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That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary podcast: How DeMarcus fits in at Golden State; Lowrie will represent A’s at All Star game

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bleacherreport.com file photo: Former New Orleans Pelicans DeMarcus Cousins is signed up for one season with Golden State

On That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary podcast:

The Golden State Warriors knew they couldn’t leave DeMarcus Cousins out all on his lonesome so Cousins made it easy for Golden State and came to them and they both came to a shocking agreement to a $5.3 million for a season. The Warriors made a move after LeBron James made signed with the Lakers over the weekend.

Kevin Durant, who has two years left on his deal with Golden State and the second year being an option year, could leave the Warriors and such a departure would be a huge impact.

Oakland A’s Baseball Company: The A’s open a two-game homestand tonight against the San Diego Padres after coming off a 15-3 loss to Cleveland Sunday after ending a six game win streak. During the streak A’s reliever Blake Treinen who has 21 saves so far this season.

It’ll be the Padres Clayton Richard 7-7 ERA 4.29 and for the A’s starter Chris Bassitt gets the call 1-3 ERA 2.82 for tonight at the Coliseum.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Hall of Fame Museum vice president, the A’s Spanish play by play radio talent, and does News and Commentary each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Rockie Reception: Coors Field, Colorado get the best of the Giants again in 5-2 win

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By Morris Phillips

Only four hits after the first pitch of the ballgame? Not enough.

A critical, throwing error allowing the go-ahead run to score? One too many.

And Mad Bum extending his scoreless inning streak to 22 innings? Needed to be 23.

Once again, the Giants found Coors Field to be a demanding place, and the Rockies a confounding opponent in their series opening, 5-2 loss in Denver. Madison Bumgarner pitched six, scoreless innings only to run into trouble in the seventh. When the first three batters in the inning singled to load the bases, Bum was gone. The Giants 2-0 lead would be the next thing to disappear on a night when the game time temperature topped 90 degrees.

Rookie reliever Reyes Moronta walked the first batter he faced–slugger Nolan Arenado–trimming the Giants lead to 2-1. A run-scoring, double play ball came next, then Brandon Crawford’s throwing error on a routine grounder to short gave Colorado the lead.

Crawford fielded a ground ball off the bat of Ian Desmond, but threw too casually and errantly to Brandon Belt at first.

“I gave it about an 80-percent throw,” said Crawford. “One-hopper, I had time.”

“It’s about winning games while we’re out there,” Bumgarner said. “That was a tough loss. Everything was going our way early on and didn’t go our way late.”

The Giants three-game win streak was snapped with the loss, and their tenuous grip on second place in the NL West was lost as the Dodgers moved ahead the Giants by beating the Pirates, 17-1. More telling was the Giants blowing an another opportunity to win with Bumgarner starting.  They fell to 2-4 in their ace’s six starts this season, hardly the mid-season boost they were looking for.

Prior to the seventh inning, Bumgarner hadn’t allowed a run since June 16 at Los Angeles.

Gorkys Hernandez homered on the game’s first pitch off Kyle Freeland, but the Rockies and Freeland grew stinger as the game progressed. Buster Posey delivered an RBI double in the third, and that was it. With Freeland and two relievers dealing, the Giants were limited to a pair of hits the rest of the way.

The Rockies added on in the eighth as Ty Blach allowed two runs on three hits without recording an out.

The Giants swept Arizona over the weekend to get as close to the division leaders as they’ve been in months. But the Rockies envisioned themselves in the equation as well, but they slumped in June, and not played as well at home as they have on the road.

After Monday’s win, the Rockies are just 16-22 at Coors Field, but they’ve won 12 of their last 14 against the Giants in Denver.

Chris Stratton gets the ball for the Giants looking for his ninth win on Tuesday in a matchup with Anthony Senzatela, the pitcher who replaced the struggling Jon Gray in the Colorado rotation.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips: Giants getting plenty of key hits; Offense improves as SF gets six RBIs in Sunday’s finale

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sfexaminer.com file photo: San Francisco Giants lead off hitter Gorkys Hernandez had a great month of June and is in the running to make the All Star team. Hernandez who fouled a ball off his shin in Arizona will sit out tonight’s game in Colorado. The injury is day to day.

On the SF Giants podcast with Morris:

The Giants closing in on first place–now 2.5 games back after sweeping the Arizona Diamondbacks over the weekend. In Sunday’s game the Giants got six key RBIs to overcome the Diamondbacks in a 9-6 victory for the sweep. Their key hitting from Hunter Pence, Nick Hundley, Joe Panik, Bradon Crawford, Andrew McCutchen, and Gorkys Hernandez these are the players who piled it on in the series.

Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner wants to hit each time he gets a chance to come to the plate. Bumgarner leads all active pitchers with the most home runs career with 17.  Mad Bum, who never said it, but wouldn’t mind if MLB never uses the universal designated hitter.

The Giants open up a three-game series in Colorado tonight. Bumgarner (1-2) will match up against the Rockies Freeman (7-6). Can the Giants have the same success at Coors Field like they had in Arizona?

Morris Phillips does the San Francisco Giants podcasts each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: MLB Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame, Mural at the Oakland Coliseum

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Photo by Amaury Pi Gonzalez, Vice President of MLB Hispanic Heritage Museum: Mural for the MLB Hispanic Heritage Museum at the Oakland Coliseum

Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame, Mural at the Oakland Coliseum

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By: Amaury Pi-González

OAKLAND — At the Club Entrance of the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum and Hall of Fame has a mural for all fans to enjoy. The mural celebrates the 20th anniversary of the founding of the museum. In 1998 Mr. Gabriel “Tito” Avila Jr. founded the museum as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and since then, it has been traveling all across the country with exhibits at museums, Fanfest, All-Star Games and all kinds of baseball celebrations, including inductions in Major League parks of Hispanic players of all 30 teams.

“The Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum and Hall of Fame thanks Mr.Dave Kaval, President of the Oakland Athletics, for welcoming us and giving us access so this Mural can be enjoyed by thousands of baseball fans” said Avila Jr.

The colorful mural is at the Club Level entrance of the Oakland Coliseum, home of the Oakland Athletics, inside the park. The concept of the mural was captured and put into Dagoberto Blanco “Campy” Campaneris, who is arguably the best shortstop in A’s history. One of the stars during the three of the four World Series championships of the A’s in 1972, 1973 and 1974. He is one of those players the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum and Hall of Fame has honored and inducted.

The museum’s main goal is to have its permanent location here in the Bay Area, one of most culturally diverse areas in the country. As of 2018, Latino/Hispanic players in the MLB make up around 30% of all players. The main baseball countries in Latin America are Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Cuba, Puerto Rico, México, Panamá, Nicaragua, Colombia, Curazao,and there are also players from Brazil, like Yan Gomes of the Cleveland Indians.

The popularity of baseball has grown in the past decades to the point that Major League games have been played in México and Puerto Rico, Japan. Next year, the Yankees and Red Sox will play in London, England. For the first time, MLB games will be played in Europe. Baseball has become much more international and the museum specially honors the contribution of Hispanic players to the game. The Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum and Hall of Fame wants to thank Mauricio Segura, owner of Golden Bay Magazine, for bringing our concept of this mural to life. The first 20 years the museum became well-known and received recognition from commissioner Bud Selig, and the current commissioner Rob Manfred.

The A’s and the Mariners will open the 2019 season in Japan.

http://www.hispanicheritagebaseballmuseum.org/about/

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the vice president of the MLB Hispanic Heritage Museum, the play by play radio talent for the Oakland A’s, and does News and Commentary each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

MLB The Show podcast with Daniel Dullum: Former Oakland A’s pitcher Kilkenny dead at 73; Orioles pay tribute to shooting victims; Tiger coach calls clubhouse attendant “monkey” is fired

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file photo from thesocietyforamericanbaseballresearch.com: Former Oakland A’s pitcher the late Mike Kilkenny who passed away this weekend pitched for the A’s the year they won the World Series in 1972

On the MLB The Show podcast with Daniel Dullum

1 Orioles pay tribute in the press box to The Gazette shooting victims

2 Report: Tigers pitching coach fired for directing racial slur at clubhouse attendant

3 Giants take first two of weekend series in Phoenix, close gap in NL West

4 Swingin’ A’s sneak into the AL Wild Card race

5 RIP Mike Kilkenny former Oakland A’s pitcher, who passed away this weekend

Daniel Dullum does the MLB The Show podcasts each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

MLB The Show podcast with Matt Harrington: A’s Treinen just collecting saves up to 21; Yanks-Sox battle for first place tonight; Giants’ Samardjiza might end up closing

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Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Paul Blackburn (58) delivers a pitch in the first inning of their baseball game against the Cleveland Indians at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, June 29, 2018. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

On the MLB The Show podcast with Matt:

Good pitching beats good hitting everytime and the Oakland A’s reliever Blake Treinen. whose ERA is 0.89, got his 21st save in a 3-1 win over Cleveland on Friday. Treinen came in relief for A’s starter Paul Blackburn, who lasted 6.1 innings, no runs, three hits, five strike outs, and one walk.

