Open Thread: Game 60 - A's at Gigantes
by Nico on Jun 8, 2007 6:54 PM PDT
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PrintFrom afar it may look like a matchup of Jeremy Bonderman vs. Roy Oswalt, but in fact's it's Chad Gaudin vs. Tim Lincecum. Hopefully the A's will handle their first look at this Giants' phenom better than they handled their first look at Matt Cain--when Cain fired a one-hit shutout.
Speaking of one-hit shutouts, the A's offense is fresh off of one. The bad news is that once again their efforts to score will come sans Milton Bradley, who was placed on the 15-day DL today with a strained baby cow. The good news is that by the time the A's actually place someone on the 15-day DL, he is almost eligible to come back! Wheeeee! Like I'm waiting up for Milton Bradley.
Tonight's starting lineups:
Buck - LF
Ellis - 2B
Swisher - RF
Chavez - 3B
Johnson - 1B
Crosby - SS
Kotsay - CF
Kendall - C
Gaudin - P (I know, he should be batting 8th)
Winn - CF
Lewis - RF
Klesko - 1B
Bonds - LF
Durham - 2B
Molina - C
Feliz - 3B
Vizquel - SS
Lincecum - P
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My recollection is that it does
A's radio is no longer delayed
At least, it wasn't when I took a radio to the Coliseum last week. All delays are now on TV's part. And yes, KICU did join the "delay club" a couple of weeks into the season.
But...I always have the radio sound synched to the TV picture :-)
Reverse
For Milton Bradley, isn't it the other way around?
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Jun 8, 2007 7:00 PM PDT reply actions
You mean when he comes back,
Classic Gameday link!
First!
-Cindi.
Gaudin should be batting 7th...
not 8th.
You must not have cable.
I have the game on 2 channels, but on Astound cabe...FSN and FSN Plus...Fosse and Kuiper crew.
i had several errors trying
to sign in.....and now it is perpetual commercial break
same thing as me
by Vegas A's Fan on Jun 8, 2007 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions
ahhh, 6:15 start for me, thats why
Sounds like you have it on KNBR
Hi Everybody!!
LET'S GO OAKLAND!!!
Watching LAA-STL
Chris Duncan may not be the worst outfielder ever, but he sure looks like it. That's the ugliest routine play I've seen in a while.
The grass is always greener on the other side of
the Bay, isn;t it?
by OaklandInvader on Jun 8, 2007 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions
very chemical solutions
A horticulture friend told me, it isn't dye but the field is heavily, heavily applied with fertilizer and other stuff.
Random question:
Can someone explain the difference b/w ash & maple bats and why a batter would choose one over the other?
lincecum
looks really good tonight...im scared
by chavyizdamn3 on Jun 8, 2007 7:23 PM PDT reply actions
ya i know
just putting it out there that he looked good for one inning.
by chavyizdamn3 on Jun 8, 2007 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Out of Town Scoreboard update
4-3 Cardinals in the top of the 7th... No outs, Angels have men on 2nd and 3rd with Kotchman up. So the Cards look like they are the new Orioles.
7-1 Rangers...
1-0 Seattle in the top of the 2nd, 1st and 2nd with 1 out and Buatista up.
But can you predict the unpredictable?
by LilAnnieOaktown on Jun 8, 2007 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I know Guadin should be batting 8th
by 3Chavy3 on Jun 8, 2007 7:35 PM PDT reply actions
Did anyone else see that Giant/A girl/guy
couple in the stands ("action36") and think that was Green and Gold girl and date?
Do GnGG's parents
let her go out on dates now? Last year it sounded like they were pretty strict.
nah, too old
yay the no hitter is over
by 3Chavy3 on Jun 8, 2007 7:40 PM PDT reply actions
Michael Urban will tell the Giants to hit him
by 3Chavy3 on Jun 8, 2007 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions
That was hilarious!
Whoever is co-squawking with Jon Miller (Kruk, or Kuip? Who knows) just before that hit, in praising Feliz' play at 3rd on Kotsay's bunt, said, "That's the type of play you see in no-hitters." He jinxed his own team!!
does he get credit
for laying off pitches over his head?
Say what?!
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Jun 8, 2007 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions
it wasn't funny and I'm really sorry
I remembered how you gushed you wanted to have Travis's baby a while ago.
