| | Jairo G - err, I mean Santiago Casilla, Antonio Perez, and Mark Kotsay. |
| | | Chavvy watches the progress of a flyball. |
| | | Milton Bradley taking some fierce practice swings. |
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| | Keith Ginter in a place we never saw him last year - on base. |
| | | Adam Melhuse makes strange faces when he takes pitches. |
| | | Swish keeps his mouth busy even when there's no one on 1B for him to talk to. |
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| | Wash congrats Scott McClain, this years' Koonce/Cust-style AAAA slugger. |
| | | Cliff Pennington grins as teammates rib him on a cheapy infield hit. |
| | | Wash gives Pennington the stop sign at 3B. |
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| | Bobby Crosby stretching and joying the companionship of Milton Bradley. |
| | | Jason Kendall waits for the game to begin. |
| | | Chavvy making faces in the on-deck circle. |
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| | A throw too high and too late to catch Crosby at first base. |
| | | | Joe Blanton releasing a pitch against the Rangers. |
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| | Dan Johnson lets a warm-up throw fly. |
| | | North Carolina boy Freddie Bynum makes a play near second base. |
| | | Bradley unleashes his lovely swing. |
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| | DJ tries to hold fast against an inside pitch. |
| | | Chatty Chavvy giving one of his frequent smiles. |
| | | Familiar sight from 2005 - Kendall flailing. |
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| | Mike Rouse strives to corall a wild throw from Kendall. |
| | | Kentucky Joe contemplating his outing. |
| | | Bradley is one mean looking #$!~$*#. I like it. |
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| | Lefty John Rheinecker trying to prove he's ready to head to Oakland. |
| | | DJ reels in a catch to make the play at first. |
| | | Chavvy airborne enroute to his second error of the day. |
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| | If there is a heaven, this is what it looks like. |
| | | Chavvy gets a high five from Wash as he completes his HR trot. |
| | | Bradley cruises into second base on a solid double. |
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| | Sacramento-bound Randy Keisler throws to Jeremy Brown in the pen. |
| | | Bobby Crosby scratches into a groundout... |
| | | ...and looks displeased afterwards. |
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| | Kurt Suzuki looks into the bench to get his pitch selection. |
| | | Pennington makes a nice throw to catch the runner at third. |
| | | "The Hawaiian Punch-Out," Shane Komine. |
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| | Umpire watches Freddie Bynum's leaping attempt to throw out a Brewers batter. |
| | | Pennington turns the double play. |
| | | For all his effort, Penny can't reach this base hit. |
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| | Pennington focused on getting the second out at first base. |
| | | Rich Harden warming up in the bullpen... |
| | | ...and throwing against the Royals... |
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| | | Crosby rounds 3rd as Melhuse heads to first on his RBI hit. |
| | | Melhuse is a dead duck trying to tag up and reach third base on a fly out. |
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| | Mark Ellis' signature move - licking his first two fingers before every pitch. |
| | | Former A's farmhand Esteban German turns a double play above a sliding Perez. |
| | | Daric Barton watches Mark Ellis attempt ot handle a rough throw from Kendall. |
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| | Dan Meyer grimaces after a challenging inning. |
| | | Swish glances into the crowd. |
| | | Alex Gordon, 2nd pick of the 2005 draft, makes a diving attempt at stealing 2B.. |
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| | ...but Antonio Perez takes the throw in time to tag him out. |
| | | Perez stretches to pull in a wild throw too late to catch a base stealer. |
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