Brightsiding It

In our ongoing effort to enjoy the A's, we're going to focus on several positives from the series at Yankee Stadium.  Sure, it's not fun to lose 3 of 4.  But there were some things we really enjoyed about the series. 

For one, we loved listening to Ray Fosse call people out.  After the 5th inning of Friday's game when Joba Chamberlain totally overreacted to a couple of strikeouts, Ray said "that is not how you act."  Particularly because he had created the jam himself with a couple of walks.  (Glen told him to act like he's been there before.)  Later in Friday's game, he even told the Yankees to "swing the bat like a man" which is a great thing to say to the Yankees.  He also called out NY Post writer Peter King for
calling the A's pathetic.  On Saturday, the home plate umpire was driving Ray crazy by giving Andy Pettitte the outside part of the plate but not doing Gio the same favor.  You could tell, Ray just wanted to go after that ump.  We love hearing him stick up for the A's that he loves so much.  Especially since defending the A's can be so hard sometimes.  And it was great to be reminded that the A's are going win lots of games at Yankee Stadium in the coming years. 

For two, we were really nervous about Gio's start.  We didn't have any confidence in him after that awful start at the Coliseum versus the Twins.  But we hadn't realized that he hadn't pitched in like 2 weeks.  And much to our surprise, he was by far the best A to start a game in the whole series.  Great job, Gio!

For three, we love the A's Rootbeer Float Day Commercials.  Rajai continues to amuse us to no end.  We are glad he is an A.

For four, Rickey's speech was glorious.  From beginning to end, it was hilarious and sweet and humble and great.  More than we ever could have asked for or expected.   

So that was the weekend from the brightside.  We are going to use our positive attitude to will the A's to win some games in Boston this week.

Go Oakland!

p.s. One thing we can't put a happy spin on from last weekend is G-Force.  It is God awful.  Secret agent guinea pigs seemed like a sure thing to us, but avoid it if you can.