Very bad taste, I apologize, Jennifer.
LOL
I just wanted to make sure that's what you meant. :) No big deal, I'm not freaking out. Blez is going to make you watch the sexual harassment video during the 7th inning stretch, though.
(BTW, most of that stuff about Buck is just me kidding around. I have to do something since Huston and Rich are on the DL.)
No worries... let's just not make it a habit. :)
Applause for you!
very gratious and saving!
by One won lost won on Jun 8, 2007 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions
** whew ** thank you, still sorry
That really was unlike me and I've been feeling awful for an hour. I just came back--thanks for the response.
Way to work the walk, Chad!
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 7:43 PM PDT reply actions
That was Jose Molina...
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Jun 8, 2007 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Run, Chad, Run!
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions
yay 2 runs
by 3Chavy3 on Jun 8, 2007 7:45 PM PDT reply actions
WaaahH!! YEah!!
What is this strange hitting with RISP concept?!?
Woot!
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 7:46 PM PDT reply actions
SWEET!
Wear out this man-child!
nice piece of hitting there mr. buck!
Our rook is better than your rook!!!
WTG, Travis!!!
Hehehe.
Now hit one out of the park, Swish!
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 7:49 PM PDT reply actions
Wow...
Swisher actually did screw himself into the ground...
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Jun 8, 2007 7:49 PM PDT reply actions
Lincecum looks like he's twelve-years old.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 7:51 PM PDT reply actions
What are you doin' swinging at that, Chavvy?!?
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 7:52 PM PDT reply actions
Of course not...
Baseball is baseball. Try as they Selig might, he can't ruin it.
But interleague play does make me unusually grumpy.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Unless the A's win...
...in which case you're just usually grumpy. ;)
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Jun 8, 2007 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions
That was kinda the implication ;-)
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Chavvy jersey @ Target, $29.99.
by LilAnnieOaktown on Jun 8, 2007 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Ball's really carrying today...
...so to speak...
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Jun 8, 2007 7:54 PM PDT reply actions
Man, I bet the ump's getting nervous
If Molina can't get his glove up in time there ain't no way blue's dodging a mask-high hardball.
I wonder if an ump...
...has ever charged the mound because he thought he was getting thrown at.
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Jun 8, 2007 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I have heard stories,
don't remember exactly who and when, about catchers deliberately missing fastballs to nail the ump.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jun 8, 2007 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions
It happened with the Marlins
against the Cubs more than 10 years ago, I think.
Shucks.
Michael Milken...
Junk Bonds Crook. Perfect spokesperson for a Giants game.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael...
Hey, I'm as hard on greedhead swine as anyone
But by most accounts Milken has made a genuine change and is devoting his life to good causes, like this prostate cancer prevention program he's pitching on every MLB team's broadcasts this year.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jun 8, 2007 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Michael Milken!
In the TV booth.
Mr. Bonds meet Mr. Junk Bonds.
Booo!
Let's hope that's no longer true
When TLR comes back to town later this month.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jun 8, 2007 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions
it hurts to say this, but the Angels are looking
pretty damn good this year. hopefully the wheels will fall off in time for our August surge.
I just noticed that Korach isn't on A's radio
Who's that with Cotroneo? Bitker?
Korach was off yesterday,
today and also I think tomorrow. They mentioned it in yesterday's broadcast but didn't say why...sounded as though it was planned ahead of time, though.
It allowed for the always amusing treat of hearing Fosse do play by play for a few innings.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jun 8, 2007 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I remember reading that Korach
was in Las Vegas for something.
But it wasn't till just now that I noticed his voice missing. (And I didn't listen to yesterday's day game).
He's presenting someone
by that person's request, as the intro man, for (insert name here) into the Nevada Sports HoFame.
Tonight, Friday night.
by One won lost won on Jun 8, 2007 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions
WTF
Chad and Tim seem to have some sort of gentleman's agreement.
Son-of-a-beach!
Geezzz...
C'mon Chad. GITP!
Damn Karma
Gaudin embarrassed Lincecum by not strking out now he gets payback.
Oh well.
Son of a biscuit
mmmmm....biscuits and mustard!
by LilAnnieOaktown on Jun 8, 2007 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Great message, Michael...
but, you're jinxing us. Get him off, now!!!
