Crocodile Tears

Poor Francisco Rodriguez. You just blew the game as you pouted over not getting your slider called a strike.

For all the times "Frankie" has screamed on the mound and pounded his chest, there are instances like these which show how lame of an act he is. According to the AP report of this game, Rodriguez talked about the failure in catching the return throw from Catcher Jose Molina:

"A 5-year-old could have caught it," said Rodriguez, who was charged with an error. "I should have caught the ball. It's unfortunate that we lost the game like that, but what can you do?"

Uhm, I don't know "Frankie," take fielding lessons from a five year old?

From the A's perspective, this game is not won unless Jay Payton homers in the bottom of the seventh and Joe Kennedy pitches the sixth for those two events helped Brandon Donnelly to spiral out of control.

Once Payton hit his homer, Donnelly started to complain that Kennedy, the only left-hander to pitch in the game, caused a divot in the mound which made his ankle twist when he served up the meatball to Payton. Scioscia, the trainer, and the groundscrew came out and after that, Donnelly began to give up hit after hit until Chavez slammed a 3-run homer. Seems to me that Mickey Mouse Baseball backfired on Scioscia's crew...