ANAHEIM -Just off the disabled list, Kendall Graveman dashed right into potential harm with one of the more spectacular defensive plays the A’s have turned in since Josh Donaldson’s memorable leap over the tarp for a foul ball in 2013.
Donaldson, though, is an everyday position player, while Graveman is a starting pitcher, and it’s not often you see one of those record an unassisted double play, especially the way Graveman pulled it off Thursday at Angel Stadium in Oakland’s 2-1 loss.
It was the first unassisted double play by an Oakland pitcher since Blue Moon Odom had one on July 11, 1971, also against the Angels; coincidentally, Odom was at Angel Stadium on Thursday chatting with A’s players and coaches before the game.