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Boy, sure looks like things are starting to right themselves in Oakland...woohoo!!!
Chavez is tearing it up and Crosby is finally back and is doing what most of thought he could do...provide some pop from the right side. Kendall is doing what Billy grabbed him for...getting on base more regularly and Ginter has been effective in his second go-around with the big club. Kotsay has been in a little funk as of late, but that could be related to some back trouble and hopefully he can get over that with a couple more days off here and there. Dan Johnson seems to be coming around and has started to hit regularly and he'll have to keep that up if he has any chance of sticking when Durazo is ready to come back. Swisher has been pretty bad so far...hopefully something will click in him in the second half and he starts to put it all together...we'll just have to wait and see.
On the pitching side of things...another good start from Blanton...Haren has been great over the last month, and so has Zito. With Harden set to comeback in a week so, our rotation should be what we all thought it could be after the dust settled from the big trades this offseason. Street has been impressive but looks to be out of action for a little while but Dutchie should do just fine for the time being.
All in all, it's fun again to watch our boys take the field and maybe they can make things interesting in the second half!!!!
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