Tuesday, May 31, 2005
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THAT? OH, IT'S CALLED A WINNING STREAK
THAT? OH, IT'S CALLED A WINNING STREAK
On a night when Danny Haren didn't need much help, the A's put a bunch of runs on the board...or, the A's put a bunch of runs on the board and Danny Haren didn't need much else. Haren pitched his first major league complete game on 98 pitches.
The A's waited out the starting pitcher, Nomo, and then beat up on the relief pitching.
Wait.
The A's waited out a starting pitcher and then beat up on relief pitching. I know I've read that somewhere before.
And, the A's went with a different lineup, but, where they bat in the lineup doesn't matter according to Ken Macha.
Hell, if the A's score 10 runs a game, Macha is a damn genius, isn't he?
In Sacramento, the RiverCats pitching is getting pouded. Sort of. Each pitcher that appeared tonight; Steve Sparks, Keith Stamler, and Mike Saipe were not with the team when the month started. Sparks had asked and been granted his release from Portland (San Diego), Stamler came over from Oklahoma (Texas organization) and Saipe's last pitching duties took place in the Mexican League (is that you Tolbert?)
In other news, Jason Winsdor made his first AA start for Midland and got jack squat to show for it.
This is one of those things that you can only get a better idea of if you know how many pitches a pitcher is throwing; but with Windsor, you hope the A's are just being careful. Windsor hasn't been pitching deep into games, but hopefully it's because the A's are aware that Windsor the Windmill threw 14,578 pitches in the College World Series last year.
A lot of scouts felt that Windsor is the better pitcher between he and Huston Street over the long haul (classic relief pitcher versus starting pitcher stuff). Even so, if Windsor were able to contribute for the A's in late 2005, season ticket sales are going to go up for 2006.
Imagine, Windsor pitching five innings, John Rheinecker three innings and Huston Street closing it out.
Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E MIDLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 0 Springfield 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 11 3
MIDLAND AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG Myers DH 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 .339 Perry RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .299 ROCKHOUNDS IP H R ER BB SO GB FB BF ERA Windsor 6 7 1 1 1 6 5 7 26 1.50 Fahrner (BS, 1)(L, 5-1) 2.1 4 2 2 2 0 3 4 13 3.44
posted by ZACHARY D MANPRIN at 9:44 PM
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What a great game tonight. I had the fortune of sitting in sec. 113, and when Orvella (sp?) came in later in the game (making his ML debut), his dad came down into our section with his video camera to film his son. It dawned on me how bloody rare it is to see a fully grown person get really excited about anything in life. And when you do see it...and you know the situation and understand the magnitude of it...well, you get the picture.
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: 31 May, 2005 22:52
Funny how, when Macha finally does what the players and fans have been clamoring for -- alter the lineup -- the A's start scoring...
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A's are 2-0 since "Jermaine Dye" came back to the lineup.
"Jermaine Dye" had a really nice AB in driving in the first run of the game last night.
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Winning is good. Let's be clear.
But, let's not look past the obvious. It's the Devil Rays with a historic run at one of the worst road teams ever in MLB.
Yes, GO A's.
But, keep the eyes on the horizon, not skyward.
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ZACHARY D MANPRIN : 01 June, 2005 09:31
agreed...the A's should be sweeping the D-Rays, not getting swept by them.
All I'm asking for is intelligent and genuine effort, both by the players and the management.
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