become a DH, which I’m going to have to disagree with as well. I’ve been wanting Powell to become our DH for a long time now, and now that there’s a chance he might get that opportunity I really hope it works out for him.
Well see how the rest of training goes, and only 1 more week until the first spring training game…I can’t wait!!
Was it worth it?
I don’t know about you, but was it really worth it for Kennedy to talk back to the Home Plate Umpire on Tuesday night’s game against the Rangers? I mean come on; sure it should have been called a ball and not strike 3. But when the game has literally just started, and you are the first at bat for us, let’s pick our battles more wisely. And of course, just my luck; I had my camera on Kennedy the entire time until he turned to walk away. Then no sooner did I lower my camera was he thrown out….dang, that would have been a great picture.
So we’ll have to do with the before and after pictures:
Now onto some better highlights of the night’s game: our defense was great, especially with Cahill on the mound. Sure he had a few instances where he could have let the moment get the best of him, but he stayed cool under pressure. Our rookie pitchers are just getting better & better as the season comes to an end.
Too help secure the win, our offense really stepped it up. I mean we scored 9 runs and not one of them was a home run. We were hitting the ball all throughout the park, and technically, Barton hit an in the park home run, but because of the error thrown by Kinsler, they ruled it a triple (even though Barton ended up scoring off of it). But that’s ok, a hit’s a hit! I’m not sure Kinsler’s going to want to look back on his time against the A’s this season.
Overall it was a great game, and if I described everything along with the 501 pictures I took this entry would go on forever. So I’ll let it here, and posts extra info later this week. Stay tuned for more great pics.
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