OAKLAND A's OWNER MODE 2005 (playoff time, check it out)

[rolliefingers08]

currently 3.5 GB.

in the same game against KC, barry zito had a no hitter until the 7th (walk in the 3rd) and dan johnson was a double away from hitting for the cycle.

he ended up getting thrown out at 2nd in the 9th trying to stretch an OF single into a double.

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released juan cruz after he blew 4 3-run leads in the 6th and 7th inning. i just cannot pitch well with that guy for some reason, and i didnt feel like paying him anymore for that garbage.

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very very close to handing over the closer's job to jc romero. dotel has blown 4 of his last 6 save opportunities and right now i just dont need that. currently tied with the mariners for the AL west lead after taking 2 of 3 from them and the rangers.

sent mike cuddyer down and called up huston street now that the river cats season is over.

kirk saarloos is going to remain on the staff as a long reliever after filling in for oliver perez who missed 2 starts.

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current roster

Starting Lineup

C - Jason Kendall

1B - Lyle Overbay

2B - Alfonso Soriano

SS - Bobby Crosby

3B - Eric Chavez

LF - Eric Byrnes (vs. R)/Lance Berkman (vs. L)

CF - Coco Crisp

RF - Charles Thomas (vs. R)/Eric Byrnes (vs. L)

DH - Lance Berkman (vs. R)/Nick Swisher (vs. L)

Bench

1B - Dan Johnson

C - Robbie Hammock

3B/OF - Casey Blake

2B - Marco Scutaro

AAA

Mike Cuddyer

Adam Morrissey

Matt Watson

Starting Rotation

Barry Zito - L

Rich Harden - R

Oliver Perez - L

Danny Haren - R

Joe Blanton - R

Bullpen

Long - Kirk Saarloos

Middle - Huston Street

Middle - Chad Bradford

Middle - Jairo Garcia ®

Setup - JC Romero (L)

Closer - Octavio Dotel ®

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sporting the 64 kansas city a's unis, jason kendall hit a walkoff shot in the bottom of the 9th off kelvim escobar to win the game 1-0.

escobar and oliver perez both went the distance in one of the best games all year.

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end of the regular season.

PLAYOFF TEAMS

Red Sox

Yankees (WC) (lost to bosox in a tiebreaker game, ahead of seattle by 0.5)

Tigers

Athletics (beat SEA by 3 games)

Giants

Cardinals

Astros (WC)

Mets

MVPs

AL - Manny Ramirez (BOS)

NL - Bobby Abreu (PHI)

CY YOUNG

AL - Barry Zito (OAK)

NL - John Smoltz (ATL)

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

AL - S Brassard (TOR) (I think this is Gabe Gross)

NL - D Acosta (COL) (who?)

RELIEF MAN OF THE YEAR

AL - Octavio Dotel (OAK) (43 saves)

NL - J Riedling (FLA) (48 saves)

SILVER SLUGGERS

AL DH - David Ortiz (BOS)

C - Ivan Rodriguez (DET)

1B - Jason Giambi (NYY)

2B - Alfonso Soriano (TEX/TB/OAK)

3B - Alex Rodriguez (NYY)

SS - Derek Jeter (NYY)

OF - Manny Ramirez (BOS)

OF - Johnny Damon (BOS)

OF - Lance Berkman (OAK)

NL P - John Thomson (ATL)

C - Mike Piazza (NYM)

1B - Todd Helton (COL)

2B - Kaz Matsui (NYM)

3B - Scott Rolen (STL)

SS - Omar Vizquel (SF)

OF - Bobby Abreu (PHI)

OF - Barry Bonds (SF)

OF - Carlos Beltran (NYM)

GOLD GLOVES

AL P - Brian Anderson (KC)

C - Ivan Rodriguez (DET)

1B - Darin Erstad (ANA)

2B - Roberto Alomar (TB)

3B - Eric Chavez (OAK)

SS - Orlando Cabrera (ANA)

OF - Steve Finley (ANA)

OF - Carl Crawford (TB/TEX)

OF - Torii Hunter (MIN)

NL P - Tom Glavine (NYM)

C - Mike Matheny (SF)

1B - J.T. Snow (SF)

2B - Craig Counsell (ARI)

3B - Scott Rolen (STL)

SS - Omar Vizquel (SF)

OF - Larry Walker (STL)

OF - Mike Cameron (NYM)

OF - Andruw Jones (ATL)

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A's FINAL STATS 2005

G / AB / H / AVG / HR / RBI / R / SB

D. Johnson - 33 / 57 / 20 / .351 / 4 / 18 / 13 / 4

L. Overbay - 156 / 538 / 167 / .310 / 15 / 54 / 76 / 4

M. Scutaro - 79 / 219 / 63 / .288 / 4 / 22 / 19 / 8

A. Soriano - 153 / 649 / 196 / .302 / 25 / 81 / 97 / 36

E. Chavez - 101 / 380 / 108 / .284 / 20 / 62 / 72 / 8

M. Cuddyer - 75 / 247 / 68 / .275 / 9 / 33 / 25 / 2

R. Hammock - 86 / 286 / 74 / .259 / 3 / 33 / 26 / 1

J. Kendall - 139 / 513 / 145 / .283 / 14 / 64 / 60 / 20

C. Crisp - 155 / 605 / 176 / 176 / .291 / 14 / 80 / 90 / 79

L. Berkman - 160 / 588 / 205 / .349 / 40 / 106 / 106 / 6

E. Byrnes - 132 / 469 / 129 / .281 / 29 / 73 / 70 / 33

C. Thomas - 78 / 218 / 74 / .339 / 9 / 30 / 39 / 34

N. Swisher - 84 / 218 / 61 / .280 / 6 / 30 / 21 / 5

B. Crosby - 152 / 523 / 168 / .321 / 23 / 83 / 77 / 20

G / IP / W - L / ERA / K

B. Zito - 40 / 268.0 / 19 - 11 / 2.55 / 215

R. Harden - 34 / 209.2 / 16 - 2 / 3.01 / 106

O. Perez - 30 / 192.0 / 12 - 10 / 2.95 / 144

D. Haren - 30 / 168.0 / 11 - 8 / 4.13 / 86

J. Blanton - 28 / 142.1 / 9 - 8 / 3.54 / 76

O. Dotel - 62 / 63.1 / 2 - 5 / 2.84 / 51 / 43 saves

J. Romero - 56 / 80.1 / 8 - 4 / 1.57 / 75 / 6 saves (should have been the relief man of the year, imo)

C. Bradford - 58 / 110.0 / 15 - 2 / 2.37 / 54 / 1 save

J. Garcia - 56 / 100.0 / 11 - 0 / 3.42 / 76 / 1 save

H. Street - 5 / 9.2 / 0 - 0 / 2.79 / 11

Clutch hitters/go to guys: Bobby Crosby, Lyle Overbay, Eric Byrnes

MVP - Eric Byrnes

Top bench player - Mike Cuddyer

Bullpen MVP - J.C. Romero

[rolliefingers08]

ALDS: took a 2-0 lead to NY and ended up being taken to game 5, but there's no Giambi to mess it up and I won the series 3-2.

ALCS: a 1-0 lead faded quickly, down 3-1, winning game 5, but then losing game 6 thanks to a CG from Curt Schilling.

New thread will be started for me next season.