The brooms were out at AT&T Park over the weekend, it's just that they were carried by fans of the cross-bay Oakland Athletics. The A's swept the first three of the six games the two teams will play this year. (The other three are in two weeks at the Mcafee Coliseum...The A's pitching were blue chip, showing that Billy Beane knows how to pick them...The rotation was somewhat off blue chip, but very competitive. Matt Cain Struck out 11 on Saturday evening, one off his career best...Kevin Corriea came back from an oblique strain and pitched remarkably well for his first major league appearance in nearly two months...And Barry was Barry. He was in command of most of his pitches, but ended up issuing those dreader walks...The Boo Birds were out!...Now what I really think: All of these Boo Birds, many who were probably cut from their 8th grade team, I always won dered if they could do better? There are always references to the big contract--$126 million over seven years. With the All-Star game coming up in one month, maybe Manager Bruce Bochy needs to step back and look at the staff ace and say maybe that isn't the spot for him. Perhaps he would be better suited as #3, as in Oakland. The pressure would certainly be off him...Tim Lincecum, wh the staff ace, may be suited for that role...The scores of the three games were:
Friday 5-1; Saturday, 4-0; Sunday, 5-3
A look at stats: 'The Franchise:' Tim Lincecum is 3rd in the league with 92 strikeouts, and second in ERA at 1.99, not bad for someone who just two years ago was thinking about his finals at Washington...Though both Bengie Molina and Aaron Rowand have cooled a little, both are among the league leaders in batting average with .311 each. The team is going all out to get both of them voted onto the All-Star team to be played July 15th at Yankee Stadium...Good readin' and good rootin'
Keywords: A's, Giants, sweep, Tim Lincecum
