by Charlie O Mallonee

OAKLAND–I don’t find it too often when I get to tip my cap to the Giants and the A’s to have the foresight to give fans what they want and that was one last opportunity to see Giants pitcher Tim Hudson start and to see Oakland A’s pitcher Barry Zito start and obviously with the way things turned out Huddy didn’t even get in two full innings and Zito got in two full innings on Saturday.

Their careers are done they know that but from a heartfelt “were just baseball fans and we love these guys” what great moments that was to see these guys on the mound starting against each other. Again the Giants and the A’s what a fantastic way to send these guys out into their retirement years.

The fans thanked both clubs for doing that last Saturday as a fan as a reporter it was just a great thing to see and baseball teams don’t always do things right but let me tell you putting Zito and Hudson out there to match up. We know both those teams aren’t going anywhere and their not going into the playoffs but they gave the fans what they wanted last Saturday.

Charlie O has done the A’s podcast each week for http://www.sportsradioservice.com throughout the 2015 season listen to the podcast below

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