Mark Mulder, Freddy Garcia, and a Digital Camera

by Geoff Young on Jul 07, 2001

  • How about Mark Mulder. One Danny Bautista single away from perfection. Didn’t go to a three-ball count all night. Mighty impressive. The A’s won the game, 3-0. Hypothetical question: If one of the Diamondbacks breaks up the no-hitter with a bunt, and that leads to four runs and an Arizona victory, does Bob Brenly rip whoever bunted a new one? Maybe it’s the Padre fan in me but I’m hoping to see that scenario at some point this season. That and Randy Johnson having to stay in the game to bat after he nails the opposing pitcher.
  • Freddy Garcia looked awfully good, too. His ERA is down to 3.18, sixth in the American League. What’s scary is that he’s only 24 years old. Heck, Mulder’s only 23. There are a lot of really good young pitchers coming into the AL right now: Ramon Ortiz, Sidney Ponson, Mark Buehrle, Kip Wells, Bartolo Colon, C.C. Sabathia, Jeff Weaver, Dan Reichert, Joe Mays, Eric Milton, Tim Hudson, Mulder, Barry Zito, Garcia, to name a few.
    Raise your hand if you though Torii Hunter would be leading a big-league team atop its division at the All-Star break in home runs. Okay, I guess Corey Koskie knocked one out the other day, so now they’re tied at 12. Doug Mientkiewicz is right behind them with 11. Hunter, Koskie, Mientkiewicz. How in the heck is Minnesota 53 and 32?
  • Finally got the digital camera working. That’s the good news. The bad news is I don’t have any baseball pix to show you. But if you want to see what I have up, here’s a picture of my dogs Smitty and Toby. Smitty’s the one in front with the toy. I also have a picture of some Star Trek action figures we play with at work. If nothing else, now you know I have a life outside of baseball…

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