OAKLAND – Bruce Bochy couldn’t resist the chance to play a joke on bench coach Ron Wotus. He handed him a lineup card Sunday morning without Jarrett Parker’s name on it.
The (censored) reaction?
“C’mon,” Wotus said. “You’re messing with me.”
A day after Parker hit three homers and drove in seven runs, he was back in the lineup – with a promotion from eighth to seventh, too. The A’s kept him grounded this time, but the Giants took the series with a 5-4 victory at the Coliseum.
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