Pitchers and Catchers Pics

by Ryan Armbrust on Feb 20, 2006 12:47 AM PST

I ran across these pictures on Yahoo's MLB pictures wire, and thought I'd post a little diary here with them. If anyone else finds pics of the A's in the next day or two, post them here. Or just hijack this thread for whatever you want.

More pics from Arizona will show up here in the next few days: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/oak/photos

For those who don't know, how to post a pic, here's a tip. Use the following tag, and remove the $ marks.

<$img src="http://photobucket.com/"$>

of course, put the location you uploaded your pic, or the location of the pic online where I've written photobucket's site.

[As a sidenote, I'm going to be in Arizona from the 18th to 24th, and will be going to all seven A's games while I'm there. I'll post pics from each game in a diary either later that night or the next day, depending on when and where I can get internet access.]

All of the following pictures were taken by AP photographer Ben Margot.

Harden and Zito jogging

More jogging pitchers

Kendall tells Zito about the fish he caught last week?

Harden throwing

It kind of looks like Wash just slapped Huston in the forehead...

Ball psychokinesis is the secret to a low ERA

Yes, that is Mac Suzuki...

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A note on Mac Suzuki...

here are his stats from his time in Japan... ugh.

Year   G   IP   W L Sv SP GS RA BF CG SO   H  HR  K    BB  HBP WP Balk  R   ER ERA 

2003   29 108.1 4 9  1 0  19 10 520 0  0  129 18  85   74   4  10  0    99  85 7.06 

2004   24 48.1  1 6  0 1  5  19 242 0  0   70 10  45   26   5   6  0    47  46 8.57 

Totals 53 167.2 5 15 1 1  24 29 762 0  0  199 28  130 100   9  16  0   146 131 7.03

--Nebraska--

(Shameless Self-Promotion)

by Ryan Armbrust on Feb 20, 2006 1:00 AM PST reply actions

lets hope he does better

i'm excited to have him competing for a spot none-the-less.

YABU: You're always eating cheese. ...Is cheese good for you? . FISCHER: IT'S BETTER THAN SUSHI!!!

by ConditionOakland on Feb 20, 2006 1:35 AM PST up reply actions

and if he makes the team

and can get another hat like Yabu's No. 13 that will be a collectors item too.

the great playoff miss of 2004 followed by the good try of 2005 with no more hex in 2006.

by ak_A on Feb 20, 2006 11:16 AM PST up reply actions

a whip over 2.00

in 2004? so in his average inning he had to deal with over two runners on? ouch.

Kendall Haiku by FormerHuntsvilleStar, " Ball in hand, a leap,--- a veteran catcher blocks--- and secures a win"

by Athletics fan and runner on Feb 20, 2006 7:14 AM PST up reply actions

Kusai!!!

by kvn on Feb 20, 2006 5:45 PM PST up reply actions

Seeing is Believing

There's something about seeing the players' photographs that makes Spring Training seem that much more real. It's one thing to say "Pitchers and Catchers Report", and quite another to see Jason Kendall joking with Barry Zito in full warmups.

We too will be heading down to Arizona to see the games from March 11 through 13, catching the White Sox, Angels and Gnats. The A's should sweep!

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by louismg on Feb 20, 2006 1:20 AM PST reply actions

Predictions on spring training games?

Really, Louis...

"(Insert favorite AN quote here.)" -- Some ANer
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by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Feb 20, 2006 3:21 PM PST up reply actions

Spring Training Game Forecasting

I am sure that since these are all professional teams, we will see players put forth their full efforts, and they will be fighting for every out. As a result, we can expect top-level competition, followed by the A's shaking hands and walking off the field victorious. Otherwise, I'll ask for my money back.

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by louismg on Feb 20, 2006 3:39 PM PST up reply actions

Mac Suzuki

Not only has a raw name, but looks raw, especially with that half moochie.

RIP Bill King "By the Beard of Zeus!" "I don't know if you heard me counting. I did over a thousand"

by ohad on Feb 20, 2006 6:11 AM PST reply actions

Thanks!

I was looking for these yesterday, but couldn't find any A's.

"I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture." - Bob Uecker

by JLaff on Feb 20, 2006 7:29 AM PST reply actions

I wonder if Kendall is saying,

"Seriously, Z, I'm not kidding: I hit the ball and it went this far!"

by Nico on Feb 20, 2006 8:45 AM PST reply actions

lol

Or... "That much farther and I swear it would have been a home run!"

Nobody Girl

by day-to-day on Feb 20, 2006 10:31 AM PST up reply actions

You're right, Nobody Girl--

Your version better explains why Zito would be laughing.

by Nico on Feb 20, 2006 10:39 AM PST up reply actions

Wierd

If you think about it, it's a little wierd addressing another poster as "Nobody Girl"

RIP Bill King "By the Beard of Zeus!" "I don't know if you heard me counting. I did over a thousand"

by ohad on Feb 20, 2006 1:39 PM PST up reply actions

That's why I make it

a strict policy never to think about anything.

by Nico on Feb 20, 2006 1:49 PM PST up reply actions

That picture of Huston is absolutely adorable.

It just had to be said.

"Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things." -Robert Frost

by whiteshoes40 on Feb 20, 2006 10:32 AM PST reply actions

See the current Esquire magazine

for a full page, black and white close-up.

by southofcruiseamerica on Feb 20, 2006 11:29 AM PST up reply actions

SERIOUSLY?

-runs to the store-

"I believe in spiritual rebirth, and I can't wait to experience that." --Barry Zito

by GreenNGoldGirl on Feb 20, 2006 12:11 PM PST up reply actions

Linkage

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c9/an235/Huston_is_burning.jpg

courtesy of PositionPlayerProd and Jennifer

by ArakSOT on Feb 20, 2006 12:37 PM PST up reply actions

He said Esquire...

not Escort... magazine. Seriously, GnGG...

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by louismg on Feb 20, 2006 1:07 PM PST up reply actions

Wow

Thanks so much for the wonderful pictures! :D

ST is here... somebody pinch me.

"Baseball is reassuring. It makes me feel as if the world is not going to blow up." -Sharon Olds

by AsGirl on Feb 20, 2006 11:18 AM PST reply actions

Why?

You're not dreaming. :)

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by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Feb 20, 2006 3:21 PM PST up reply actions

Given your tag line, Huntsville,

shouldn't you change your handle to "User"?

by Nico on Feb 20, 2006 3:23 PM PST up reply actions

Subject

Text.

"(Insert favorite AN quote here.)" -- by some ANer
by User on Date at Time

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"(Insert favorite AN quote here.)" -- Some ANer
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by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Feb 20, 2006 3:35 PM PST up reply actions

Egotistical reply,

seeking attention and proving that I know a lot.

-Handle

by Nico on Feb 20, 2006 3:40 PM PST up reply actions

Obscure reference

to an AN running joke

by ArakSOT on Feb 20, 2006 3:42 PM PST up reply actions

Smart-ass reply

that is mistaken for a personal attack and starts a war of words for 5-6 posts.

by Nico on Feb 20, 2006 3:56 PM PST up reply actions

correction of technical detail

pointing out that an obscure statistic you mentioned, that wasn't really relevant to your point, wasn't completely accurate.

Links to data in Hardball Times, Baseball Prospectus, and Baseball Cube.

by matthias on Feb 20, 2006 5:27 PM PST up reply actions

Acknowledgement

that Huston Street is an above-average looking man.

by Nico on Feb 20, 2006 5:29 PM PST up reply actions

monkeyball reference to fecal primate matter

"Keep the juices going by jangling around gently as you move." - Satchel Paige

by McFood on Feb 20, 2006 5:49 PM PST up reply actions

Forced pun

by Nico on Feb 20, 2006 6:12 PM PST up reply actions

Gratuitous hijacking asked for by diarist

Just because ArakSOT insists: MaElLuvR

by Poppy on Feb 20, 2006 7:46 PM PST up reply actions

haiku

one two three four five
one two three four five six sev'n
one two three four five

by green star oakland on Feb 20, 2006 8:07 PM PST up reply actions

lol

and other gr8ing shorthand without punctuation by a teenager ya

by Nico on Feb 20, 2006 8:38 PM PST up reply actions

Outraged Rejoinder!

Anguished recounting of forgotten magnitude of gr8ting shorthand eschewing punctation and teenagers in recent years, with intimations of hidden agendas of those who'd diminish said magnitude. Three twenty-five cent words, one hyphenation discourse (with parenthetical selective historical analogy), and in closing a wry double-entendre to complete a vast unbroken text block at the tail end of an oddball thread, unlikely to be read by anyone!

"Beane would suck TJ's face off a nickel, crap out pennies and collect `em to sweeten the next deal." --Stomper

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Feb 20, 2006 8:51 PM PST up reply actions

Disagreement!

Restating of my opinion even more strongly in indignant reply to your differing point of view!

by Nico on Feb 20, 2006 8:55 PM PST up reply actions

<kRaZeE wAnD aCtIoN>

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by green star oakland on Feb 20, 2006 9:39 PM PST up reply actions

This diary...

Can't be any taller than 5'2"

"I have nothing against the bunt - in it's place. But most of the time that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet." - Earl Weaver

by PosterNutbag44 on Feb 20, 2006 11:22 PM PST up reply actions

Whatever.

It is so 5'4". You have no idea what you're talking about.

[I am reminded of a skit I saw, similar in vein to this, in which a guy and a girl have a conversation like so: "Statement... exaggerated statement... forced laughter... childish insult... childish retort..." and ending with something like "well-thought-out retort with literary allusions and long-term scatalogical implications." Funny stuff.]

"Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things." -Robert Frost

by whiteshoes40 on Feb 20, 2006 11:28 PM PST up reply actions

in the movie schizopolis

soderberg and his wife talk like this...

"generic greeting!"

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Feb 21, 2006 2:11 AM PST up reply actions

soderbergh's best film

... though it's not to the taste of many ...

Are you suggesting that Joan Baez and I share a basement apartment in Milwaukee? - Poppy @('.')@

by monkeyball on Feb 21, 2006 10:22 AM PST up reply actions

i agree

although it loses a bit of steam near the end, around the time when characters start speaking in foreign languages and whatnot...

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Feb 22, 2006 1:22 AM PST up reply actions