Baseball Sunday

The Stat: 1006

Pitches Roy Halladay has throw in nine starts this season — leading the National League. He also is tops in innings (70 1/3). Whether he thought he could handle the early workload, manager Charlie Manuel said, "I know he can."

Get to know a park

Each week we will profile a major league park. Today: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, home of the Oakland Athletics.

Location: Oakland, Calif.

Year opened: 1968

Dimensions: left pole, 330; left field, 378; center field, 410; right field, 378; right pole, 330.

Field surface: Grass

Capacity: 48,219

It may as well be called the Dallas Braden Coliseum after Friday's celebration of the A's starter.

Braden threw a perfect game here on May 9 and the team and the city honored him on Friday. He received a diamond ring and necklace that has "PERFECT GAME" written inside a baseball diamond. A picture of him was put on the left-field wall and Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums proclaimed May 21 as "Dallas Braden Day."

Braden also gave a shout out to the Coliseum's Section 209, which is home to fans from Stockton, Calif., his hometown (209 is the city's area code).

— Aaron Morton

MLB Rankings

1. Tampa Bay Rays: David Price anchoring brilliant pitching staff with a 1.81 ERA and 6-1 record.

2. Philadelphia Phillies: D'oh! shortstop Jimmy Rollins put back on the disabled list.

3. New York Yankees: Rivera allowed more than one run in consecutive games for 4th time ever.

4. Los Angeles Dodgers: Making their debut in our top-10 after winning 13 out of 14.

5. Minnesota Twins: Morneau is raking in May, hitting .394 to up season average to .377.

6. San Diego Padres: Sign a top prospect out of the Dominican Republic, Duanel Jones.

7. Texas Rangers: 14-7 since Ian Kinsler returned to lineup after starting season on DL.