Within the space of 29 minutes both Bay Area teams suffered agonizing losses.

The Giants might live for another day, the A’s won’t.

The A’s lost when their starting pitcher, Barry Zito, didn’t want to return to the mound in the eighth inning because his legs were starting to feel funny and he thought he was losing his fluidity on the mound.

Huh?

Can you picture Juan Marichal, Jack Morris, Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax, Tim Hudson, or Dave
Stewart saying such a thing?

No way. Unbelievable!

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With the playoffs scheduled to open up next Tuesday I can’t find a clear cut favorite to win the world series.

The Cardinals looked closest to a sure thing two weeks ago. Now over the past two weeks their starting pitching has come apart.

Matt Morris, the ace of the staff has an ERA over 4.70 after giving up 6 runs in 4 innings Thursday to the low flying Brewers. Chris Carpenter is out of the first round with forearm miseries. Jason Marquis has struggled noticeably in September, leaving Woody Williams and Jeff Suppan as Tony La Russa’s most reliable starters.

Teams win in October with strong starting pitching. It’s not a pretty sight right now in St. Louis.

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The Dodgers have to be talking to themselves tonight. The Giants beat then 4-2 to move within
2 games of 1st place. Is it possible that the Giants
could sweep the Dodgers? Why not. Stranger
things have happened. It’s quite possible that there
will a 4th game with the Dodgers to determine
the outcome. For all the Giant fans out there you
just have to love the desire that this group has shown all year. The get an A for effort and there
could just be another miracle waiting to happen.
Shades of 1951.

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The A’s lost tonight by a score of 10 to zip. The
neat thing about baseball is that a team can lose a
laugher one day and then come back and win the
next game or 2 and take the set. Tha A’s must in Saturday. If they lose the season is done. Zito
must be in top form. One has to wonder if Mulder
is suffering from a tired arm. It happens a lot in baseball. That’s why pitch counts are important. But
arms get tired late in the season and while the mechanics look good, the velocity just isn’t there.
So, all the A’s fans let’s hope that Barry Zito can
pitch a great game saturday and prolong the season for 1 more day. The A’s still have a chance
to win the division. It won’t be easy but there is
no quit in this team. Give your best shot guys.

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Marty, One hundred and fifty -nine games behind them; a long stretch which has seen the team go from despair, with a pitching staff, both starters and bullpen, in disrepair, to cautious optimism, wondering how a team with such obvious flaws remains in contention.

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