Wednesday, April 24, 2002

A'S SET SIGHTS ON SERIES WIN

by Clive Dahlton

Oak, CA -- The team will hold optional pre-game workouts tomorrow morning before the Athletic's are set to face the Yankee's in the rubbergame. Graham wants to make sure his players don't get lazy. "The weather's warming up alot and the heat gets to you," Graham said after game two of the series. "Alot of the player's seem more focused on eye-fucking the 19 year old cutie in the on deck circle then focusing on their at-bat. We must maintain focus and composure during this critical stretch."

Zito was asked about the task of facing the stacked Yank's lineup, and replied with a simple: "I had tougher assignments in kindergarten, ya know, the finger painting stuff." Zito displays supreme confidence in his game despite up and down starts. After getting lit up in a recent start, Zito was seen on the streets of Oakland jamming away at his guitar, spotted by TMZ's crack staff of reporters. "Barry has a knack of coming up in big situations, I have absolutely no doubt he can carry us to victory," batterymate Ramon Hernandez said.

The hitting is starting to catch fire, with the A's getting production down the lineup, much the opposite of how the season began. If the pitching can come together, the oak-town boy's can make a nice stretch run to end the month and get back on track.

Tomorrow, the first 1,000 fans will recieve a Derek Jeter voodoo doll. Feel free to poke and prod the half-breed at your heart's desire.

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