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STRETCH ROTATION

By EiO Staff on August 19, 2002 2:40 PM 0 Vote 0 Votes

DAYDATEOPPONENTSTARTING PITCHER
MONDAYAugust 19, 2002at CLEVELANDHudson
TUESDAYAugust 20, 2002at CLEVELANDHarang
WEDNESDAYAugust 21, 2002at CLEVELANDLidle
THURSDAYAugust 22, 2002at CLEVELANDMulder
FRIDAYAugust 23, 2002at DETROITZito
SATURDAYAugust 24, 2002at DETROITHudson
SUNDAYAugust 25, 2002at DETROITHarang
MONDAYAugust 26, 2002at KANSAS CITYLidle
TUESDAYAugust 27, 2002at KANSAS CITYMulder
WEDNESDAYAugust 28, 2002at KANSAS CITYZito
THURSDAYAugust 29, 2002OFF
FRIDAYAugust 30, 2002MINNESOTAHudson
SATURDAYAugust 31, 2002MINNESOTAHarang
SUNDAYSeptember 1, 2002MINNESOTALidle
MONDAYSeptember 2, 2002KANSAS CITYMulder
TUESDAYSeptember 3, 2002OFFZito
WEDNESDAYSeptember 4, 2002KANSAS CITYHudson
THURSDAYSeptember 5, 2002OFFOFF
FRIDAYSeptember 6, 2002at MINNESOTAHudson
SATURDAYSeptember 7, 2002at MINNESOTAHarang
SUNDAYSeptember 8, 2002at MINNESOTALidle
MONDAYSeptember 9, 2002at ANAHEIMMulder
TUESDAYSeptember 10, 2002at ANAHEIMZito
WEDNESDAYSeptember 11, 2002at ANAHEIMHudson
THURSDAYSeptember 12, 2002at ANAHEIMHarang
FRIDAYSeptember 13, 2002SEATTLELidle
SATURDAYSeptember 14, 2002SEATTLEMulder
SUNDAYSeptember 15, 2002SEATTLEZito
MONDAYSeptember 16, 2002ANAHEIMHudson
TUESDAYSeptember 17, 2002ANAHEIMHarang
WEDNESDAYSeptember 18, 2002ANAHEIMLidle
THURSDAYSeptember 19, 2002ANAHEIMMulder
FRIDAYSeptember 20, 2002TEXASZito
SATURDAYSeptember 21, 2002TEXASHudson
SUNDAYSeptember 22, 2002TEXASHarang
MONDAYSeptember 23, 2002OFF
TUESDAYSeptember 24, 2002at SEATTLELidle
WEDNESDAYSeptember 25, 2002at SEATTLEMulder
THURSDAYSeptember 26, 2002at SEATTLEZito
FRIDAYSeptember 27, 2002at TEXASHudson
SATURDAYSeptember 28, 2002at TEXASHarang
SUNDAYSeptember 29, 2002at TEXASLidle


There are a lot of individual matchups that are worth discussing. There are also a few team issues worth diving into. Namely, the A's should just use a pitching machine in Texas.

This list all hinges on the availability of Ted Lilly. If Lilly is able to go by mid Septemebr (as now predicted) he could be invaluable down the stretch. Imagine a Lilly/Harang duo. Either can start, get their five innings in and get out. The other can come in for three or four innings and save the rest of the bullpen for the big four. We would imagine that Lilly would be better coming out of the pen, as he has the experience.

It's interesting that the A's throw up Lidle-Mulder-Zito against the Mariners in both series. If the A's are behind in the AL West race going into the second series, we would think Art Howe would juggle the rotation a bit. If the A's are in front, we think he would stand pat and take his chances. A little more brash move to thumb their nose at the Mariners as they pass them for the second time in three years.

We're going to contact the Twins Geek and try and get an idea of the Twins rotation. We'll also update the probables on the left of the page as often as we can.

The A's have three days off in September and we have no idea why; the A's play a game on Monday the 2nd against Kansas City, have a day off, then play another game against Kansas City on the 4th, have a travel day and play in Minnesota on the 6th.

You can tell that the MLB Player's Accosiation doesn't care about the player as an individual when they give MLB carte blanche in deciding teams should play a night game on the West coast, get on a plane and fly for five hours-losing 3 hours, land and play a night game six hours later.

We've said it before, the schedule makers for MLB probably worked for doctors and dentists prior to getting their jobs:

Receptionist--Okay, the doctor can see you at 2:00pm.
Patient--You mean my appointment is at 2:00pm?
Receptionist--That's right.
Patient--So when will they doctor actually see me?
Receptionist--Probably around 2:30.
Patient--So my appointment is at 2:30?
Receptionist--No, it's a 2:00. Remember, if you fail to cancel with out 24 hours prior notice we'll charge you for an office visit.
Patient--You mean you'll charge my insurance.
Receptionist--I don't care for your demeanor.
Patient--Look, I'm just trying to figure out when I should leave my job, fight traffic and then sit in a waiting room for a doctor who will spend less than five minutes with me and fail to make eye contact. Then fight traffic to get back to work and then try to pick up a prescription after work fighting traffic and getting home 3 hours later than I normally do.
Receptionist--...the doctor has an appointment available at 2:30, would that help?
Patient--Would I see the doctor at 2:30?
Receptionist--No.

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