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With Oakland‘s come-from-behind victory today their odds of making the playoffs increase to 92%. Donaldson, with his 9th inning game-tying homer, and Moss, with his 10th inning game-winning homer will get all of the glory, but let’s not forget the A’s bullpen which gave up just 2 hits and no runs over nearly 6 innings. Today I tip my cap to Ryan Cook, pictured above, one of many no-name rookies or cast offs who make up this amazing team.
At the Dodgers-Pirates game I went to earlier this season at Dodger Stadium, Bear Grylls, sticking to his “wild man” image, lit the baseball on fire before throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. I wasn’t far behind home plate at the time.
My A’s continue to roll. Milone threw six scoreless innings last night to win his third start in a row. Oakland has won six straight against Cleveland. The A’s now have the third best record in the American League even though non-A’s baseball fans would be hard pressed to name more than two guys on the team.
I can see why Colon would use testosterone. Low sense of well-being is one symptom of low testosterone and Colon certainly isn’t going to win any beauty pageants. One of the benefits of using testosterone is a reduction in weight for the obese. It’s a shame that testosterone didn’t seem to work for Colon yet he still got the ban.
I took today’s photo earlier this month at an Oakland A’s game, two days after Colon threw 8 scoreless innings against Toronto and three days before he allowed zero earned runs in 7 innings versus the Angels.
Why superman? See my prior post, and here is a video of him dislocating his shoulder and then popping it back into place.
Did he get taken out of the game and go on the DL? No, instead Inge put his shoulder back in place all by himself. Then he took a few practice throws and the game continued. Finally, in the top of the 8th inning, with men on first and third, two outs, and the score tied 7-7, Inge delivered what would become the game-winning hit.
On my way home from my road trip to see Iron Maiden I took in my third A’s game of the year. Three games in one year are the most A’s games I’ve attended in a single season since the early 1980s (when I used to go to dozens a year). In fact, I don’t think I saw three A’s games in person in total after 1986 and before 2012.