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Monday, July 8, 2007
All-Star announcements were made today and we have two pitchers -- Rich Harden and Huston Street -- heading across the Bay for the festivities. All indications are that Jim Leyland will name Harden as the starter for the American League. Nice to see what Rich can do when healthy.
We finished the first half 49-39, tied for first place with Seattle for the lead in the AL West. We're 3.0 behind the Yankees for the Wild Card.
I understand we have a Kurt Suzuki fan out there in the blogosphere. I'm sure "Green & Gold Heart" is excited to see that Kurt was called up to the Majors last week. Suzuki will be up for more than just a cup of coffee... Bob Geren, a former big league catcher himself, has already penciled Kurt in the lineup ahead of Jason Kendall since the callup.
Here's a quick look at our lineup and stats heading into the All-Star break:
CF Jermaine Mitchell - .299, .354 OBP, 15 SB, 44 R
C Kurt Suzuki - .381, 5 RBI
1B Daric Barton - .280, 1 HR, 4 RBI
LF Nick Swisher - .256, 21 HR, 55 RBI, .531 SLG, .894 OPS
RF Travis Buck - .287, 11 HR, 22 2B, 52 RBI
DH Jason Stokes - .256, 12 HR, 47 RBI
3B Eric Chavez - .260, 12 HR, 46 RBI
SS Bobby Crosby - .263, 13 HR, 49 RBI
2B Mark Ellis - .224, 5 HR/2B Todd Walker - .284, 24 R
SP1 Rich Harden - 11-4, 2.79
SP2 Dan Haren - 8-7, 3.49
SP3 Chad Gaudin - 5-2, 2.90
SP4 Tim Lincecum - 4-4, 4.80
CL Huston Street - 19 Sv, 2.92
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