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Tuesday, August 05, 2003
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WOW

Ted Lilly is pitching in a 7-2 ball game in Detroit. He came in the game in the 8th inning. Lilly has lost his spot in the rotation.

Sort of.

The A's have altered their rotation and officailly skipped Lilly in the rotation. He's basically the 5th man in the rotation and that could still change.

The Red Sox claimed David McCarty off of waivers.

It will be interesting to see if the A's and Sox try to work out a deal.

ROB NEYER'S TWO CENTS


Rob Neyer has his two cents on the Scott Hatteberg signing last week. It just so happens he had it with William Lamar Beane.

Lucky bastard.

Plus, Rob had two more pennies on Jose Guillen:

COMING OUT OF NOWHERE

July 30
"The story about the Jose Guillen trade says this has been "a breakout season" for Guillen, which is a little bit like saying Bull Durham is Kevin Costner's best movie. Entering this season, Guillen had played 614 games in the major leagues, and his OBP was barely above .300 while his slugging percentage was barely short of .400. When you're a 26-year-old right fielder in the 21st century, those numbers aren't nearly good enough.


And yet, here he is in late July with a .385 OBP and a .629 slugging percentage. Is Jose Guillen for real? The A's must think that the new Guillen is the real Guillen, which is interesting because they're also hoping that the new Miguel Tejada and the new Scott Hatteberg aren't the real things."


Peter Gammons also has some stuff on the A's that makes some feel vindicated:

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