Big out. Come on Chad..
Do NOT walk him.
Go-Dan!!!
one more out and we're out of this mess
I don't know about you...
...but I actually liked Lincecum in Ferris Bueller's Day Off...
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 8:07 PM PDT reply actions
Oh Crap
It's him...
shee-it!
That guy that Hank Aaron doesn't know his name is up. F-er!
correction
Hank Aaron said he doesn't know how to spell that guy's name. hehe
by LilAnnieOaktown on Jun 8, 2007 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Gaudin
seems to be reverting to last year's pitcher. He better get some command, or this will be a long game..
by IndianaAsfan on Jun 8, 2007 8:08 PM PDT reply actions
shit
is this the old Gaudin??
Woooooo!
Ha ha ha ha ha!
Way to go Chad!
<Gak. Glorp. Phrmeg.>
Hee hee
Bonds ground-out with the bases loaded. Good stuff.
damn, breathing now
It was worth the tension...
...to see Ol' Cream 'n' Clear ground out with the bases loaded.
Dontcha hate the way they automatically show a shot of McCovey Cove whenever he comes up?
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 8:10 PM PDT reply actions
seems like someone
less interested in hitting homers might have taken a pitch or two from a guy who can't find the plate
37 pitches through 3 for Gaudin...
...12 in the first two, 25 in the third. So it all averages out.... :P
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Jun 8, 2007 8:11 PM PDT reply actions
Deep breath.
Memo to Chad Gaudin:
There are many easier ways to get the third out of an inning than loading the bases to face Barry Bonds.
Here are some of them:
- Walk up to the batter and chew his leg off, then underhand the ball over the plate for three strikes while the batter writhes in pain and astonishment.
- Bribe someone outside the stadium to send up a giant balloon umpire; then point and say "Hey! What's that?" as the balloon goes up. Hopefully the umpires will be so distracted that they'll call a punchout.
- Pitch to ANYONE ELSE.
A fan on TV
with an A's jersey on - and on the back it said "Your Team Sucks" in 9 inch letters.
Gotta love it.
What I meant, of course,
was "Gaudin mows yard," tomorrow morning at home before the game.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jun 8, 2007 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions
And I'm calling Kendall's.
Sometime this century.
by LilAnnieOaktown on Jun 8, 2007 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Apparently not above his shoulders.
Which raises the question of where his eyes are located.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions
In the back of his head
that's why he's so good at picking up the ball off the wall.
who knows where
i can find out on the internet if i will seen the Giants-A's game tomorrow on fox.
i live in portland oregon/
by chavyizdamn3 on Jun 8, 2007 8:17 PM PDT reply actions
Surprisingly...
Oklahoma gets Mets-Tigers not Astros-White Sox.
Guess it's proxy server time for me!
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Ooh, me too!
In Seattle.
I'm going to be busy all day Saturday, but I can tape it and watch later that night or Sunday morning.
Here
http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story...
Save that link. It's harder than hell to find on the Fox site.
Nice play Bobby
An easy trivia question...
"Can you name the first Giant to hit a home-run off the A's in interleague play?"
Easy answer (until about a minute ago): No.
Easy answer (now): Yes (since they just told me it was J.T. Snow)
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 8:20 PM PDT reply actions
WOOHOO, T-BUCK!
He's a Giant's fan ready to jump ship.
When I hear that Giants outfielder mentioned
I always think his name is Randy Nguyen.
thank you, dear ump
cardinals suck
9-5 Angels.
will they ever lose.
by chavyizdamn3 on Jun 8, 2007 8:28 PM PDT reply actions
10-5 Actually
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait, Angels are playing Cardinals??
I thought they were supposed to play the Dodgers whenever we play the Giants.
Swish does his job.
Way to go!
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 8:32 PM PDT reply actions
True dat.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Are things kinda slow around here...
...tonight?
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 8:34 PM PDT reply actions
It really was
"With all due respect to the fat lady...it ain't over until the last Athletic swings." - Ha.
Only thing that could have made it better was also including Buck's 5/02 HR off Papelbon.
by NewPosterMojo on Jun 8, 2007 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Misspelled interleague
as "interleauge"
When did Lou Seal fall into a vat of Tang?
That is one ugly mascot.
