Open Thread: Spring Training Game 9

come back after starting up the car to defrost it and i am greeted with this.

First the Wash homecoming, now Barry.  I'll be monitoring AN this afternoon.

Hello from the Grapefruit League...baseball and fun in the sun.
And I really wish you all were here.  
I think the matchup today is against Russ Ortiz...
I too was looking forward to seeing us beat Barry/s
here, but I guess that will have to wait.

I have not read posts/news from yesterday..but one of the best parts was seeing Wash and watching him and his old teammates greet each other...and the interactions between them during the game.
As you may know manager/coaches sit in folding chairs next to dugout... lots of smiles, and laughs and acknowledgements during the game with Texas.
Got to wish Wash lots of luck, except against us!

I'm gonna go look for Saint at the game.
I'll post pix when I get home.
Let's go Oakland!

is really disturbing me...

They are talking about something like sweefatties.com or something....

The one I remember couldn't hit.

    1. Harden retires Feliz, a dead fastball hitter, on a third-pitch fastball.
    2. After Buan complaining about the obstructed scoreboard, it's refreshing to hear KenKo, who pays actual attention to the game, and reports it correctly even when the scoreboard is wrong (1-2 count to Winn).
    3. I know this is redundant, but I really, really like Rich Harden.

So much love for Harden pitching.

<sigh>

    Three bunt attempts in the past two innings, none of them successful -- in the second, Winn actually missed a bunt.  And four Ks in three innings.  And the shutout intact in spite of Perez muffing two plays in the same inning.  Harden's stuff is filthy.

...way to go boys!

I hate Barry Bonds.

the crowd really loves Bonds.

Sounds like Bonds KILLED that crap

Fuck

comes to the mound

we're all gonna die?

how about Kennedy as a number 4? Scary.

...after throwing not a single fastball, Loaiza's hurt. :(

Loaiza hurt with something

"tap Curt Young on the shoulder" to talk to him...  Donde esta E-Lo fastball?

If you had told me that one of our two pitchers would be hurt right now...that is not the one I would have picked.

muscles!

are unbreakable robots allowed in baseball yet?

for Loaiza's problems.

<can we still use that?>

to Kotsay, Duke, Crosby, Kielty, Loaiza, and Piazza, just a few weeks into spring training.

Congratulations to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for their 2007 American League Western Division title!

no playing time for Goleski so far, I hope he gets a few ABs.

...have been turned on the A's today?
    I thought I was keeping track correctly, but maybe my emotions got involved after all; someone just told me you can't actually hit into seventeen double plays in seven innings.

Here's hoping Loaiza "feels right" soon.

...in spite of Loaiza (please say it's just a one-day bump in the road) and all the GIDPs (I counted twenty three), this was a great game.  Start with Harden dominating for his full allotment of innings, and wind up with an A's win, and I'm happy; it doesn't matter if the game means anything.