1. What? Bobby Crosby is on the DL now? It was just a week or two ago when I read an article online in which he was referred to as the A’s “Iron Man.” Unfortunatley, there is no such thing on this Oakland A’s team. The other two players who have played almost as much as Crosby has (and will pass him on the games played list this week) are Daric Barton and Jack Cust with 83 games played apiece.

2. Don’t look now, but Joe Blanton has actually won two of his last three starts. In each of the wins, he went seven innings and gave up one earned run. If he keeps up this two out of three performance, he could get his ERA into the low 4’s and maybe even reach 10 wins.

3. In the battle of players who were traded for each other, Ryan Sweeney held his own against Nick Swisher with a 4-for-13 (.308) series, with one homer, two RBI, a pair of walks, a run scored, and a stolen base.  Swisher went 2-for-13 (.154) with one home run, one RBI, two walks, and three runs scored.

I guess with the runs scored combined with RBI you could say Swisher had the edge, but Ryan was on base more and therefore had more success at the plate. Slight advantage – Sweeney!

4. It’s back home for the A’s and I’m a little sad as I didnt’ take advatage of them being in the same time zone as me and watch very many games. I’m sure the A’s are glad to be home for an AL West showdown before the break though, so I won’t whine too much.

Go A’s!