Royals series review

Well that certainly wasn't the series outcome I expected going into a home series against the Royals with a four-game winning streak.

Granted, these Royals are better than the usual Royals. These Royals aren't even the AL Central cellar-dwellers. That honor goes to the White Sox... the team the A's swept going into this series. But these Royals are still supposedly worse than the A's.

I definitely had my hopes up too high for Dan Meyer. Really, my hopes were so high he probably couldn't even see them with the naked eye. His performance was pretty ugly, and it got him a ticket straight back to Sacramento the next day.

Chad Gaudin was next, and after having his first good post-All Star break start his last time out, he was back to his yucky form, giving up five runs in six innings and watching his ERA climb to 4.25. By season's end, we're going to look at his 2007 line and forget that he was a potential All Star back in July.

At least Lenny DiNardo was able to keep it from being a sweep. Really though, what the hell was that? Eight innings and one run? That is something good pitchers do, not "I was claimed off waivers right before spring training" guy. We'll take it, but we're not going to understand it.

The A's are on their longest flight of the season tonight, as they have to fly from Oakland all the way to the Great White North. This is what Rev. HaloFan likes to call the road trip of "concrete hell" (or something to that effect), as after three games in Toronto, the A's get a four game series in Tampa. At least Mark Kotsay is already on the DL this time.

Go A's!!!