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Vin Mazzaro was Off on the Right Foot
With Bob Green’s words, Vin Mazzaro’s career begun, as Geren called to the bench announcing “The future, is now.” With the young pitcher off on the right foot in his MLB debut win against the Chicago White Sox after two innings of loosening the butterflies and settling into the rotation. He had thrown 105 pitches, 60 of which were strikes and only walking four batters.
However his second debut was not so picturesque. Despite striking out 8 batters rookie pitcher Vin Mazzaro continued Oakland Athletics’ five game losing streak and Rockies first sweep of the A’s.
We’re swinging it pretty well, the ball’s just not dropping,” Mazzaro said after Oakland out-hit Colorado 11-9 at the Coliseum. “We’ve just got to go out and keep hacking.”
National Baseball Hall of Fame
Rickey Henderson visited the National Baseball Hall of Fame and put on an old glove and shoe a 1981 Brooks spikes that he wore with Oakland in his third MLB season, the wings of Mercury back then. It was the first time he touched the shoe since 28 years ago.
“They don’t make ‘em like this anymore,” Henderson said Friday, clad in black slacks and a white checkered shirt, and poring over artifacts from a big league life. “It makes you sad that not many guys steal bases today. You should be able to move to the next base, to get yourself in scoring position. I used to steal to get in scoring position because I wanted to be the person to score the most runs.”
Magical Day for Wakefield Red Sox
Tim Wakefield the Red Sox knuckleballer came five outs away from a no hitter in his 402nd major league start. Pitching the Boston Red Sox 8-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics. Wakefield has been with the Red Sox since 1995, longer than any other member of the team.
The first 15 batters were retired and after six innings, the righty had thrown 54 pitches, 42 for strikes. Wakefield has given the Red Sox no-hitters in three successive seasons.
The Red Sox were coming off a 12-inning loss that had the bullpen in the blues. The Red Sox were 2-6, which was the worst start since 1996.
Will this magic continue for Wakefield’s MLB career and the Red Sox?
Can San Jose Petition Its Own Fate?
San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed steps into recent talk about moving the Oakland A’s. Despite his desire to relocate the A’s since 1968 Athletics co-owner and managing partner, Lew Wolff had already abandoned his negotiations in February for making Fremont the A’s future home stemming from the opposition of many local area businesses and residents near the proposed stadium sites.
Reed’s recommendation hopes to influence the MLB’s decision making process in the interest of all parties involved, including San Jose, “indicating that San Jose supports MLB in the City and requests to be freed of restrictive territorial rights.”
Although San Jose is 50 miles down interstate 880 the Giants maintain their position and rights, describing San Jose as teh heart of their fan base. Already home of the San Jose Giants minor league team, the Giants major league team may in fact have some merit.
A’s staduim negotiations stepping on Giants toes
A’s owner, Lew Wolff again supported San Jose as new home for his MLB team but as the Oakland A’s have continued to struggle with its stadium dealings it was announced by the Major League Baseball Commissioner, Bud Selig, that a panel of ’stadium experts’ would assist in the teams stadium search.
Declining to comment Wolf had told reporters that San Jose would be prime real estate, with an already approved stadium but did comment on the announcement of an assigned panel, “Ultimately it has to be determined by baseball, not by me.”
Issues have continued to surface as Wolf explored San Jose once before because of concerns taht the staduim would overlap San Francisco Giants’ territory.
“The A’s cannot and will not continue indefinitely in their current situation.” said MLB commissioner, Bud Selig.
Oakland A’s sign Manager
Bob Geren Oakland A’s manager was signed to a new one-year contract extension for the 2010 season with an option for 2011. Geren in entering his third season with the club and a 151-172 record over the past two seasons. Geren, 47, and San Diego, California native became the 28th manager in the A’s history and 17th in Oakland’s history.
Last year Geren led the A’s employing the disable list an Oakland A’s record 25 times to a 75-86 mark with his team finishing third place in the American League West. The team had a hot start with a 51-42 record after 93 games and in 2007 had nearly the same record, at 76-86.
Geren played professional baseball 15 seasons, 5 seasons in the Major Leagues with the Yankees and Padres as a catcher. Joining the organization in 1999 as manager at Class A Modesto and the next three years as the manager of Triple-A Sacramento, with a career record of 452-390 and 319 of those wins coming in the A’s organization.
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