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Bobby Baseball · **Posted:** Sat Nov 14, 2009 12:56 pm

No way, players improve way too slowly in this game. Harden is never going to have good stamina.

dishnet34 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:07 pm

It can improve faster in Spring Training.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:40 pm

April 12, 2008
CLEVELAND -- With Athletics really struggling so far this season, they have decided to send down Jack Hannahan who has only had four at bats so far this season, and are calling up Frank Thomas from Triple-A Sacramento. This move is to replace the struggling Daric Barton (.071, 3-42) at first. Thomas will be taking over as designated hitter, and current designated hitter Mike Sweeney will be taking the place of Daric Barton who is being moved to the bench.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:52 pm

April 13, 2008
CLEVELAND -- Just one day after calling up Frank Thomas, the Athletics have called up another veteran in Hideo Nomo. With the short rotation, the Athletics will use him to make starting appearances. They are sending down relief pitcher Santiago Casilla who is 0-1 with not very much playing time so far this season. More moves will be made in the future if the team continues to struggle the way it has.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:06 pm

April 15, 2008
CHICAGO -- For the first time this season, the Athletics have won consecutive games, winning the first two in a series against the White Sox in Chicago. This slight glimpse of success is due to recent call-up Frank Thomas, who has homered in both games so far. The Athletics pitching, for the most part, is doing very well so far will low ERAs up and down the pitching roster, but the offense needs to pick it up and get this team back on track.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:44 pm

May 1, 2008
April in Review
ANAHEIM -- The Oakland Athletics have started the season very shaky, with a record of 9-20, second worst only to the Twins who are 6-22. They also started the season with eight straight losses, The brightest part of this team currently is Frank Thomas who has six home runs and fifteen runs batted in to lead the team in both categories. Unfortunately, the highest batting average on the team is Ryan Sweeney with .226. If the Athletics want to improve, they're going to really have to turn it around in May and the months to come.

2008 Season Schedule

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  #  |     Date     |       Opponent      |           Win            |          Loss            |          Save           | Record |
  1  |   March 25   | Red Sox (L 2-0)     | Josh Beckett (1-0)       | Joe Blanton (0-1)        | Julian Tavarez (1)      |  0-1   |
  2  |   March 26   | Red Sox (L 6-2)     | Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-0)  | Rich Harden (0-1)        |           --            |  0-2   |
  3  |   April 1    | Red Sox (L 7-2)     | Jon Lester (1-0)         | Chad Gaudin (0-1)        |           --            |  0-3   |
  4  |   April 2    | Red Sox (L 2-0)     | Hideki Okajima (1-0)     | Alan Embree (0-1)        | Julian Tavarez (2)      |  0-4   |
  5  |   April 4    | Indians (L 6-3)     | Great Soriano (1-0)      | Joe Blanton (0-2)        |           --            |  0-5   |
  6  |   April 5    | Indians (L 6-3      | Great Soriano (2-0)      | Joey Devine (0-1)        | Masa Kobayashi (1)      |  0-6   |
  7  |   April 6    | Indians (L 2-1)     | CC Sabathia (1-0)        | Chad Gaudin (0-2)        | Rafael Betancourt (1)   |  0-7   |
  8  |   April 8    | @ Blue Jays (L 3-0) | A.J. Burnett (1-1)       | Keith Foulke (0-1)       | B.J. Ryan (1)           |  0-8   |
  9  |   April 9    | @ Blue Jays (W 3-2) | Joe Blanton (1-2)        | Shawn Marcum (0-2)       | Huston Street (1)       |  1-8   |
  10 |   April 10   | @ Blue Jays (L 5-4) | Scott Downs (1-0)        | Santiago Casilla (0-1)   |           --            |  1-9   |
  11 |   April 11   | @ Indians (L 3-2)   | Cliff Lee (1-0)          | Chad Gaudin (0-3)        | Rafael Betancourt (2)   |  1-10  |
  12 |   April 12   | @ Indians (L 5-1)   | CC Sabathia (2-0)        | Kiko Calero (0-1)        |           --            |  1-11  |
  13 |   April 13   | @ Indians (L 5-0)   | Jake Westbrook (1-1)     | Hideo Nomo (0-1)         |           --            |  1-12  |
  14 |   April 14   | @ White SOx (W 5-3) | Rich Harden (1-1)        | Jose Contreras (2-1)     | Huston Street (2)       |  2-12  |
  15 |   April 15   | @ White Sox (W 3-2) | Alan Embree (1-1)        | Gavin Floyd (1-1)        | Huston Street (3)       |  3-12  |
  16 |   April 16   | Mariners (W 9-6)    | Joey Devine (1-1)        | Arthur Rhodes (0-2)      | Huston Street (4)       |  4-12  |
  17 |   April 17   | Mariners (L 6-2)    | Carlos Silva (2-0)       | Huston Street (0-1)      |           --            |  4-13  |
  18 |   April 18   | Royals (L 5-0)      | Brian Bannister (2-1)    | Joe Blanton (1-3)        |           --            |  4-14  |
  19 |   April 19   | Royals (W 4-0)      | Rich Harden (2-1)        | Gil Meche (1-3)          |           --            |  5-14  |
  20 |   April 20   | Royals (L 2-1)      | Jimmy Gobble (1-0)       | Keith Foulke (0-2)       | Great Miller (5)        |  5-15  |
  21 |   April 22   | Twins (L 4-3)       | Pat Neshek (1-0)         | Kiki Calero (0-2)        | Joe Nathan (3)          |  5-16  |
  22 |   April 23   | Twins (W 4-2)       | Dana Eveland (1-0)       | Boof Bonser (0-5)        | Huston Street (5)       |  6-16  |
  23 |   April 24   | Twins (W 2-0)       | Joe Blanton (2-3)        | Nick Blackburn (0-2)     |           --            |  7-16  |
  24 |   April 25   | @ Mariners (L 7-3)  | R.A. Dickey (1-0)        | Alan Embree (1-2)        |           --            |  7-17  |
  25 |   April 26   | @ Mariners (W 2-1)  | Chad Gaudin (1-3)        | R.A. Dickey (1-1)        | Huston Street (6)       |  8-17  |
  26 |   April 27   | @ Mariners (L 5-4)  | Ryan Rowland-Smith (3-3) | Justin Duchscherer (0-1) | J.J. Putz (3)           |  8-18  |
  27 |   April 28   | @ Angels (L 4-1)    | John Lackey (2-3)        | Keith Foulke (0-3)       | Francisco Rodriguez (7) |  8-19  |
  28 |   April 29   | @ Angels (L 7-6)    | Darren Oliver (3-0)      | Dana Eveland (1-1)       | Francisco Rodriguez (8) |  8-20  |
  29 |   April 30   | @ Angels (W 7-1)    | Rich Harden (3-1)        | Jon Garland (2-3)        |           --            |  9-20  |

