Business As Usual In Oakland

The Athletics may not be used to being out of a division race this early in the season, but luckily enough for them, there are always a few things that they can count on happening. This season in particular. It's a pretty simple formula for the Athletics when they play a baseball game.

Strong pitching performances, and one of their players leaving a game thanks to injury. This time, it's Bobby Crosby's turn.....again.

Shortstop Bobby Crosby, who was out much of the previous two years with injuries, was struck on the back of the left hand by an 0-2 pitch from Angels reliever Justin Speier and Crosby immediately clutched his hand as he hit the ground. He stayed at first for one pitch, then left and he will get X-rays this morning.

"It didn't look good,'' A's manager Bob Geren said. "It's pretty sore. ... He didn't think he could throw, broken or not broken.''

I think Bobby Crosby should really start drinking more milk. The man has some brittle bones. In the last three years he's broken his ankle, cracked a few ribs, and even broke a vertebra. The results of Crosby's x-rays aren't known right now, but I think we can all figure out what they'll be. It is Bobby Crosby, and this is 2007 for the Oakland Athletics.

That hand is probably broken, and he'll probably be done for the season.