Monday 7/16/07 - Wednesday 7/18/07 Rangers @ A's

[Providence A's]

vs.

Monday Jamey Wright vs. Dallas Braden
Tuesday Robinson Tejeda vs. Chad Gaudin
Wednesday Kevin Millwood vs. Lenny DiNardo

Series Notes
-Piazza is rehabbed at Sacramento, but I believe he is going to Stockton now because Sacramento is going on the road
-Street might be activated in a week

[A'sDiehard]

It's a little tough to be excited about this team right now but it looks like I'll be hitting a couple games this week.

We'll see how it goes. We can't keep losing right?

[hot_corner_gurl]

I really hope that the A's will atleast win the series. But even that might be a tall order...I think I'll go L-W-W. I don't have much confidence in Braden just yet. He's been up and down, but when he's been up he hasn't performed spectacularly.

[Witlon]

Aaaaaand...the series starts like this. (From Rotoworld.com)

Cubs acquired catcher Jason Kendall and cash from the Athletics for catcher Rob Bowen and LHP Jerry Blevins.

The cash will cover a portion of his $13 million salary, which had been being paid by both the A's ($8 million) and the Pirates ($5 million). With a .226/.261/.281 line this year, Kendall is no sure upgrade, not like Ramon Hernandez would have been. However, he is hitting a respectable .276 since the beginning of June. The Cubs did well to get him for such a small price, while the A's, since they had no hope of getting a draft pick for him this winter, also did the right thing by making room for Kurt Suzuki.

Thoughts? Complaints?

[Providence A's]

I happy...no complaints from me. Piazza, Embree, Kennedy, and Johnson...you're next boys!

[Providence A's]

Braden gave up 2 hits in the first inning, but struck out the side to strand the runners.

[hot_corner_gurl]

It's now 4-0 Rangers in the top of the 8th. C'mon A's! We're running out of chances! We got 2 more ABs! Let's get a win here!

[A'sDiehard]

[hot_corner_gurl]

That face says it all. Funny how karma works. Our new everyday catcher K'd to end the game. That's promising.

[Providence A's]

how embarrassing...only scoring 1 run against the Rangers of all teams

[hot_corner_gurl]

Well, it's up to Gaudin to get us back on the winning side. He'll tee off against Robinson Tejeda...I'm hoping the A's can pull off a win here. Like A'sDieHard said, we can't keep losing forever, especially when teams like the Angels and M's are playing sub-.500 teams.

[Providence A's]

A's are losing 1 - 0 in the 4th...Crosby just popped out. Big surprise there!

[Providence A's]

3 - 1 Rangers in the 5th...Suzuki is missing quite a few balls in the dirt. It's all part of the learning process.

[Providence A's]

3 - 3 as Cust goes deep

[Providence A's]

pathetic...A's lost 11 - 4. They've got a sweet 9 game losing streak going