Open Thread: Game 12 - A's vs. Yankees

So, just us two tonight, huh?

Blanton - Complete Game!

is just teasing me with A's announcers like last night or if I get them for the whole game instead of 1/2 an inning tonight, hmm...

to video of Chavez's circus catch last night?

There's a link on the game recap thread, but it just points to the A's home page, and all I see there is Piazza's double and Kielty's game-winning hit.

He really seems to be working on the K's this season.

LOL!, Swish!

Jerked Tree
Jeered Trek
Teed Jerker
Red Jet Reek
Red Tee Jerk

Sweetness!

Bradley might sit until Tuesday, with day game tomorrow then off day.  Sounds reasonable enough, but I can't help but remember last year when Bradley "tweaked" his leg in Texas, "rested" a few days, played once, "rested" some more, and eventually hit the DL.

Thank G-d Sal Fasano wasn't behind the plate!

hope it doesn't turn out like Wed's game

The ball didn't go that deep.

What happened to the Magic Unicorn?

1. He's choking up on the bat.  I'm pretty sure he hasn't always done that.  That, and his clear determination to hit the other way, say to me that he's really trying to make adjustments at the plate.

2. That was a really good slide into home -- avoided the catcher, got to the plate quickly.  He gave himself the best chance he could to score.  Again, give him credit for doing a good job with the kind of "fundamental" detail that we often blame him for getting wrong.

the yankees announcers just called us a solid hitting team that can score a lot of runs.

where, where?

Kendall should steal.

my mlbtv screen...crosby?....runs?... finally got to AN

at first tonight from home plate last night?

I still can't stand Walker at 1B.

and his rbi earlier might be just what he needed, confidence wise.

look so full of himself on a foul ball call.

He is pitching as if:

1.  He has FITZ written on the bill of his cap.

2.  He actually is living up to the FITZ philosophy.

Don't stop now.  3 runs is probably not going to be enough.  See Wednesday.

I don't want a replay of Wednesday.

Giants game rained out, so this one is being broadcast in HD!

You leave our unicorn alone!!

We still don't know.

I'm home, so you can stop talking about me behind my back. Nice lead. Nice conservation of pitches, C-cake. Me likey!

"It must be free poncho night, or a weird cult of Nor'easters"

as Smush Parker is to the Lakers.

Not necessarily the star, but gets the job done, on both sides of the field.

LET'S GO OAKLAND!!!

I'd rather the A's NOT score 3 runs in the first inning.

Prove me wrong, guys.

LET'S SCORE SOME RUNS NOW

let Blanton grind this out, win lose or draw, and try to get 7 IP out of him. Pretty much only Street, Witasick, and DiNardo are fresh. Scoring a couple insurance runs might not be the worst idea either.

as I watch a movie with my kid and gamecast is a tad behind.

As Let's Go Warriors at a Kings game...

Nashville Predator players in the stands, let a foul ball ring off all three of their domes...

Sean Henn dude?

Way to hit 3 groundouts.  Sweet.

That was wicked

What do y'all think this is - one of Sal's DLDs?

that was the sound of Posada tying the game...

Blanton didn't make the pitch. But I'm glad he stuck with Blanton as long as he could.

What's going on?  What did Swisher do?

on an 0-3 pitch (grrrr). SCORE SOME RUNS, OAKLAND!

If Kendall doesn't bunt here, I may commit Gerenocide. We need to get Crosby and Man-crush home.

he can do nothig the right way.

we'd be up 1 right now

Look at the replay -- his hands are above the head of his bat!  No wonder he popped it up.

Kendall -- bend your knees, lower the bat head without pointing it down!!!

after the SAT test he takes every before each game.

Buck "falls down" off first, Crosby breaks for the plate during the rundown?

geren is gonna make embree's arm to fall down.

to get the speedy shannon stewart."

in what alternate universe is shannon stewart speedy?

I want him catching next game.

gor the 8th time in 12 games.

is Geren a.k.a. Macha crazy?

A-Rod is up.

You will get an out

Okay, I didn't expect that.

swinging. Alan F. Embree!

nice work embree and walker

Well done boys!

and I am utterly shocked.  Yay Todd!

Bobby Abreu = Certified Rally Killer

...running themselves out of innings. Is it the Angels, the Yankees, or Memorex?

blows up my browsers if it's left on very long.

I've dropped them altogether.  I like the Espn gameday.  Very nice.

I'd look at Street for the 9th, then go to Witasick/DiNardo (unless Calero's available) if it goes into the 10th. But I don't think that's how Geren's playing it, because I don't think Street is up.

player who can't hit lefties?

at my brother-in-law's house on a connection where I can't get either mlb or espn updates. Saw Santana lose to Kazmir last night at the Metrodome thanks mostly to bad Twins' fielding, what an awful baseball stadium. thanks for the updates, everyone, let's go Oakland!

Too bad nothing came of it

is fine with me; I'd go to Street after that. It looks like Street was only up for "if the A's take the lead," but I'd put him in anyway--basically try to buy another inning for the A's to score. No reason to save him now.