Ziegler extends record, Ellis ties one: A’s still swept by Royals

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Ziegler extends record, Ellis ties one: A’s still swept by Royals
RdrRob RdrRob posted 7/31/2008 from as.sportsbloggingnetwork.com [flag]
Even when things seem to go right for the A’s lately, something goes terribly wrong and they add to their mounting deficit of games that they trail the Angels and the Red Sox. Records were broken and tied Wednesday, reports about Frank Thomas coming back this week along with Keith Foulke’s eminent return would seem to bode well for this struggling team, but it turns out to be all for naught… [link]

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