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Oakland made two moves on Thursday and made history twice. The A's placed starters Justin Duchscherer and Sean Gallagher on the disabled list, making 23 DL uses this season, an Oakland record that represents 693 games missed through Thursday. At the same time, Dana Eveland and Dan Meyer came up from Triple-A Sacramento to fill in - giving Oakland its first-ever all-left-handed five-man rotation. The A's had a four-man lefty rotation in 1973, with Vida Blue, Ken Holtzman, Paul Lindblad and Darold Knowles starting a 13-game stretch.

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Greg Smith, AP Greg Smith, AP
August 22, 2008  08:15 AM ET

Umm... cool? I guess...

August 22, 2008  08:19 AM ET

Hopefully they get the Yankees a few more times. They are bad against southpaws.

August 22, 2008  08:24 AM ET

Hopefully they get the Yankees a few more times. They are bad against southpaws.

Ironfinch | 08/22/08, 08:19 AM
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Kinda pretty sure they've been bad against everyone lately.

August 22, 2008  09:18 AM ET

Dear A's:

Stop playing baseball

August 22, 2008  09:42 AM ET

sean gallagher on the dl. meanwhile, harden has a sub-2 era and gaudin has 4 wins out of the bullpen for the cubbies. thanks, billy beane.

August 22, 2008  10:14 AM ET

Not much going on for moneyball this year...

August 22, 2008  10:15 AM ET

Did someone bring Finley back to life? How much weirder can it get in Oakland these days ...

August 22, 2008  11:46 AM ET

I tried to go "lefty" once - found out you can't get a good arse wiping lefthanded - too much residue !!!

August 22, 2008  12:45 PM ET

So far, dealing Haren and Harden seems to have benefited the D-Backs and Cubs more than it has Oakland.

Maybe Beane should have dealt Duchscherer before the trade deadline?

August 22, 2008  03:33 PM ET

...who cares?...

August 22, 2008  04:13 PM ET

Indeed. But if I had to have a triple-A rotation of all righties or all lefties, I'd pick the portsiders.

 
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