Another
day and another major announcement from the A’s today, as Bartolo Colon has been
suspended for 50 games, effectively ending his tenure with the team
I imagine. That is, unless he wants to
take a huge pay cut next season and the A’s are the only team waiting on that
line.
The
only positive to come out of this is that it brings closure to the talk of a
seven man / cluttered rotation. However,
this isn’t necessarily the arm the A’s need to be losing from said rotation. Naturally, Colon’s use of testosterone may
have been aiding his performance this season anyway, but I digress.
I’m
scared to raise the issue that there have been two suspensions in the last week
or so (Melky Cabrera being the other)
and both are from the Bay Area. Did
someone reopen BALCO? It amazes me that
players are still using these drugs and willing to risk their livelihood and
reputation. Is a 50 game suspension not
enough of a deterrent? If nothing else,
what about the potential damage they are doing to their bodies?
The A’s
had a day game today so I’ve relied on the radio broadcast for the vast
majority of it. However, I’ll start the
chant now/already; Please get Cliff Pennington out of the lineup and off of
second base. The radio team described a
play in the 2nd inning that sounded like his fault. I then saw him screw up covering at second
base. To make matters worse, he seemed
to have led to some confusion on Reddick’s error / dropped fly ball. This isn’t going to be fun and the A’s
definitely don’t need this to be a “work in progress” while in the middle of
chasing down a wild card spot.
All
of that said, the A’s still managed to win the series from the Twins this
afternoon and are now 11 games over .500 for the first time this season!
Let’s
go Oakland!!
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