I had some back door good luck of sorts with my Tribe ticket purchases out here in Oakland weekend after next.

I purchased on the first sale day and have front row field seats by our bullpen mound for Friday night and Saturday evening.

Turns out that Saturday April 21st before The Indians game the Oakland A's organization will be recognizing the 40th anniversary of the 1972 World Champions in pre-game ceremonies.

I happened to see those A's play in Cleveland a couple of times in 1972.

I'll be happy to arrive early on the 21st to watch the ceremonies.

Saw this in,of all places, the Wall Street Journal :

Josh Tomlin became the first starter since 1969 to not face a single steal attempt last season, he had enough innings to qualify for the ERA title.

In the game Monday, Alex Rios attempted to steal and, of course, failed.

Some nerve Rios had.

What makes this even more amazing is that Tomlin is a righty. His ML average is one attemptevery 47.2 batters which is 5th best , he trails only lefties and relievers who have inherent advantages.

Nice!!!

Go to like a guy that delivers the ball fast.

That's really rather amazing. Makes you think he'll make a good pitching coach some day.

My Avatar is gone, Dont know why, hope it is not an indictment of Acta.

Jeanmar Gomez has been suspended for 5 games by the MLB League Office for actions in Saturday's game at KC. He will appeal & start Sat @ OAK

J.R. wrote:Jeanmar Gomez has been suspended for 5 games by the MLB League Office for actions in Saturday's game at KC. He will appeal & start Sat @ OAK

I'm happy he is appealing. I was looking forward to see him pitch live and in person in Oakland on Saturday night. He will now be able to keep that start.

Team's doing OK, mostly against bad competiton (negative view) and despite limited contribution from some of our best players especially Masterson, Choo, Cabrera (positive view). Fortunately we keep playing the Royals. Maybe the Tigers and Yankees and Rangers and Rays aren't on our schedule until next season?

Not sure if Donna views the forum anymore.

If anyone is in contact with her, it looks like her email has been hacked.

I saw that Buck! I received an email from her at work yesterday. I haven't checked my computer at home or at the library yet.

Me too, I opened and deleted it, hope nothing is lurking.

I just got another one here, at work, a few minutes ago.

Everyone is getting them. I have got 3 so far.

Two weeks into the season and the all-star ballots are out. How dumb is that?

Not dumb at all. The (fans') all-star ballots are there to support revenue streams, not to select the most-deserving players.