contracostatimes.com - 8/22/2008
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OAKLAND _ The Oakland A's Thursday placed right-handed pitcher Justin Duchscherer on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to Aug. 19 with a strained hip and right-handed pitcher Sean Gallagher on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to Aug. 20 with shoulder fatigue. To take their spots on the roster, the A's have recalled left-handed pitchers Dana Eveland and Dan Meyer from Triple-A ...
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Baseball Today: Friday, August 22
Projo Sox Blog —
... YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? Not many Oakland fans have the same view of the sliding A's as Billy Beane, who says, "to go from where we were this time last year to where we are now is amazing." (San Francisco Chronicle) He means that in a good way, incidentally, because he's talking about the amount of young talent now in the system as compared to last year . . . and many baseball folks agree with him.
LEFT, LEFT, LEFT-LEFT-LEFT: The A's now have an all-southpaw starting rotation. (Costa Contra Times) Pinto doesn't think it will work out too ...
Pack Em In (heh) Daily "Linkin' Logs" (8/22/08)
The Bad News Bloggers —
... This is simply fascinating. Apparently, the A's are going with an all lefty rotation. Its pretty much luck of the draw, but it will certainly make the Mariners regret releasing Richie Sexson ...
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