Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Tempered Enthusiam

When is it possible for Barry Zito to have the shortest outing of his career and STILL be left in too long?

When Kenny Macha's at the helm!

I keed. I keed.

Placing the blame on Macha for the ass-raping that took place last night wouldn't be fair. Our boys got pounded like a stripper at a Durham frat party. Nothing the white-haired fool could do about that.

But, honestly, who didn't see that one coming?

Of all the Opening Day scenarios that ran through my little head, NONE of them included our mighty A's winning. I didn't expect the ass whooping that was handed to us last night, but I didn't see how our simple-minded starter and his even simpler-minded manager could navigate us to a victory. I DID think we'd knock around Randy Johnson a little, so I might have to lower my expectations for the offense, but I'm not all that bummed.

Now, I WILL be pissed if we lose tonight. It shouldn't even be close.

And God help Macha if he leaves Kennedy in too long.

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Feeble opening argument
A-Rod slams Zito, Yankees overpower A's

Susan Slusser, SF Chronicle

Thomas saves opener from being total loss
Bruce Jenkins, SF Chronicle

Start spreading the blues
Zito, A's destroyed in N.Y. minute

Josh Suchon, Oakland Tribune

Payroll keeps going up
Beane credits Wolff for allowing team to acquire high-priced players

Josh Suchon, Oakland Tribune

Killion: Oakland fails first hype test with N.Y.
Ann Killion, San Jose Mercury News

CROSBY INJURED IN RECORD LOSS
Joe Roderick, Knight Ridder

A's owner in Fremont for meetings
'STADIUM VILLAGE' IS SUBJECT OF TALKS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS

Barry Witt, San Jose Mercury News

A's Opening Night is more of an opening flop
Paul Gutierrez, Sacramento Bee (Registration Required)

Thomas homers, but A's lose to Yanks
Big Hurt goes deep in first at-bat; Zito chased after 1 1/3 innings
Mychael Urban, MLB.com

A-Rod's slam pops A's Zito
Randy, Bombers blast off in style
Sam Borden, NY Daily News

YANKEE RIPPERS
A ROD SLAMS A'S IN OPENING NIGHT ROUT

George King, NY Post

Every Yankee Does His Part in Opening Rout
Tyler Kepner, NY Times

Yankees open floodgates on Zito, A's
Bombers tie team Opening Day record with 15-run outburst

Mark Feinsand, MLB.com

1 Comments:

Blogger JamieK said...

Who could've guessed the most uninspiring, dim-witted manager of them all (well, since Dennis Erickson, anyway) could have a team so ill-prepared for opening day? If any one thing stood out, it was a lack of basic readiness for competitive baseball. That's what happens when you approach a game like it's going to be a rainout.

Tuesday, April 04, 2006 12:46:00 PM  

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