Clearly Jason Kendall isn't on the A's for his offense. So it must be his defense and handling of pitchers, then, right? Sure, his passed ball today (that's six or seven on the season, I think; that's like twice per every five games or so, isn't it?) was a real boon to the run prevention side of the game. Not to mention his two stolen bases allowed. Or the fact that both times, he committed a throwing error that allowed the base stealer to reach third.

So, damn, he better be really good at handling pitchers.