On Jackie Robinson day at Minute Maid Field Fri Aug 28th stands Houston Astros catcher Martin Maldonado, on home plate a Black Lives Matter t shirt with the Oakland A’s and Houston Astros #42 jerseys honoring Jackie Robinson. Soon after honoring Robinson the A’s and Astros walked off the field in recognition of shooting victim Jacob Blake and racial injustice in America (photo from the Houston Chronicle)

On the A’s podcast with Jeremiah:

#1  In a statement by the A’s they made it very clear before their cancelled game in Houston that Oakland is a diverse community and that in recognition of Black Lives Matter, shooting victim Jacob Blake, and racial injustice in America the A’s and Astros postponed Friday night’s game at Minute Maid Field.

#2 The A’s and Rangers were about to cancel their game on Wednesday but were able to cancel their game on Thursday. A’s second baseman Marcus Semien said that there just wasn’t enough time to cancel the game and so the A’s did play the Rangers on Wednesday but were able to cancel the game on Thursday.

#3 Semien said that after Wednesday’s game the team had a meeting in the clubhouse asking what they were going to do and they had seen other sports teams and leagues cancel their games and to shine a light on what is going on in our country.

#4 The A’s going into Saturday’s doubleheader have won six of their last eight games before postponing their next two games. The A’s did get two days rest how much of an advantage will that be for the A’s coming into Minute Maid Field against a rough and ready club like the Astros.

#5 Taking a look at today’s doubleheader pitchers for the A’s in the first game Chris Bassitt (2-1 ERA 2.97) for the Houston Astros Lance McCullers Jr (2-2 ERA 5.74) and in the night cap starting for the A’s Frankie Montas (2-2 ERA 5.22) and for the Astros Zack Greinke (1-0 ERA 2.29).

Jeremiah has the A’s podcasts every Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com