ESPN has produced a 7 minutes highlight reel containing arguably the greatest moments in sports history. The A's make up 3 moments - the '89 World Series/Earthquake, Rickey Henderson holding up his record setting stolen base, and a brief glimpse of that one moment from '88 I wish I didn't have to see in every highlight reel. After watching many of these emotional scenes, I was wondering if others were emotional or excited over the same moments. So I'd like to post the link and then ask everyone to post their top three moments from the highlight reel - excluding the three containing the Oakland A's (because we all are excited for one, saddened by another, and sickened by the last). So again, I'm asking that you post your top three non-A's moments from the reel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88zWU...

Although there seemed to be an intense hatred of Kendall, I was always one that was able to look past his pathetic offense to see the other intangibles that he brought to the team. Since the trade of Jason Kendall, the A's team era has risen by almost a full run.  And with Suzuki's numbers just a pubic hair better than Kendall's. Are the A's better off with or without him? It seems that the pitching staff has been terrible since his trade and the Cubs end up on a hot streak. I'm not saying that he was going to catch them to the playoffs this year, but there was other dead weight that I think could have been traded instead (Kotsay, Kielty, Johnson, Kennedy, Crosby). I just want to see what others of you think.

While watching today's game, I noticed that a few of the A's players look like famous celebriies/characters from movies.

Your job: match an A's player to a celebrity/film character or anyone famous they may look like.

I'll go first.

Joe Kennedy = Keifer Sutherland in "The Lost Boys" AFTER he turns into a vampire.

Watched Sportscenter this morning to get a bit of an update on tonight's game. Instead got 15 minutes of Broncos/Ravens, 15 minutes on Yankees, Torre, $1 billion dollar payroll, a bunch about NFL teams that haven't played in three days, then a bunch of hockey highlights. This is absolutely disgraceful, although I take great joy in watching the Yankees suffer. It just amazes me that Piniella and hockey gets more play than the A's or Tigers. At the end there was a reminder, "Oh yeah, the American League Championship is on tonight".

Open Letter to Loiaza
Esteban,
I'd like to apologize to you for the curse that I placed on you and your loved ones. I will sacrifice a live chicken this evening to try and keep you and yours from developing the debilitating diseases that I called down from the nether worlds. But remember that if you start to stink again I've got the voodoo doll ready, Hoss!!
Sorry 'bout that
Durden

P.S. Remember that DUI thing? I may have caused that. My bad.

Anyone else watching the women's softball world cup? If so, could someone please tell me what's going on with Jennie Finch's mustache? She's starting to look like Gomez from the Addam's Family, for Jebus' sake! If you haven't seen it, tune into the next game on ESPN (obviously they feel America would rather watch that than baseball). As thick as that thing is getting, I'm starting to think we may need to start watching for an adam's apple.

On a foul ball during today's game, the ball bounched into the right field seats and was almost grapped by a girl. She missed it and it bounced back onto the field. Bradley grabbed the ball and, instead of throwing it back into the stands, he threw it to the dugout. Giants fans booed the ex-Dodger and he then tipped his hat as he walked away. Nice to see the rebellious side of Bradley, but I hope this is as far as it goes.

I'm planning on taking my two young sons to the upcoming FanFest for a, hopefully, wonderful baseball experience. I'm a dedicated A's fan and I'm bringing my two boys along nicely; the 9 yr. old is a Chavez fan and the 6 yr. old is a Kotsay fan. Amazingly, I have never been to a FanFest and am not sure what to expect, so I'm reaching out to the Athletics Nation for help. Could you fill me in on your experiences? Help me know things like, what's the best way to make sure my sons get to meet players? When's the best time to go? etc. Anything that this nation of A's fans can offer me will be appreciated.