Open Thread: Game 38 - A's vs. Royals (cont.)
by Nico on May 15, 2007 9:04 PM PDT
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PrintOn a night when Adam Melhuse is literally the back up at every position, the A's are hanging on to a 2-1 lead in the 8th...
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Hang on A's ...
by Randy Bell on May 15, 2007 9:09 PM PDT reply actions
this makes me so nervous
w/lead still intact!
now would help if we get another run or two ..
by Randy Bell on May 15, 2007 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions
nice pitchin Kiko !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Randy Bell on May 15, 2007 9:10 PM PDT reply actions
Maybe Grud can't hit hanging sliders...
Yaaay!!!
Let's go Oakland!! Add a couple runs please!
redemption for duke tonite? we hope?
let's try to get another run ..
by Randy Bell on May 15, 2007 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
or Kiko as suggested below ..
by Randy Bell on May 15, 2007 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
or Embree ..
by Randy Bell on May 15, 2007 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
would you let Kiko start the 9th?
I probably would with Duke gimpy
I wish we had Gobble...
look at that ERA. He has more wins against us than Dan Haren has against KC.
I don't want Duke 2night
talking some basket
BULLS WIN!!!
Calero is gonna get 4 outs?
Street couldn't even do that!
Swisher walks ..
by Randy Bell on May 15, 2007 9:15 PM PDT reply actions
there'd be a GITP instead
What do they do with Buck?
He's way too injured. Will they bring in Bocachica for him?
he or snelling.
but yeah.
Chavez !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Randy Bell on May 15, 2007 9:16 PM PDT reply actions
That is the most clutch hit by Chavez...
this year...
weeeeeeeeeee
not a DP! It even scored a RUN and now HE'S in scoring position! WOOOOOOO!!!! I like offense yay! Go A's!!
shit, I wanted a TP
I would
definitely let Kiko try to pitch the 9th with a 2 run lead
no way
I dont believe what I just saw...where is my arm!
i told you
Chavvy is da man!
(That is what my name is supposed to be but i mispelled it).
lol.
by chavyizdamn3 on May 15, 2007 9:18 PM PDT reply actions
Does Cust
have as much baby fat as his picture in ESPN gamecast?
good bye jimmy google
Chavez
he had 24 doubles all of lasy season.
He has 12 no this year.
Not a bad improvement ayy?
by chavyizdamn3 on May 15, 2007 9:22 PM PDT reply actions
"if" we shell Zito...
can we bring back the "Zito" chant? Or is it too soon?
Fly ball Crosby!
I really hope that does not kill us...
by OaktownRajah on May 15, 2007 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Squeeze play?
little Melvin Mora...
Duke is dead...
didn't you get the memo?
by OaktownRajah on May 15, 2007 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Despite being dead,
Hope he wakes up from the dead soon. Even if it's as a zombie. Zombie Duke would probably be better than normal Duke has lately.
take that gold glove!
yuck yuck yuck!
Give him the gold glove!!!
Bocachica talk
on the radio.
My dream outfield: Cust, Bocachica, Doyle.
Seriously: three of my personal favorites, none of whom I expected to ever see in an A's uniform again.
Embree's not our closer...
bring in Robertson!!!
How bout Braden out of the pen?
Little screwball specialist..
man I would sit Embree now
start up Witasick or Marshall. Preferably let Calero finish this
wow...
not a good start there...
preferably the Angels!
by OaktownRajah on May 15, 2007 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions
With 2 hits tonight
maybe he used his bat too
by letsgoas on May 15, 2007 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions
oh boy...
here we go. The no-Street era begins... Not Buck again!
It would be fitting if we...
won this on a DP. I'm calling it right here!
where's Connor Robertson?
Embree and Witasick = Disaster!
oh shit, Buck's next
I don't get
why why why take Calero out after 3 pitches?
Witasick is our new bullpen king.
Don't hurt me for stating the truth.
I never thought
our bullpen would be worse than Seattle's
by Hawk on May 15, 2007 9:40 PM PDT reply actions
come on A's!!!
I HATE THE ROYALS!
JUST LEAVE AS ALONE!
WERE ALL GONNA DIE!!
by chavyizdamn3 on May 15, 2007 9:40 PM PDT reply actions
Geren is gonna lose this game...
ummmm... Billy, get on your cell phone! Tell Bob you brought Connor up for a reason!
