Rattling the Lumber

So the A's have gone off on a "Bunyan-esque" rampage since the return of Eric Chavez; that doesn't mean that they won't struggle against the soft-tossing Chen tonight, but it gives hope that Crosby is out of his slump.

When Crosby came back from his April rib injury, he was inserted into the third spot, allowing Chavez to get more comfortable in RBI situations. But after a torrid June, Crosby started to decline and until last week, he had not homered in 100+ ab's.

Well yesterday, Bobby homered again and although he may be on the rise, the fact is his "swing harder, every time" approach is very troublesome. I hope that he has learned from what caused him to wear down over the season last year was not so much the amount of playing time, but the effort he put into every swing.

We need him to go for the gaps, not the fences. Tonight, it would be nice to see Bobby oblige.