Jason Kendall gets his first AL home run.

[Brian]

:lol: the A's Bench treated it like a walk off homer (congratulating him) even though it put them up 7-0.

[UMFan83]

He used to be one of my favorite Non-Cub NL Central players (which makes him one of my least favorites but still..) What happened to him in Oakland?

[cubs121]

one word........... roids.......... :lol:

[baseball7897]

Kendall would be a really good number 2 hitter on a good team, Kendall will always be one of my favorite players. Good for him.

[BigSlick]

:lol: the A's Bench treated it like a walk off homer (congratulating him) even though it put them up 7-0.

 

Congrats to him, I'm rooting for the A's over here in Chi-town.

 

With the Cubs sucking it up, I gotta root for a team that has a good philosophy.

[Derwood]

wasn't it over 900 plate appearances between HR's?

[Brian]

"Two more and I've got 70," Kendall joked after hitting his 68th career homer.

 

Kendall sent a pitch from Joel Peralta over the left-field fence for a two-run shot in the eighth inning, ending a homerless stretch of 247 games and 961 at-bats. After rounding the bases, Kendall was greeted by his teammates at the top the dugout steps and a standing ovation from the crowd of 25,181. He tipped his batting helmet and bowed.

 

The stretch included 740 at-bats with Oakland since his last homer, July 27, 2004, for Pittsburgh off Atlanta's Paul Byrd. Kendall, whose father Fred got to see it as Royals bullpen coach, received more cheers when he came out to catch in the ninth.

 

"I think the team was more excited than I was," Kendall said. "I got a college rah-rah greeting. It was good to get that out of the way. It's not like I haven't done it. I just haven't done it in an A's uniform."

 

Kendall got the home run ball from manager Ken Macha along with $200, which the skipper promised his catcher if Joe Blanton had a complete game.

 

"Barry Bonds' ball is worth what?" Macha said three days after the San Francisco slugger passed Babe Ruth with his 715th homer. "I owe Kendall $200 for a shutout, and here's his ball."

 

Great story :lol: