Seattle needed to get out of Oakland with one win and they played like their season depended upon getting the victory, they held on to win 7-6 in eleven innings.

Ken Macha made some managerial moves for the first time in his tenure as A’s skipper.

Some turned out well and others came back to haunt him.

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The A’s and the Giants both won last night. Seattle has seen what the A’s can do, Jamie Moyer looked completely overmatched against the A’s power.

Barry Zito wasn’t on top of his game, but it was plenty good enough to silence the Mariner bats.

The Giants now get into the back end of their rotation, Damian Moss continued his inconsistent pitching. Tim Worrell is starting to look like his brother Todd and is the number one closer for the Giants until further notice.

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If the Seattle Mariners thought last night was difficult for its hitters wait until tonight when they face Barry Zito.

Tim Hudson pitched the way he should have in the playoffs last fall as he dominated the Mariners through eight chilly innings.

Erubiel Durazo, lurking unnoticed in the number six spot in the batting order provided all the offense the A’s could muster by driving in all five runs in the 5-0 whitewashing of Seattle.

Meanwhile The Giants continued to pound the Padres and the Red Sox got long relief help from Steve Woodard and Brandon Lyon to squeak out a 9-8 win over,yes, Tampa Bay in 16 innings.

A lot more to talk about, just click below.

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And finally the National

League East.

By Amaury Pi-González [Read more →]

Here is how I see

the National League

Central this season.

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Did you know that during

the last five seasons the

Giants and Diamondbacks

are the only teams to

have won the N.L West?

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I realized how weird opening day could be when Tuffy Rhodes hit three homers for the Cubs about ten years ago on opening day. Rhodes didn’t hit many more homers in his big league career, in fact he ended up playing in Japan where he still hits them out.

On opening day, everyone thought he would be the next big star in the majors. Not to be.

Monday Corey Patterson, a light hitting outfielder for the Cubs hit two homers and drove in seven runs as the Cubs pasted the Mets 15-2.

I wonder how many homers Patterson will hit this year? Any guesses? Is he another Tuffy Rhodes?

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