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Aaron Hern, 12, from Martinez, Calif., who was injured in the Boston Marathon bombings, throws out the ceremonial first pitch before the Oakland Athletics' baseball game against the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. Hern was released from Boston Children's Hospital on April 24. Photo: Eric Risberg



His stuff was good, his command was not. Perhaps the adrenaline got to him, but I think he showed enough for another shot. He has to go more than 2 2/3 innings though or the bullpen is toast. He has a little funk in his delivery -- more Bumgarner-like funk than Zito cool-jazz, smooth delivery -- but Kickham showed he has the stuff to get it done. He just has to harness it better and pitch from ahead in the count more often than from behind. That's true at almost every level.

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"I thought he had tremendous stuff. Sometimes the adrenaline of your first major league start can get the best of you, but I thought he threw the ball pretty well. He didn't look like he was just slinging stuff up there. It looked like he had some good action on his stuff."

—A's C Derek Norris, on Giants LHP Michael Kickham, who lost his major league debut to Oakland on Tuesday.

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