A's complete 4 game sweep of the Rangers

[bluestateguy]

Once again, the Rangers are unable to compete with a vastly superior and more polished Oakland pitching staff.



http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=250724113

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- The Oakland Athletics are back in playoff contention thanks to an impressive run.

Scott Hatteberg drove in three runs, and the streaking A's finished a four-game sweep of the Texas Rangers with an 8-3 victory Sunday.

Bobby Crosby and Mark Ellis each had three hits to help the A's extend their winning streak to six. After going 7-20 in May, they've won 26 of their last 32 to tie Minnesota for the wild-card lead and build a 4 1/2 -game edge over the Rangers for second place in the AL West.

``A lot of people doubted we could do this,'' said Crosby, who also made a diving catch with his back to the plate in short left field to end the fourth. ``It took us a while. But I'm not shocked by this. To come here and take four, I'm pretty impressed with how we're playing.''

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[proud patriot]

1. Let's go Oakland lets go

:woohoo:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

2. I used to love the A's when I lived in Oakland

That was in the glory days of Campy Campaneris, Dick Green, Rick Monday, Reggie Jackson, Joe Rudi, Sal Bando, Dave Duncan, Catfish, Vida, Fingers, and the rest. I lost interest in baseball after rich teams began buying up all the talent. But somehow it seems that the A's have had their moments through the years despite being a somewhat smaller franchise.

[maveric]

3. Sox had the "Curse of the Bambio", the Rangers have "The Curse of bu$h"

He did own them for a while.

[lpbk2713]

4. Kenny Rogers is still a punk.

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