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mrbendy

Feb 14, 2008 Dec 02, 2009 4 685

Being an A's fan and living in Va. it's not unusual to get the question, "why?"

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Pictures and Thoughts from A's 8/11 game.

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Even though the game ended in a loss for the A's, I don't think I could have asked for a better "First A's Game" experience. I hate to say this, but a good part of seeing a couple last place teams play in August is that you can get great seats at the stadium. My friend and I got seats right behind home plate 11 rows back, perfect to view the pitchers and get some pictures. Now about those pictures...

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Wuertz's Slider

Harry Pavlidis, who I think is tied with the SB Nation blog Beyond the Boxscore, rates Wuertz's slider as the hardest pitch to hit in the MLB this year.

The following link explains his findings:
http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2009/7/10/944659/expanding-on-harrys-whiff-rate

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Should We look at replacing Beane?

Found this over at one of the SB Nation's sister sites Driveline Mechanics, and thought I would share it.

It is interesting timing seeing as we, and by we I mean AN, have throw around what needs to change.

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Brad Ziegler on The Show on XM

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Don't know if anyone one else heard this, I only caught the tail end of it. This afternoon Ziegler was interviewed on The Show. For the most part the interview was about Team USA in the WBC, but there was a small part about the upcoming A's season they spoke about. A couple favorite quotes of  mine, from what I heard:

On whether or not the coaches and/or teammates had called him to check up on him:

"I don't know if they have, I've  turned my phone off. I'm one of the few guys here who is still being paid the Major League minimum, I can't really afford the internation roaming charges [in Toronto]. They have my e-mail, so I figured if they needed to get a hold of me, they could get me there."

 

On having O-Cab at short:

"You know I really felt comforatable with Bobby behind me there, but to now have a three time Gold Glove winner there now, it's really nice"

 

Overall it was a typical interview, but it was still nice to hear an A's player getting some air time.

 

Did anyone catch the start of the interview?

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