What the hell is it supposed to be?
by LilAnnieOaktown on Jun 8, 2007 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
When did Lou Seal become all orange?
Something's just wrong about that...
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Jun 8, 2007 8:44 PM PDT reply actions
I thought it was my television.
Really green grass, really orange seal.
He apparently has been playing...
...in that "other stuff."
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Jun 8, 2007 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions
That thing is a seal?
Guess I'm easily fooled.
by LilAnnieOaktown on Jun 8, 2007 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd qualify Tang...
...as "other stuff."
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Jun 8, 2007 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions
don't the Geriatrics have something called...
"Orange Friday?" Maybe Lou dons the pumpkin colors on Friday, as well?
Looks like a rat w/o a tail.
by LilAnnieOaktown on Jun 8, 2007 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
And the gender ambivalence
is reminiscent of SNL's "Pat," right down to the one-size-fits-all name.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jun 8, 2007 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions
AN Sweatshirt sighting!
And a HLY TLDO license plate. Who's the masked ANer?
Correction: HLY 2LDO
:)
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Jun 8, 2007 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions
No, not RLY...
...HLY.
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Jun 8, 2007 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
It's back!
Where are the other three horsemen of the apocalypse?
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jun 8, 2007 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry we're late...
Milton, Harden & I got lost.
Not really. He was standing
5 feet from me yesterday while signing autographs for the kiddies. Fine looking boy!
by LilAnnieOaktown on Jun 8, 2007 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions
right
but what would have happened to you had he been sporting a proper 'do
yes...yes...YES...
Oh. Sorry, I meant that's my private business.
by LilAnnieOaktown on Jun 8, 2007 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions
What's Larry Davis doing in the stands?
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 8:52 PM PDT reply actions
dyed orange, with shades and a Giants jersey?
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jun 8, 2007 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
No...but _that_ would explain a lot!
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Ha ha ha
I was about to say "Same thing as he does in the clubhouse -- absolutely nothing?".
Ah!
Saving the senior citizen from a working life of misery at WalMart.
Barry would be...
...the world's worst greeter!
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Right about that.
I meant the lil ol guy getting the out of play balls. Is he still called a 'ball boy>'
by LilAnnieOaktown on Jun 8, 2007 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Man, Charlie Manuel sure had it right
Bonds is thinking nothing but HR every time up.
Come on Chad.
Oh boy...
Chad, Chad, Chad...stop this silliness...
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Jun 8, 2007 9:05 PM PDT reply actions
Where's that GIDP requisition form?
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 9:06 PM PDT reply actions
Memo to Chad Gaudin:
Oh wait, it's the same as the previous memo, except without the Barry Bonds factor, and with one out instead of two.
Way to pitch into...
...and out of a jam, Chad.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 9:09 PM PDT reply actions
whew
what a sloppy inning. time to start our kick-ass bullpen!
by BruceBochteBiyatches on Jun 8, 2007 9:09 PM PDT reply actions
Nice going, Gaudin!
zero runs in after loading the bases with one out!
by One won lost won on Jun 8, 2007 9:09 PM PDT reply actions
that turned out better than expected
uh, 3 for 4, but still
looks like a "Hittin' Machine!" tonight!
by One won lost won on Jun 8, 2007 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Buck Buck Buck
BuckAAWW
We have one starter who looks like he smokes pot
and four who smoke mirrors. Truly magical. Kind of dragonany.
By virtue of all the hair
I'm gonna have to guess Gaudin.
It's medical marijuana,
prescribed by Dr. Larry Davis.
by LilAnnieOaktown on Jun 8, 2007 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions
That's why his delivery is so smooooth.
'dragonany'?
Good change.
Klesko battled Gaudin very well last time.
bobby c.
seems to be falling in love with that little backhand play...
There goes my theory.
FUCK IT!
Left handed specialist...
that worked out well.
so much for the relief pitching
Couldn't be much worse.
by One won lost won on Jun 8, 2007 9:29 PM PDT reply actions
I was so enjoying the...
McCovey Chronicles game thread before Jay Marshall came in to pitch.
God fucking damnit Marshall
ALL you have to do is get Lefties out...
NOT THROW MEATBALLS DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE PLATE!
I'd rather have left Gaudin in... or brought in Flores...
Well that didn't work.
