Monday 6/18/07 - Wednesday 6/20/07 Reds @ A's

[Providence A's]

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Monday 6/18 Kyle Lohse vs. Joe Blanton
Tuesday 6/19 Homer Bailey vs. Chad Gaudin
Wednesday 6/20 Matt Belisle vs. Dan Haren

Series Notes
-Bradley is on a rehab stint in AAA with Snelling
-Piazza will be out a little longer as they want him to be able to throw so he can be the backup catcher (Suzuki will go back to AAA)
-Duchscherer has begun throwing finally
-Harden could be activated this week (simulated game on Monday, activated Tuesday possibly) and come out the pen to build up his arm strength.
-Chavez is day-today with a strained rib cage

[Rufio181]

The A's should win at least 2 of these games.

[Providence A's]

woo hoo! 6 - 1! A's rule! Taunt taunt taunt!!!

[A'sDiehard]

We needed that win.

[Providence A's]

Yes, it was a good win for sure. I think we need a sweep after losing 2 of the 3 to the Cardinals.

[BronxBomberz]

Good win for the A's

[A'sDiehard]

4-1 Reds bottom of the seventh. We can still win this game.

[missionhockey21]

I am thinking David "Homer" Bailey will say otherwise. C'mon, you can whoop us tomorrow and take 2 of 3, but we need Bailey to give us hope or the Reds fans will go into a murder suicide pact.

[A'sDiehard]

I am thinking David "Homer" Bailey will say otherwise. C'mon, you can whoop us tomorrow and take 2 of 3, but we need Bailey to give us hope or the Reds fans will go into a murder suicide pact.

He looks good. You guys will be fine and besides ESPN had to give us A's fans a nice little reminder from when you guys kicked our ***es in the WS.

Like I needed that.

[A'sDiehard]

BTW what is the story behind Hamilton? I kept missing it on ESPN.

[Rufio181]

BTW what is the story behind Hamilton? I kept missing it on ESPN.

First pick by the D-Rays in 1999. Got in trouble and couldn't stop getting into trouble as a minor leaguer. Got released by the team and then got picked up by the Reds and has put his life back in order.

The end.

[A'sDiehard]

OK welp this one isn't looking so good.

[A'sDiehard]

First pick by the D-Rays in 1999. Got in trouble and couldn't stop getting into trouble as a minor leaguer. Got released by the team and then got picked up by the Reds and has put his life back in order.

The end.

Nice and quick. Thank you.

[missionhockey21]

A very dated story of mine, that really isn't too much into the drug story as that has been covered so much, but it does look at Hamilton and the situation for him as a baseball player a bit.

Check it out when you have the time, he has obviously surpassed my expectations for year one.
http://www.strike3forums.com/forums/...-baseball.html

[A'sDiehard]

http://www.strike3forums.com/forums/...-baseball.html

Thanks and I kind of figured it was something like that. Good for him and people do change.