--RHP Andrew Bailey is from New Jersey and attended Wagner College on Staten Island, so he had many friends and relatives at the A's series in New York. "I heard them when I was running out to the bullpen," the rookie told the San Francisco Chronicle. "They started an 'An-drew Bail-ey' chant and some of the Yankee fans joined in. What a great experience."
--RHP Dan Giese has allowed walk-off home runs in two of the A's past four games, a two-run shot by Lyle Overbay in the 12th inning Saturday in Toronto and Melky Cabrera's two-run homer in the 14th on Wednesday in New York. "Coming to a new team, you want to establish yourself," Giese said. "Getting two losses on the road is not a good way to do that, but those are tough situations to come into." --Oakland's Monday rainout at Yankee Stadium will be made up on July 23, which had been scheduled as a travel day for the A's. Because Oakland will be playing in 28 consecutive games as a result of the rescheduled contest, the A's players had to vote to OK it. Union rules prohibit teams from playing more than 20 consecutive games. In addition, the game postponed in Anaheim after Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart was killed in a car accident will be replayed on Aug. 27.
BY THE NUMBERS: 3 -- Home runs hit by the A's in the first 12 games of the season, the fewest in the majors. Former Oakland infielder Marco Scutaro hit four home runs in the first 12 games.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "The strangest thing was coming up to the plate and seeing (Jason) Varitek there behind the plate. The last time we did that was in college (at Georgia Tech) in an intrasquad game." -- A's infielder Nomar Garciaparra after facing his former team, the Red Sox, for the first time.
