OAKLAND -- The rental bikes were already secured, but Kendall Graveman didn't know this. He thought Chris Smith was kidding, after all.
It's only six miles, Smith said.
Graveman laughed but obliged, and so did Jesse Hahn. The trek began on Michigan Avenue, extending across a lengthy stretch parallel to Lake Michigan and through Chinatown in Chicago. The A's team bus caught up to the three pitchers about two blocks from U.S. Cellular Field, honking at them relentlessly.
Graveman laughed again. Smith did, too.
"We just rode bikes to the park," Smith said.