Player Stats:

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                   AVG   HR   RBI
RF Travis Buck  | .147 | 0  |  4  |
2B Mark Ellis   | .220 | 2  | 10  |
DH Frank Thomas | .197 | 6  | 15  |
3B Eric Chavez  | .216 | 3  | 10  |
LF Jack Cust    | .182 | 5  | 10  |
1B Mike Sweeney | .167 | 1  | 10  |
SS Bobby Crosby | .126 | 1  |  7  |
CF Ryan Sweeney | .226 | 1  |  4  |
C Kurt Suzuki   | .135 | 1  |  4  |

Rob Bowen       | .000 | 0  |  0  |
Daric Barton    | .071 | 0  |  2  |
Donnie Murphy   | .000 | 0  |  0  |
Emil Brown      | .000 | 0  |  1  |


                      ERA   W-L   SO
Joe Blanton        | 3.50 | 2-3 | 29 |
Rich Harden        | 1.67 | 3-1 | 59 |
Chad Gaudin        | 3.95 | 1-3 | 25 |
Justin Duchscherer | 3.86 | 0-1 | 23 |
Hideo Nomo         | 2.57 | 0-1 | 14 |

Dana Eveland       | 6.17 | 1-1 | 19 |
Joey Devine        | 4.26 | 1-1 | 11 |
Kiko Calero        | 8.64 | 0-2 | 22 |
Keith Foulke       | 2.48 | 0-3 | 23 |
Alan Embree        | 2.52 | 1-2 | 49 |
Huston Street      | 2.16 | 0-1 | 29 |

jacobye46 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:53 pm

Nice layout. And how did you remember the winning pitchers and losing pitchers of every game anyways?

I think the offense is an immense problem. I like your pitching though

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:56 pm

What I'm doing is playing each game, then fast forwarding before anything happens in the game. Then I can get all the info I need from the game at the end.

I like the pitching, too. Alan Embree has really surprised me. His only pitches are a level one slider and level two 2-seamer, and he's doing very well from the set-up roll with a 2.52 ERA.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 14, 2009 8:10 pm

May 1, 2008
May Preview
ANAHEIM -- After a 9-20 record in April and March, the Athletics go into the month of May with the second worst record in the majors. In hopes of turning things around, they may need to make some roster changes, or even trades. The Athletics currently have the second best team ERA in the majors at 3.53, second to the Diamondbacks with 3.44, but they have the worst team batting average at .171, the next lowest being the Twins at .244. If the Athletics can somehow pull their offense together, and the pitching continues the way it has, they may be able to get back in the race while it's still early in the season.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:02 pm

May 13, 2008
Athletics Acquire Escobar from Braves
CLEVELAND -- The Oakland Athletics and Atlanta Braves have swapped shortstops. The Athletics are getting Yunel Escobar in exchange for Bobby Crosby and minor league pitcher Great Castro. Escobar is currently batting .273 with four home runs and nineteen runs driven in. While Escobar is only a slight upgrade from Crosby, this move is mainly a mere attempt at getting this team's offense back on track and supporting the great pitching.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:22 pm

May 16, 2008
Interleague Play Begins
ATLANTA -- Today is the beginning of interleague play across the majors. The Athletics will be starting their interleague games against the Atlanta Braves, which is a big deal, as the Athletics and Braves just traded shortstops only a few days ago. It will be interesting to see how each player does on their new teams against their former teams. And how will the Athletics play overall against the National League teams? They have really struggled so far as a team this year, and it will be interesting to see how they do against teams they do not normally get to play.

Longball714 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:19 pm

If you go into options, you can make it so that every game is Fast Forwarded without having to play it first.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:21 pm

Longball714 wrote:

If you go into options, you can make it so that every game is Fast Forwarded without having to play it first.

Oh really? Thanks. :oops:

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:37 pm

May 19, 2008
OAKLAND -- The Yankees and Royals have made a trade of minor league players in which infielder Angel Sanchez is headed to New York in exchange for left-handed pitcher Sean Henn. It is unsure what either team plans to do with their newly acquired players who neither have any playing time this season so far.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:46 pm

May 20, 2008
OAKLAND -- Two trades have taken place today: A deal between the Phillies and Indians, and a trade between the Red Sox and the Diamondbacks. The Phillies have acquired first baseman Ryan Garko and outfielder Shin-Soo Choo in exchange for second baseman Brad Harman. The Red Sox have acquired catcher and first baseman Robby Hammock from the Diamondbacks in exchange for first baseman Great Lopez. All players involved in trades are now with their new clubs and ready to play when called upon.

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