A’s are back baby!

Now we are talking. As customary here at Bay Area Scores, we don’t start writing recaps until they win their first game. So, to briefly talk about opening night, it was disappointing but almost expected. The bad news was, we didn’t score, only had 3 hits and lost the game, the good news is, you knew they were gonna come out and swing the bat on Tuesday.

Swing the bat is what they did. Giambi, Cust, Sweeny all had 3 hits and the A’s finally scored some runs in route to a 6-4 victory over the Angels. Trevor Cahill made his A’s debut and the kid looked a little flustered out there, but who wouldn’t be, friends and family in the stands, first big league game, but hey, he was a battler and got through 5 innings with only 2 ER runs.

The most improved A’s lineup does have a different feeling than years past, when you had to put your hopes and dreams into Jack Cust to make things happen. Last night, as you can see, the A’s have a number of guys that can hit the ball.

I’m excited… I really think this A’s team is as good as the Angels (even more so because all the Angels pitchers are hurt). I think we will be in the hunt for an AL west title this year, especially if we can stay healthy (Holliday sat out tuesday because he is sick… I didn’t realize he was such a pussy). Well, the A’s are 1-1 and have Dana ‘don’t call me fat’ Eveland going for them tonight.

Slick Predicts: A’s double up the Angels… I think fatty Jr. does a good job and the A’s bats continue to swing, A’s win 8-4.

The Dirty Warrior

Goodbye Anthony Randolph, hello Dirty Warrior. We’ve seen impoved play by the rookie forward for the better part of the past few weeks, yet we’ve never seen him put all his qualities on display in one single game. Well, I think last night we got a pretty good glimpse of the total package, which was filthy. Randolph simply kept the Warriors in the game for stretches at a time. His energy, shot blocking and finishing around the rim is really impressive.

There is one thing that is a little concerning however… it seems to me that even though he is a quick jumper (a la lot of blocks), on the offense of zone it doesn’t look like he has much lift? Even his dunks, it doesn’t look like he is really getting up that high. I know a couple games ago we saw him on the break away take off for a dunk and he ended up being like 2 feet short because he had no lift. Maybe he’s tired? Who knows, but hopefully as he gets stronger his jumping gets a little more consistent. A 6′11″ athlete like himself should be skying above the others.

Anyways, the dubs lost, which is fine, I’m more concerned with watching our young guys play anyways so we can access next year. I wish Brandon Wright was around, would love to watch him get a bunch of playing time. Maggette had a good game too, he is a dope 6 man. 6 man of year next season.

Warriors season in free fall

Yes the season has been over for sometime now, but the energy and excitement that Monta Ellis brought back had really made the season enjoyable again. Now that he is shelved again, plus a pathetically gay loss to the Clippers and now a loss at home to the Bobcats… The dubs are officially back to their free fall they started earlier this season.

Don Nelson gave Jamal Crawford the night off in an attempt to give Cj, Morrow and Belinelli more playing time. This didn’t work out really well, as all 3 of those guys didn’t do a damn thing. Sunday vs. the Jazz Nelson plans on sitting Stephen Jackson, next week its Andris and sometime soon Maggette will be getting his night off.

Well, with the loss, the Warriors get a little closer to trying to get the number 1 pick. The chance of getting it is very slim and even if the Warriors somehow did end up with the worst record, its almost a guarantee they wouldn’t get it either so… yeah. Looking ahead at the draft, the only guy I could really see us wanting is Blake Griffen. Besides him, I don’t think there are many impact players that could come to the dubs and make a difference.

49ers sign a couple

The 49ers were pretty quick in a few signings today. The niners brought back Moran Norris at FB and resigned Takeo Spikes and Allan Rossum. I like all 3 signings. I liked Norris when he was with the niners, he is a beast of a blocker. Spikes is great too, had a good year last year and despite being 50 years old can still play. Same goes for Rossum, who was a great little kick returned last year. So far a good start.

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