I'm too tired for extra frames tonight.
Let's get out of this inning and score in the eighth!
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 9:30 PM PDT reply actions
I don't think Geren made any
And there should be more than 3 runs on the board
for the A's
by theblackpearl on Jun 8, 2007 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Eh.
The Gigantes should have at least 4 more runs right now.
Why mommy?
Why do the A's make my brain 'splod?
woohoo geren
You found the 1 pitcher bonds can hit lately. Who wanted Gaudin to get the win anyways? Hopefully someone gets injured soon so this is a complete game. Thanks again
wins don't mean anything, anyway...
it the peripherals that count. ;-)
Add insult to injury!
Fat ass steals a base! F'it!!!
and it's fat ass by more than a nose.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jun 8, 2007 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow. Another wasted outing by a starter...
I just feel for Gaudin right now but it's time to worry about just getting a "W."
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jun 8, 2007 9:33 PM PDT reply actions
More proof that Ken Doll...
...has the worst arm of any every day catcher in the bigs.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 9:33 PM PDT reply actions
As much as Kendall annoys me...
...the Bonds SB was entirely on Casilla. It's the second time that he has COMPLETELY forgotten about baserunners.
That was definitely on the pitcher Bonds was
starting his slide when Kendall caught the ball
by theblackpearl on Jun 8, 2007 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Rich ORLYa
nice -- someone needs to morph the baby
onto his mug
KOTS!
Awful inning...
...but it's still only a tie.
Let's win this thing now!
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 9:37 PM PDT reply actions
Thank goodness Kotsay's back. That is at least
the 4th play I've seen him make that would not have happened with him on the DL. Hopefully his stick comes around a bit.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jun 8, 2007 9:38 PM PDT reply actions
Amen
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Does that make Buhner
Lucky Pierre?
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jun 8, 2007 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Marshall sucks
Geren's got to go to somebody (anybody) else.
by Bleeding the Green and Gold on Jun 8, 2007 9:39 PM PDT reply actions
to be fair... he has been a good LOOGY
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jun 8, 2007 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll say it again...
...you have to give a pitcher more than a 2 run margin. The opportunities were there to add to the 3 runs, but the offense stinks. Scoring 1 to 4 runs game after game will not work over a full season. Look for a trade for a bat...and forget Bradley and probably Piazza, too.
Why couldn't they keep Benitez
Give us something to look forward to.
The way he lumbered into second
it was more like Coon Slowpids, MN.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jun 8, 2007 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions
this is going to happen
injuries have decimated the bullpen. imagine if they were 100%...embree/calero (who i still think is injured) in the 7th, duke in the 8th, street in the 9th. i just hope they're all healthy in the second half of the season.
Things I Learned Today
They number the archways in rightfield at Not-PacBell Park.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 9:43 PM PDT reply actions
Mandatory- Get DJ in here!
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jun 8, 2007 9:43 PM PDT reply actions
Agh!!
Johnson broke the wrong way!!
WTF is Kotsay doing?
not waving Johnson in?
turns around looks at the ball...
and walks away? Idiot!
DJ not scoring is tougher to take than
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jun 8, 2007 9:45 PM PDT reply actions
Argh!
No help to DJ from Kotsay on that passed ball. But given how many balls have come straight back of the backstop tonight it's not hard to understand.
It wasn't Kotsay's fault
DJ needs to be more alert though
and not casually jogging back towards the bag w/o seeing what happened
by Bleeding the Green and Gold on Jun 8, 2007 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed with you and Nico
but that still doesn't excuse Kotsay not giving DJ some kind of signal, which is pretty much SOP. But you're correct, it might not have mattered.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jun 8, 2007 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Less faith in Kotsay
Please prove me wrong, Mark.
at the plate but he saved us last inning.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jun 8, 2007 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Son of a ...
!!!!
Good thing DJ wasn't going on contact
at least. And a bit surprising, with Kendall on deck.
Now would be a great time to pitch hit.
Damn!
Will Kendall hit?
It's okay, Kendall will save the day
Just hit a fucking flyball
Mr. Nothing at the plate.
Bad at bat...
...inexcusable lack of guidance to DJ on what should have been a passed ball.