Here we go A's!
One more out! YOU CAN DO THIS WITASICK!
Come on OAKLAND!!!
no!!!
goddamnit!
god, Embree and Witasick...
who didn't see this coming? Really!
Poor JoKe...
he pitched well and this sad-ass bullpen gave it up (again). Sucks to be an A's starter.
by FoolshGame22 on May 15, 2007 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
That sucks.
What bullshit. :(
holy shit
Damn it looked like Swisher hurt his leg
by Hawk on May 15, 2007 9:43 PM PDT reply actions
that's it. I'm just going to break down right
here and now. I'm too young to die from this much anguish.
Man, 4-4 for Pena...
mad props to him...
We just want another walk off
Cuz they're more fun.
from melhuse batting for kendall
I will take anything
I just really want to win this game.
no one functional I believe
you'd see Scoot in center, Cust in right, and pitchers hitting
Yeah
about 10 of our normal starters who are on the DL or about to be sent to the DL.
by Hawk on May 15, 2007 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
You know it's bad...
when you don't have much of a choice of better relievers.
if this goes extras
I'd consider bringing in Go-Dan
Heck I would have tried to close out with Go Dan
Man, these two games..
feel like that doubleheader that we lost last year to KC.
i want our last-year's bullpen
I blame californiagirl
It all got a little more clear tonight.
Kendall, Swisher and Stewart due up in the bottom half.
You know, Geren
you have this guy name Lenny DiNardo on the bench.
He's been pretty good this year.
WHY NOT USE HIM INSTEAD OF THE RULE 5 GUY!
Is there some reason
we NEVER use him? I don't even remember the last time I saw that guy pitch...
what crap
It's not like Embree/Witasick are facing some kind of murderers' row here...it's the frikkin' Royals. What a miserable display of ineptitude.
nice outing, Jay...
why can't you and Embree find your way to the DL?
Great...
Marshall might throw a wild one and that could give them another run.
Why, Why, Why, Why
Why is Witasick on this team. He sucked back in the 90's, he sucks now.
Scutaro is playing in the outfield, why not just send him to hill.
Get Witasick off this team now!!!
by Mr C on May 15, 2007 9:47 PM PDT reply actions
THATS IT - WE NEED TO MAKE A MOVE
Our bullpen is shit... make a trade Billy. We need help ASAP. Witasick is garbage. Embree is a shadow of his old self. Duke is dead. Huston is dead. Calero well, his first name is Kiko...do I go on..
MAKE A MOVE!!!
by Hawk on May 15, 2007 9:47 PM PDT reply actions
Speaking of wild ones
Anyone watching the Warriors? Totally more frustrating than this game. Honest.
It's Close, Though
I've been watching both.
VERY frustrated...
by GreenNGoldSooner on May 15, 2007 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I kind of wish I had just gone to bed
instead of trying to watch both games, but I hate reading emotional recaps and feeling left out
I need more Scotch...
so, mercifully, I'll miss the end of both games.
by FoolshGame22 on May 15, 2007 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Heh
The last time I felt this way about the bullpen, Ricardo Rincon and Jim Mecir were pitching.
I'm calling
Kendall walk off homer in the bottom of the inning
Now Swish is injured too...
we need Bocachica ASAP...
this is good
We need to give up one more run, so that it will officially be a blown save against their closer when we win in the bottom of the 9th. My goal for this season is to see the A's beat all 13 AL closers.
Hi Bob my name is LENNY
Lenny DiNardo,, you know who I am? Anout your only decent reliever out here
by Hawk on May 15, 2007 9:50 PM PDT reply actions
Can you Ginterize a pitcher?
by GreenNGoldSooner on May 15, 2007 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
No... but you can Yabu
3 pitchers in the 9th...
At this rate, we won't have enough pitchers for extra innings. Can Melhuse pitch?
With how Swisher was limping out there
I bet they put Snelling on the DL and call up Bocachica to play
Almost certain
Snelling and Duke probably headed there.
by Hawk on May 15, 2007 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
they'd better win this in the bottom of the 9th
Because you know the pen is going to vomit up more runs if they stay out there.
Two W's thrown away for our starters in the last two games - Kennedy really deserved a win tonight.
