Pale Hose and No Doze

The A's wander into the Park that used to be Comiskey until a bunch of drunken idiots made it US Cellular Field for a three game set this week.

Here's the preview from MLB.com.

The Sox are skittish.

Plus, Billy Koch is hanging onto his closer role by the tail end of that rooster tail on is chin.

The A's were able to summon enough force to put away the Indians on Sunday. Hopefully, they can harness that and put the White Sox away for three games before heading off to the Bronx.

Pitchforks and Everything

Down on the farm; Billy McMillon is making a case to take the role as resident professional hitter for the A's. Actually, he and Dave McCarty are. Jason Grabowski just go to Oakland before those two because he offered to fix the sink in Billy Beane's EXECUTIVE WASHROOM. The sink now dispereses Monoxodil via tap with a special mirror that makes his teeth sparkle when he smiles.

Billy McMillion's numbers were a little skewed as he was out for about a week. But .386/5/13 with an OBPS of 1.337 is "good" for a two-week stretch.

Dave McCarty is "only" hitting .284/7/24 with an OBPS of .988.

Jason Grabowski, beyond playing 47 different positions, was hitting .377/4/17 with an OBPS of .991.

Bobby Crosby is not doing very well. But, it was expected that he was going to spend at least a season and a half in AAA. His batting average and on-base percentage are both well under .300, and that has to make a lot of the A's front office (all four of them) a little concerned. His five homeruns are pretty much all that is keeping him from being knocked back down to AA Midland.

"If he kills them when he sees them he just needs to see them more. Or better. Or both. Yah, more better."-Fictitious Quote made up on the spot

Rich Harden was placed on the DL, making the rotation flip for Oakland a little more reasonable. It was a hush-hush rumor that the A's flip-flopped their rotation to move Lilly into the 5th starter spot and John Halama into the 4th starter spot because Rich Harden was going to take Halama's place in a few days.

Harden's injury is a sprained ankle, so it should just be a two-week period of Harden getting some time charting pitches and wondering if Piece's Pizza on 21st and Broadway is the best pizza in Sacramento. Or is Zelda's a few blocks down 21st better? Piece's is open later...