Still, we'd be behind already were it not for Kots.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 9:48 PM PDT reply actions
DJ was not looking at Kotsay, he was already
back at 3rd base.
by theblackpearl on Jun 8, 2007 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Are we watching the same game?
Bad play all around, I'd say.
But Kotsay needs to immediately wave him in.
Neither player reacted the right way.
But I agree: ultimately it was more DJ's fault.
Well, water under the bridge now!
A's win!
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Imagine If This Club Could Hit W/ RISP
Hard to imagine what this club would do if there was anybody who could get a hit with a RISP. Gee, great, let's let Kendall hit in this situation ... it's not like Shannon Stewart has a higher batting average or anything ... and you wouldn't want to hurt Kendall's feelings, which after all is what the game is all about.
Not watching
Was the passed ball an automatic score, but DJ just blew it?
He needed to take it right away.
If he had, then yes, but he hesitated and his first break was back toward 3rd. At that point, he'd've been made if he tried for the plate.
No.
DJ could have scored if he was leaning the right way, but for a guy of his speed and with only one out, it was definitely the right call to stay at third.
Don't think that's the consensus view
Correct on the leaning, and he needed to break right away, but I'd bet that a good runner like, say, Kendall scores if he's in that situation
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jun 8, 2007 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
So we agree, right?
DJ was leaning that wrong way - that's his bad. But even if, say, Kendall were leaning the wrong way, he still would have had a good chance to score anyway given superior speed.
I think that's why Kotsay
didn't wave him in as well
Boy we screwed the pooch on that one.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jun 8, 2007 9:50 PM PDT reply actions
"The dangerous Jason Kendall at the plate."
Hah!
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 9:50 PM PDT reply actions
bad time to PH?
Since pitcher is coming up next anyway.
Can't do a double switch, don't want to use full bench so fast?
i guess swisher
is going to have to win it like last year on a triple.
by chavyizdamn3 on Jun 8, 2007 9:51 PM PDT reply actions
Announcer
Did I hear the announcer call him the "dangerous" Jason Kendall?
he says it in MLB 2K7 too
i guess, but thats just a video game. lol
by chavyizdamn3 on Jun 8, 2007 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
the oakland A's
masters at hitting the two-out sac fly
Word
Seldom with one out.
by One won lost won on Jun 8, 2007 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
New thread mojo, please!
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 9:51 PM PDT reply actions
Gee, A Weak Fly to Right. Who Knew?
I'm an so f'ing sick of Kendall and his sucky ABs, but what I'm really sick of is the A's preferring his sensibilities to the effort to win. What, exactly, does Kendall have to do to get lifted in that situation? Does he have to hit .140? .120? Absolutely f'ing ridiculous.
COMING SOON...!
You know, people are so blinded by what they want
to see, they sound like the A's should win every game. There is never credit to another team or player. That was a fly ball that would have scored a runner with less than 2 outs.
by theblackpearl on Jun 8, 2007 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Huh?
I agree with the general knee-jerk blind criticism problem, but
- I'm not convinced that would've scored a runner in a sac situation, wasn't that deep, and to a good armed OF; and
- It wasn't a sac situation anyway, so why is that relevant? It was a mediocre fly out to end the inning.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Jun 8, 2007 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, why doesn't Geren
pinch-hit right there?
by Bleeding the Green and Gold on Jun 8, 2007 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
shoot me
thats a brutal thing we just saw
geren needs to pinch run for dj in the first place...the DJ HAS to score on the pass ball...then Geren has to pinch hit for kendall...DAMMMMMMMMITTTTTTTTT!
Unless those are A's fans cheering for pop ups
Do Giants fans make noise for any ball hit into the air?
They were cheering for the discounted $12
beer now selling for $11.
just posted the same thing so I am not alone
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jun 8, 2007 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Gotta like Casilla!
by GreenNGoldSooner on Jun 8, 2007 9:56 PM PDT reply actions
DJ should have scored
But Geren should have called for the squeeze play. Kotsay hasn't found his swing yet, but he should still be capable of laying down a bunt.
And if he didn't everyone would say what a stupid
call the squeeze was.
by theblackpearl on Jun 8, 2007 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
NEW THREAD OPEN
SF fans go "nuts" on routine fly balls as if they
are going to be homeruns. They are the worst at judging the ball of the bat.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jun 8, 2007 9:58 PM PDT reply actions
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