Happy Fourth of July Athletics Nation! Let freedom ring!
We got an excellent chance at seeing what rookie righty Joey Estes has to offer when he dominated the Angels last night during his “Maddux” like performance. Finishing off a complete game under 100 pitches is fairly rare in today’s game, and even rarer for a rookie. Manager Mark Kotsay has come under a lot of fire this year for the way he manages the bullpen but he deserves credit for allowing Estes the chance to finish this one out. Granted, if the score was close we could reasonably have expected Mason Miller to take over for at least the ninth inning save opportunity.