Kills me
to piss away the runs like this. I wish our starters got more for all the good they've been doing.
er... games not runs
Still tie game we have a chance ..
by Randy Bell on May 15, 2007 9:50 PM PDT reply actions
Nobody on the bench
Just Melhuse, but I think he is warming up in the pen
by Hawk on May 15, 2007 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Just needed a fly ball...
or a healthy outfielder to win this one.
I HATE THE ROYALS
THEY SHOULDNT EVEN BE A MLB TEAM!
by chavyizdamn3 on May 15, 2007 9:52 PM PDT reply actions
it'd be amazing
if billy can turn something into a derrick turnbow after his poor outing two nights ago.
of course i am just dreaming
OK A's!
You only need one run. Get one, please.
It is really annoying
how much he sucks right now.
darn, possible (probable) extra innings
and I already took my sleeping pill with that 4 to freaking 1 lead in the 8th.
U don't need sleeping pills
listening to the KC announcers like I am
by Hawk on May 15, 2007 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions
That was one of the worst at bats I've seen
since I watched Zito last bat.
Come on Jason!! Rediculous
Do you not take BP with the rest of the guys? You look worse than an AL pitcher during interleague
by Hawk on May 15, 2007 9:54 PM PDT reply actions
Please don't remind us
We all just throw up in our mouths hearing that
by Hawk on May 15, 2007 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Side note:
Rafael Furcal just got another hit in the Dodgers vs Cardinals game... that's 3 straight 4-4 games.
sorry then...
4 hit nights. haha
I think I just wrenched my
neck convulsing.
Presumably
something about the walk to Stewart ... didn't like some of the ball/strike calls ?
by green star oakland on May 15, 2007 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
LETS GO OAKLAND!!!
clap clap clapclapclap
We should deal for Langerhans
then trade him for a closer
by Hawk on May 15, 2007 9:59 PM PDT reply actions
I bet you could get a haul for
Kennedy right now
by closetasfan on May 15, 2007 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I think
Cust took away the magic man title from Scooter
by closetasfan on May 15, 2007 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Hahaha. Gameday:
Pitcher Change: Zack Greinke replaces David Riske.
Coaching visit to mound.
Pitcher Change: Zack Greinke replaces Zack Greinke.
Coaching visit to mound.
hmmmm.... OT: Byrnsie tied our HR leaders...
with #6 tonight. Coulda used an extra outfielder, eh, Billy?
Oh please...
if Byrnes was still with the A's he'd already be on the DL after running into a wall or a Crosby or something.
Byrnes is the most durable player...
the A's ever had... next to Miggy.
by FoolshGame22 on May 15, 2007 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Even Cal Ripken
would have found a way onto the DL if he had been playing with the A's this season.
truthiness is truthiness
Can't wait to see the DL list tomorrow. We might give KC a run for their record at 10.
by FoolshGame22 on May 15, 2007 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
he's also afraid of crowds
He picked a strange profession with that particular phobia.
by coffee roaster on May 15, 2007 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
But he picked the right team
by GreenNGoldSooner on May 15, 2007 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
People who would have caught that...
- Chavez
- Byrnes
- Jeter
Byrnes would have dove randomly into the stands
and then climbed back out and caught it.
by green star oakland on May 15, 2007 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Chavez would have got under it,
have the ball fall right through the hole where his heart is supposed to be, and caught it with his bare hand behind his back.
This sets the stage...
For a Johnson walk and Cust grand slam. Let's do it!
Note..
I've already assumed the Chavez K or pop out to get us to two outs. :-/
Chavy came through!
Now it's Johnson's turn to walk.
good call
by FoolshGame22 on May 15, 2007 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions
No the 2nd base bag
the 2nd base bag has been put on the DL. We just called up the 2nd base bag from AAA.
by Hawk on May 15, 2007 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions
alright A's!
here we go! LETS GO OAKLAND!!!
at least it was only one out!
we can still win!
That's what we wanted!
Coming up next. DJ Walk and Cust slam. Duh.
LETS GO A'S!!!!!
Love this comment...
But yet an inning earlier when he gave the A's a very huge insurance run not a single person was like good job Chavez!!
by MichiganAsFan on May 15, 2007 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
No, not a single person
With a quick glance through the thread I see 7 comments commending Chavez.
by green star oakland on May 15, 2007 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
This is why Harden...
would kill out of the pen.
