Tuesday, June 21, 2005
THE PUMP 6/21/05
Athletics at Mariners, 7:05 Pacific (FSN Northwest, MLB.TV)
Rich Harden (2-3, 2.80 ERA) vs Joel Pineiro (2-3, 5.69)
The A's were kind enough to activate Rich Harden off the disabled list just in time to face the Mariners. Harden has been on the DL since May 14 with a strained left oblique muscle. Back on April 21 in Seattle, Harden went 7 strong innings, allowing just 5 hits and striking out 8 Mariners in the process in a 3-0 Oakland victory.
Joel Pineiro is looking for his first decision since May 8 in Boston, a 6-3 loss. As a matter of fact, Pineiro hasn't won since April 26 at Texas. Yes, there was that "10-day minor league stint" during the month of May.
Tonight is Ken Griffey, Jr. Collectible Statue Night at Safeco Field. The statue depicts Junior after his game-winning home run against the New York Yankees on August 24, 1995. Jeff Shaw has a hysterical look at the 1995 Griffey statue and the 2005 Griffey Cincinnati Reds statue. The Reds' Griffey statue looks like the bastard cousin of Lil' Penny (which Sprite completely ripped off when they made "Thirst", LeBron James' little homie).
I want my Randy Johnson statue, but that's another story.
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