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San Francisco Giantsoh yea, I forgot to mention that Milton Bradley homered in his first AB against Calero...a 3 run bomb to center.
oh yea, I forgot to mention that Milton Bradley homered in his first AB against Calero...a 3 run bomb to center.
http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/NAS...=.jsp&c_id=oak
Haren gets lit up in the 1st ST game. A's lose 8 - 7 to the Cu-hubs. Ellis hit a grand slam, Crosby a 2 run homer, and Kielty a solo blast...all in the 5th inning.
Harden got food poisoning that sidelined him for 2 days. He lost 8 pounds, which negated the weight he had put on (from lifting and such) during the off-season.
Ugh, that sucks.
this is what he said:
http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/NAS...=.jsp&c_id=oak
He'll be able to add most of that back I'm sure since it's really water weight he lost from being ill...not from sitting around and not being physically active.Back on track -- sort of: Righty Rich Harden, slowed by food poisoning the previous two days, was back to his smiley self on Friday, but he wasn't pleased about having lost weight while sidelined.
"I lost eight pounds in two days," he said. "It [stinks], because I worked my [tail] off putting weight on during the offseason, and I had finally got myself up to 196 [pounds] before this happened. Now I'm back to 188 and have to start building myself up all over again."
Harden, who had offseason surgery on his left shoulder, held up well during a bullpen session on Friday and will throw in a simulated game within the next few days. If that goes well, Harden likely will make his Cactus League debut sometime next week.
"I can't wait to get out there," Harden said. "I'm running out of things to do to kill time."
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A's lost against the Brew Crew 9 - 7, but got their first win against the South African team 13 - 1. woo hoo
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/...s/13997593.htm
The article then goes on to talk about what each of them accomplished last year and what they plan on working on this year. I hope we don't end up with any more Ben Grieves...Every team has questions. As good as the A's appear this spring, the health of Eric Chavez and Bobby Crosby, who are both nursing sore shoulders, is a major concern.
Newcomers Milton Bradley and Frank Thomas have been controversial and galvanizing figures in the past. How they fit into the clubhouse and affect team chemistry bears watching.
How manager Ken Macha will keep four outfielders deserving of playing time happy remains to be seen.
The biggest question, however, revolves around the four second-year players: Street, Joe Blanton, Nick Swisher and Dan Johnson. Their ability to make second-year adjustments will have a major impact on the lineup, rotation and bullpen.
Meyer throws pain free...
http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/NAS...=.jsp&c_id=oak
Hopefully, he'll have a good year and pick up where he left off before the injury. If Zito leaves at the end of the year, then he he could become the #5...we'd have a rotation of Harden, Loaiza, Haren, Blanton, Meyer.PHOENIX -- It mattered not to A's lefty Dan Meyer that his two shutout innings Saturday came against a team of young, inexperienced and overmatched South Africans.
All that mattered to Meyer, who injured his throwing shoulder last spring and struggled at Triple-A Sacramento for much of 2005, is that he threw free, easy and hard.
Standing at his locker in the clubhouse at Phoenix Municipal Stadium, his shoulder wrapped in ice, Meyer was a picture of relief after his first Cactus League appearance of the spring.
"It was refreshing," he said with a smile. "I felt great. That's the best I've felt in about a year now."
Come on, the South African crew had one player, a Royals prospect, in Major or Minor League ball. If the A's didn't beat them, they should be ashamed.
*flash forward to 12 hours from now*
So, the Red Sox lost to Australia 14-3...okay...maybe that is a little more impressive.
http://strike3forums.com/forums/phot...pelbon2006.jpg
Then out of fairness to the others you will be Slagathor.
I watched a Red Sux game for awhile on NESN yesterday and there was NOBODY on the field that I recognized. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...........boring.
you get NESN in Cali? you must have satellite...
A's beat the Angels today 8 - 5.
http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/NAS...=.jsp&c_id=oak
Directv premium package- I get EVERYTHING and they get all my money. I order the NFL and MLB packages every year.
I'll never go back to cable.
I don't have cable. I don't watch much TV. I'll order MLB.tv to watch the A's games. NESN is garbage though...it's owned by the Red Sox I'm pretty sure and it's all Red Sox biased to the Nth degree.
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