The A’s have jelled, winning five straight and 11 of 13. They also have showed signs of improving their home record taking two of the first three from Cleveland on this current homestand where they had previously struggled at home. The A’s and Mariners are going hot–both teams with five-game win streaks and could very well give the Astros a run if they continue to win games.

The New York Yankees tied for first with a win over the Boston Red Sox on Friday with a convincing 8-1 win behind the pitching effort of CC Sabthia. The Yanks and Sox continue the series tonight.

Finally, the Giants are considering using veteran Jeff Samardzjia as a closer. Samardzjia is coming back from pectoral tightness and might fill a void as the Giants’ closers have coughed up loses that put the Giants in second for the most blown saves in the big leagues this season.

Matt Harrington does the MLB The Show podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Oakland A’s podcast with Joey Friedman: A’s could be dealing the big names

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file photo by beyond the boxscore: Sean Manaea Oakland A’s starter threw a six inning game giving up two runs. The A’s open up against Cleveland tonight

On the A’s podcast with Joey:

Will the A’s shop third baseman Jed Lowrie, outfielder Khris Davis, or catcher Jonathan Lucroy before the trade deadline? The A’s are rolling. They’ve won four straight in a sweep over the Detroit Tigers. Although, they’re 10.5 games out. They’re just seven games back for a wild card berth.

A’s starter Sean Manaea had a good outing on Thursday, going six innings, five hits, two runs, one walk and two strikeouts. Although, pitcher Paul Blackburn had a rough outing in his last pitching appearance in Chicago, A’s pitching coach Scott Emerson likes what he can do. He saw him throwing his best stuff in the bullpen and he’ll get another start against Cleveland tonight at the Coliseum.

Joey does the A’s podcasts each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca and Morris Phillips: Can Giants play as well on the road as they do at home?

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larrybrownsports.com photo file: San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy would like to get the club’s road record up to .500 by season’s end

On the SF Giants podcast with Michael and Morris:

The San Francisco Giants are now 26-13 at home and the old saying goes if you win two out of three at home and play .500 on the road, you should do alright well the Giants haven’t played .500 on the road the Giants are 16-26 on the road.

If the Giants had played .500 on the road, they would be in first place. Right now, that’s how well they’re doing at home. What’s interesting is why would a veteran team such as the Giants have such disparity in what their doing at home than what they’re doing on the road?

Manager Bruce Bochy scratching his head after the game last night was asked with his veterans should have had better results with the team he has on the road and play maybe a little closer to what their doing on the road. The Giants are on pace to lose 50 road games and they’re on pace to win 50 or 51 home games.

Join Michael and Morris for the Giants podcast at http://www.sportsradioservice.com each week

Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: A’s shuttling players back and forth from Nashville; A’s have an offense that can be improved

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On the A’s podcast with Jerry:

How do the A’s find ways to continue to replace injured players going to Nashville and back to Oakland again and still win games? They were down six runs and came back to beat the Detroit Tigers 9-7 on Tuesday night.

Jed Lowrie was key in the win with a bloop single in the ninth inning, which Lowrie would steal a base then come in and score to win it for the A’s. Lowrie’s had some great at-bats this season. The question is will the A’s trade Lowrie and get some value for him before the trade deadline in July?

Jerry Feitelberg does the A’s podcasts each Thursday for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Crawford’s key to Giants making postseason; Crawford heading for an MVP and All Star game

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On the SF Giants podcast with Marko:

What a season for San Francisco Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford, who hit an eighth inning bloop single that put him on the bases to later steal a base, and then scored the go-ahead run to help San Francisco get by the Colorado Rockies at AT&T Park 3-2 on Tuesday night.

Crawford has been proving it all year and he’s earned a spot on the NL All-Star Game starting lineup for top vote getter leading as of today by 800,000 votes ahead of all NL second basemen in the running for the starting position.

The Giants’ third baseman Evan Longoria, who had hand surgery, is now doing physical therapy and Longoria is still expected to be back in six to eight weeks. Also, Giants pitcher Jeff Samardzija is expected to return to San Francisco soon.

Samardzija suffered shoulder tightness pitched in Triple-A Sacramento, throwing 88 pitches, six runs, seven hits, and two walks, and four innings of work. Marko says this was 88 pitches that gave Samardzija a chance to work on a few things.

Marko Ukalovic does the Giants podcast at http://www.sportsradioservice.com each Wednesday