Nah, I think I'll stay here. It is so quiet here and there is no one shouting at me to fire someone, etc. Folks don't post here because they want to be seen/read/heard. Okay, there are a few that come here and talk once in a great while, but I like the idea of my own blog. What's wrong with that as long as this site stays up with only me as its regular poster?
Places like those other websites that have proliferated this year especially, do not host fans, they are like a bus stop for inmates out for a night on the town, jabbering away incoherently until the driver or the meds arrive, whichever comes first. I prefer to watch the games in peace and, well, I have concluded that most folks that frequent other boards have never played the game and really do not understand the mental aspect of playing day in, day out, over the course of the long season. They whine, they accuse, they condemn. No real ballers do that. If they did they wouln't last long on their team. I know that is an elitist attitude to some, but to have to explain positive thinking over knee-jerk hostility and name calling and backstabbing to folks is not why I am here. Isn't it quiet?
How 'bout that win last night, eh? Dinardo was a magician. This time his defense did not let him down and Eric Babe Chavez hit yet another game winning dinger. Tonight I will be there when they go against Wakefield. I wonder how the Chowdahead contingent feels now? Prolly like they have been mugged, or given the low scoring efforts they have shown, more like falling into some date rape stupor. Kinda disoriented and weak. Last night the pen came through finally, and confidence has somewhat been restored in Calero and Embree.
How 'bout that starting pitching? I can't say enough about Curt Young and his young staff. Anaheim better watch out, someone is creeping up on them. We don't see them again until the first week of August. I can't wait and I'll bet we have our guys all back, except maybe Loaiza, and frankly at this point, who cares about Loaiza? Package him with some of the others we have to jettison just before the deadline and stock up on some more young talent in exchange. Next year already looks awesome, eh?
I have to go check the A's success if any, against Wakefield. I seem to recall that when the batting order takes effort to wait on the knuckler, and not swing at too many of them, that forces Wakefield to come in with something else to find the plate. I have heard of the strategy of stepping up a foot or two closer to the mound helps in cutting off the knuckling action of the ball. Who knows, maybe Chavez can hit another game-winner and we will be on our way to, dare I say it, sweeping the team with the best record in baseball?
I have not seen ESPN this week, but they must be all atwitter.
Go A's!
Later,
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