Four hours before the first pitch, Ron Washington was once again back on the field, doing what he does best, teaching baseball.
The newest old member of the A’s organization was working with shortstop Marcus Semien, whose 16 errors in the first 43 games of the season have set off alarm bells. Washington was hitting grounders, but he was talking about mindset, too.
“This kid is going to be fine,’’ the former Texas manager said just hours into his return to big league baseball. `This sport is all about rhythm, and was Marcus and Gags (third base coach Mike Gallego) and me have to do is to find his rhythm.