Now that K-Rod is officially no longer affiliated with slegna, I figured this would be an appropriate time for everyone to share their favorite K-Rod moments.  It could be a story, link to a video, gif, whatever.

My favorite would have to be when he drops the ball when it gets tossed back from the catcher, letting an alert Jason Kendall able to sprint home for the win.  Not just because it was an awesome ending, but because of the game it represented.  Months after Hudson and Mulder were traded, I had this strange excitement for the season.  Even when they were fifteen games below .500, i still believed they would turn it around.  This was for every person that told me earlier that season "The A's are done."  My response was always "It's a long season." 

The turning point for the season was when the A's won a close game against the last place Devil Rays, in which i remember Mark Kotsay stating that they will try to work off the momentum from the win.  After that game they played close to .800 ball for several months.  They went from 12 games behind the angels to 7(angels were playing extremely well too) by the All-Star break.  The angels got cold after the break, whereas the A's remained red hot.  It wasn't long before the A's caught up and were tied for first place with the angels.  The climbed so far, and finally, finally have their shot to take over first place.

Unfortunately I couldn't watch the game on television, since i had to work that day, lifeguarding at Heather Farm park in Walnut Creek.  On my breaks, my co-worker and I, who was just as into the A's as i was, would listen to the game on the radio in the guard room.  By the end of the game, there were four or five of us listening.  Then it happened, Bill King started screaming ecstatically through the radio.  We looked at each other for a second, confused, then we start jumping and hollering, even though we had no idea what had just happened, all we cared about was that the A's won.  After being 15 games below .500, 12 games out of first place, the A's were now in sole possesion of first place.  When i went out to guard, i couldn't stop smiling, it was at this moment i was convinced the A's would go on to win the world series(we all know how that worked out). 

Now that K-rod is out of the AL west(and the league), who's going to give us our memories?

The A's own the best pitching ERA as well as severall other stats including the lowest SLG, OBA, WHIP, AVG in the AL.  Though only 1 pitcher from that staff made it to the All Star game, Dan Haren, the league leader in ERA.

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