Owens 0-0 0.00 ERA vs Tanaka 7-4 3.80 ERA Lineup Ellsbury CF Young LF Rodriguez DH Teixeira 1B McCann C Beltran RF Headley 3B Gregorius SS Ryan 2B
To this point our old buddy Phil Hughes is again shafting the Yankees with home runs to Donaldson & Tulo.
...Donaldson is arby eligible next year and Beane realized the A's could not afford to pay him what he'll be rewarded next year...the Jays can.
Well there's that also. Which is why that A's organization is complete bullshit. I don't know now you can be a fan of that mess. A player becomes decent and you know he's going to be shipped off.
...meh, they've been hamstrung by payroll limits for years. ...but yeah, the A's have been a ML "farm system" for years now. ...I've asked before; "Who would have done a better job, Cashman with the A's payroll, or Beane with the Yanx' payroll"? I think it's a valid question and I think the answer is easy.
I think the A's situation makes you do things you wouldn't have to do elsewhere. Quite frankly it's ridiculous for a major league baseball team. From the sewage leaks in the clubhouse to what the movie Moneyball depicted. Where they couldn't even fill the drink machines or barely have cereal to eat in the clubhouse.
I don't know why the 1-0 score surprises me. They usually never have a clue against pitchers they have never seen.
...Yanx can ill-afford to lose this game...among other things, it will also put even more pressure on Severino tomorrow.
2-1 after a sac fly. And as much as I like Paul O'neill he needs to shut up for a second and let the game breath occasionally.