Friday 8/25 - Sunday 8/27 A's @ Rangers

[Providence A's]

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Friday 8/25 5:35 PM PT Barry Zito vs. Edinson Volquez
Saturday 8/26 5:05 PM PT Joe Blanton vs. Adam Eaton
Sunday 8/27 5:05 PM PT Dan Haren vs. Vicente Padilla

Series Notes
-Harden is progressing nicely and could be pitching off of a mound 9/1...looks like he'd be coming out of the pen at this point as there may not be enough time to build up his arm strength to start
-Crosbert may go back on the DL with the same back issues
-Street is still on the DL and the A's are going with closer by committee

[Providence A's]

Zito is going for his 100th career win tonight...time to put Texas out of their misery

[Providence A's]

1 - 0 A's in the top of the 3rd on a Kotsay force out.

[Rufio181]

Go A's!

[Providence A's]

3 - 0 A's going into the bottom of the 4th. Ellis walked with the bases loaded and then Kendall singled in a run.

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3 - 0 A's in the 5th...Volquez gone after 4 innings

[A'sDiehard]

Once again the A's aren't televised; this is f*ckin bullshit. Yet they'll show the sorry ass Giants.

I'm pissed.

[A'sDiehard]

Crosby is back on the DL again BTW.

[Providence A's]

yea, this is a lost year for Crosbert...for his sake, he'll need to come back with a very strong season next year...regardless of the injuries, he hasn't shown me a lot of improvement at the plate.

If Zito wins tonight he'll be the 4th Oakland A's pitcher to win 100 (Hunter, Blue, and Stewart). 7 Philadelphia A's pitchers won 100 or more games. Zito is 11th in wins for the franchise overall 1 win ahead of George Earnshaw. There is no way he can crack the top 10 unless he returned to the A's next year as number 10 has 115 wins for the A's.

[Providence A's]

3 - 0 A's after 6 innings now.

[A'sDiehard]

OK a couple beers later I'm a little calmer. This was the worst week I've had on every level in a long time; all I wanted to do was watch the A's.

It's going to suck when Zito leaves bro.


Enough Debbie Downer bullshit-

Let's Go Oakland!!!!

[Providence A's]

are you listening on the radio? I probably won't be able to watch the Red Sox games coming up because they're supposed to be blacked out for me, but last time I was able to beat it...hopefully, this time, too.

I hope this week will be a little better for you...this upcoming week will be my first at the new school with students. We just had professional development and got stuff ready for the first day with students this week. We got Friday off though, which was good for me as I had a lot of things I needed to do that I didn't have a chance to do before I got hired and then wouldn't have had the chance to do if we didn't have Friday off.

[A'sDiehard]

Good luck with the new job Prov.

Tomorrow night is setting up pretty nice: the A's play at five and the Chargers play at eight. Can you say beer me?

Let's get this win fellas.

[A'sDiehard]

Oh and yes I have it on radio.

[Providence A's]

1st and 2nd with 1 out and the king of the DP has already batted...so let's get an insurance run or two