I have said that for a year
Harden should be the closer
by Hawk on May 15, 2007 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions
So does 3-2 mean
We are at a three-way to a DJ walk?
Cust can't do it again....
no way...
So... um... yeah.
Chavy? K. Nice job.
DJ? Walk. Nice job.
Cust - you know what to do. (See above)
That looked pretty good
Ok they gave us one... lets do this JC
by Hawk on May 15, 2007 10:10 PM PDT reply actions
and, they have to pitch to Cust...
can we put this in the Win column?
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I'm nervous and excited all at the same time!!
three true outcomes
two of them will do it
There was a Fast Ball
Strike 3
by Hit4TheCycle on May 15, 2007 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I have a couple requests:
fast ball. hit. runs. win.
Does not compute
System does not respond. Please reboot.
Put in Dinardo,
don't pitch to Teahen or Buck.
nooooo
he's... human?
And it's been an incredibly bizarre game
Watching the Warriors on the tube and the A's on mlb.tv tonight has been like being on the sports equivalent of peyote.
by GreenNGoldSooner on May 15, 2007 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions
that was a good pitch sequence on Cust
We can expect to see that fairly often now.
by coffee roaster on May 15, 2007 10:14 PM PDT reply actions
crimony....I call it queets, gonna peek at the
outcome in the morning...
CROZ!!
I thought you were done with that crap!
who do you prefer? melhuse? scutaro?
by closetasfan on May 15, 2007 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Message to Jack Cust
After last week's performance, major league pitchers have decided to feed you a steady diet of breaking balls and fastballs outside the strike zone. Please work on hitting breaking pitches.
That would be so fabulous
He would be unstoppable!
I really wanna know where he is
when was the last time we used him? Is he even here? lol
they just showed BP on television
DiNardo, Robertson, Duke.
by Englishmajor on May 15, 2007 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Well that sucked!
by GreenNGoldSooner on May 15, 2007 10:19 PM PDT reply actions
at least...
he didn't throw it away!
Unfortunately the Warriors seem...
...to have suffered a massive cardiac arrest.
by GreenNGoldSooner on May 15, 2007 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
well... because... um...
I... I have no idea.
Thanks Chavs
I'm glad he is throwing home to get the runs. We need help :(
OK if Kendall comes up
Pinch hit. I cannot watch him bat again tonight...
by Hawk on May 15, 2007 10:23 PM PDT reply actions
WHEW!!
Thank GOD. Let's end it now, please.
new thread?
Question- Where are the black jerseys??
Why don't they wear those anymore??
by Hawk on May 15, 2007 10:24 PM PDT reply actions
Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?
by GreenNGoldSooner on May 15, 2007 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
You couldn't see the black arm bands
Which the A's are going to be wearing any day now the way Larry Davis keeps the team healthy.
Well, they had a good run.
Maybe the A's can win to salvage something for Oakland.
by OaktownRajah on May 15, 2007 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
One of the ugliest games ever
Warriors can't shoot, Utah can't hit free throws, officials are horrid. Hard to watch.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 15, 2007 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Ugly pretty much sums it up
Unfortunate end to a great playoff run.
by GreenNGoldSooner on May 15, 2007 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
perhaps Ellis?
I would love
to see Michael!! hit the GWRBI tonight. Go Michael!!
My god...
Greinke is dealing here. Tonight is the worst possible scenario...
Let's go SCOOT!!
We need something.
(Missed it - what's the info?)
Kids took a late nap, can't fall asleep.
by MobiusKlein on May 15, 2007 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Robertson is coming in...
by OaktownRajah on May 15, 2007 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Dinardi coming in...
let's watch as he walks the bases loaded and gives up a grand slam.
This is making my stomach hurt
The freaking Royals?? Zach Greinke?? Come on guys.. At least we know Kendall is coming up soon. (AKA guaranteed out)
by Hawk on May 15, 2007 10:31 PM PDT reply actions
NEW THREAD OPEN
that's nice...
the A's gave away knitted barf bags tonight. What a thoughtful gift.
So THIS is what it takes...
....to get Geren to use DiNardo!
by GreenNGoldSooner on May 15, 2007 10:33 PM PDT reply actions
Wonder if we see Connor Robertson tonight
not much left out there
by Hawk on May 15, 2007 10:33 PM PDT reply actions
would have been nice to have...
seen him before Embree and Witasick. Just a thought.
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