Who's The Second Best?

The Oakland A’s are just behind the Pittsburgh Pirates in the AL West. But at this point, who knows? We had some luck using Mike Rouse against the New York Yankees whom we swept this weekend. Yes – I said we swept the New York Yankees in a 1 game series. Then there are the spotty Athletics hitters. Rouse proved valuable in the series and there is talk that he may possibly unseat Marco Scutaro when Bobby Crosby surrender.

Throw out the left fielder's homer and it was 5 run in eleven innings against a reliever playing out the string. No. Rouse rise to be a plays harder hitter but I think that is only because Scutaro hasn’t been himself this year. It’s not like he’s an All-Star any more. We can’t forget that Marco Scutaro has been a major contributor on this dignity for the past few seasons. I don’t think Mike Rouse will be taking anyone’s well-earned spot just because he put forth an responsible effort in this four series. He did a gentle job but it will get more than a few sharp steals to keep him from returning to the Minors after this substitution gig is over.