[Mick]

More Oakland A's trivia.  Dallas Braden famously threw a perfect game on Mother's Day - May 9, 2010.  Oakland won 4-0 over the Tampa Bay Rays.  Who grounded out to shortstop for the 27th and final out of the game?  Hint - there is a Giants connection.

Longoria?

Kapler

You got it Mick.  Kapler was batting 9th and playing RF.  Longoria was also in the line-up, but batting 4th.

Apropos of nothing, also in the lineup for the A's that day was Rajai Davis, another SF Giants miss, this one by Sabean. He was basically the perfect fourth outfielder. We got him from the Pirates, he had an excellent year in 2007 for the Giants (.282/.363/.380/.743), he could run (17 SBs, 4 CS), didn't strike out much (25 K's in 162 plate appearances). Had a 14 year career, led the league in steals as a 35 year old, 415 SBs in career. First game with the Giants, stole a base and threw out a runner from CF. Filled in for Bonds and Dave Roberts when needed. Considerably better range than the typical CF and way better than any corner outfielder. Second among NL rookies in stolen bases to Chris Young, who had 3x as many ABs.

He had a slow start the next year, mainly as a pinch-hitter and Sabean waived him, A's picked him up. Year after that, he hit .305 in 390 ABs for the A's.

[Mick]

More Oakland A's trivia.  Dallas Braden famously threw a perfect game on Mother's Day - May 9, 2010.  Oakland won 4-0 over the Tampa Bay Rays.  Who grounded out to shortstop for the 27th and final out of the game?  Hint - there is a Giants connection.

Longoria?

Kapler

You got it Mick.  Kapler was batting 9th and playing RF.  Longoria was also in the line-up, but batting 4th.

Apropos of nothing, also in the lineup for the A's that day was Rajai Davis, another SF Giants miss, this one by Sabean. He was basically the perfect fourth outfielder. We got him from the Pirates, he had an excellent year in 2007 for the Giants (.282/.363/.380/.743), he could run (17 SBs, 4 CS), didn't strike out much (25 K's in 162 plate appearances). Had a 14 year career, led the league in steals as a 35 year old, 415 SBs in career. First game with the Giants, stole a base and threw out a runner from CF. Filled in for Bonds and Dave Roberts when needed. Considerably better range than the typical CF and way better than any corner outfielder. Second among NL rookies in stolen bases to Chris Young, who had 3x as many ABs.

He had a slow start the next year, mainly as a pinch-hitter and Sabean waived him, A's picked him up. Year after that, he hit .305 in 390 ABs for the A's.