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Posted: **Fri May 4, 2007 12:14 am**

A's Acquire Jack Cust
The A's have been busy lately with minor moves; today they picked up stathead favorite Jack Cust. DH is the easiest position to fill, which is why Bill Bavasi's Jose Vidro acquisition was so baffling. Why pay your DH anything if Cust is freely available?

Cust returns to the A's; he played for their Triple A club in '05. He's a walk machine - he actually drew 143 of 'em last year. They call him a Quad-A player, but he's never really gotten a shot. Why can't he become Kevin Youkilis for the league minimum? Cust has absolutely destroyed the ball in the minors so far this year. He can definitely help the A's at DH while they're short-staffed.

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Posted: **Fri May 4, 2007 12:18 am**

Jack Cust OF
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CAREER STATS | SPLITS | GAME BY GAME LOG | HITTING CHART | POSTSEASON & ALL-STAR

Hitting Stats: Next Stats >>

SEASON TEAM G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG
2001 Arizona Diamondbacks 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .667 .500 .500
2002 Colorado Rockies 35 65 8 11 2 0 1 8 16 12 32 0 1 .295 .246 .169
2003 Baltimore Orioles 27 73 7 19 7 0 4 11 38 10 25 0 0 .357 .521 .260
2004 Baltimore Orioles 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2006 San Diego Padres 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333

Career Totals 70 144 16 32 9 0 5 19 56 23 59 0 1 .331 .389 .222

Fielding Stats:

SEASON TEAM POS G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS RF FPCT
2001 Arizona Diamondbacks OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 --- --- --- 0.00 .000
2002 Colorado Rockies OF 18 15 121.1 25 24 0 1 0 --- --- --- 1.78 .960
2003 Baltimore Orioles OF 1 0 4.2 3 3 0 0 0 --- --- --- 5.79 1.000
2006 San Diego Padres OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 --- --- --- 0.00 .000

Career Totals 21 15 130.0 28 27 0 1 0 --- --- --- 1.87 .964

http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/stats/ ... rID=400091

Posted: **Fri May 4, 2007 3:23 am**

I love this guy.... I think this is a great pickup for us...

Posted: **Fri May 4, 2007 12:51 pm**

OaklandReggae wrote:I love this guy.... I think this is a great pickup for us...

I agree,he's a good pick up.

Congrats on your Warriors making it to the second round. :clap:

Posted: **Sat May 12, 2007 7:02 pm**

I have a feeling this will be the pickup of the year for us... this guy reeks of John Jaha...

Posted: **Sun May 13, 2007 3:00 am**

OaklandReggae wrote:I have a feeling this will be the pickup of the year for us... this guy reeks of John Jaha...

Now that's a name I hadnt seen for awhile.

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