Kielty Designated for Assignment
by OaklandA23 on Jul 23, 2007 4:45 PM PDT
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OAKLAND, Calif. - The Oakland A's today reinstated right-handed pitcher Huston Street from the 15-day disabled list and designated outfielder Bobby Kielty for assignment.
Street was placed on the DL retroactive to May 13 with an irritation in his right ulnar nerve. He pitched for Triple-A Sacramento on a rehab assignment on Saturday against Salt Lake, allowing one hit and striking out two in one inning. Street was 2-1 with a 2.50 ERA and nine saves in 18 appearances with Oakland before the injury.
Kielty was batting .200 with no home runs and three RBI in 13 games with the A's this year. He was on the disabled list from April 29 to July 8 with a strained left calf and hit .250 in four games since his return from the DL. Kielty was originally acquired by the A's from Toronto on November 18, 2003 along with cash considerations for Ted Lilly. He hit .250 with 25 home runs and 127 RBI in 293 games with A's and is a .255 career hitter with 52 home runs and 244 RBI in 579 games in his Major League career.
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yay for OaklandA23 and your breaking news! :) thanks!
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO IM AT THE A'S HOTEL IN ANAHEIM AND WHEN I WAS CHECKING IN KIELTY WAS CHECKING OUT OF THE HOTEL.
by bballfanr33 on Jul 23, 2007 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions
well, that answers the roster crunch question
thanks for the breaking news as it happens, OaklandA23 .
wasn't that a Roger Corman film?
Goodbye, Mr. Monkeychips.
Probably inevitable
And on a subjective level, I'm not sorry. I can't ever recall seeing him do something good or useful for the A's.
He was going to be traded by the deadline in any case, so I'm on board with clearing a roster spot in preparation for what everyone in the biz must have known was a fait accompli.
HW off KRod!
Remember? What was that ... 2005? Turned out not to matter because Harden and Crosby got hurt (again), but that was a big HR.
Grand Slam Last Year
Vs. Cleveland in late September. Wasn't a walk off, but Cleveland has always been tough on us and we weren't doing well against Cliff Lee. It may not sound that sexy, but it was pretty big at the time..
by GusanoQuemador on Jul 23, 2007 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
scored a game winning run against the Giants when
we swept them in their own park, if memory serves.
I miss Lilly
One of the worst trades I can remember was the Ted Lilly for Bobby Kielty deal.
by Mulderfan on Jul 23, 2007 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Remember, Lilly was up for arbitration
Lilly was going to ask (gasp! and get!) for $2.5 million or so! These were in the Schott days, when no one got rewarded for past performance. So before arbitration could occur, they traded Lilly.
Why did Beane get Kielty? Because Kielty pinch-hit and hit a home run to win a game vs the A's while with Minnesota. Beane seems to go after those guys.
I also winced about that one, because basically, it means we got Kielty for Bondermann.
by One won lost won on Jul 23, 2007 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Why Kielty?
You don't trade a quality starting pitcher for a medicore pinch hitter. Pinch hitter's usually are veterans that don't receive much playing time and come cheap. Example, Julio Franco with the Braves. Kielty was just a mediocre extra outfielder, and Lilly was a quality big game pitcher. Maybe trading Lilly was a good thing with his price, but the A's could have gotten much more than Kielty.
by Mulderfan on Jul 23, 2007 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
In 2002 Kielty hit .291
by One won lost won on Jul 23, 2007 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions
But on the plus side
it inspired a great limerick.
Beane's outfield was so bad he felt he
Should make it less Lucy Van Pelty,
While JP's poor mound
Was too Charlie Browned:
And thus was born Lilly-for-Kielty.
well, that confirms it ...
... Beane hates black people, and redheads.
Or Clowns.....
I had a female friend at work who was absolutely terrified of clowns.
So of course, every once in a while, I'd call her and just play circus music into the phone.
Maybe someone at AN did that to BB today.
My friend has that same fear
I don't torture on purpose but its sure funny when it happens. But I can understand that sort of fear. It scared the bejesus outta me as a kid.
by mlleaimee on Jul 23, 2007 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not *That* cruel....
I never put a prop clown in her car or anything like that.
It was a game more then anything. I'd play the circus music, she'd shriek, and we'd both laugh.
(Yes, I had the hots for her - no one ever taught me how to flirt properly.)
Do you hit her first
And then tell her you like bread?
by mlleaimee on Jul 23, 2007 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions
First he told her
That he had legs. It was the boast about "french loaf" that scared her away.
I always wondered about that
Beane traded away Bradley for no apparent reason, and if the A's don't keep Shannon Stewart they will have no black people. I think Kielty was the only red head so I think that needs a little more evidence.
by Mulderfan on Jul 23, 2007 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
is your diet low in iron?
DJ's a redhead, and so's Hatteberg.
they were different cases
Hatteberg had signed as a free agent with the Reds. Not to mention he had a contract extention during his time in Oakland. Oh yeah and the A's let him walk so they could let Dan Johnson play some first (red head) along with Swisher. And Dan Johnson hasn't been traded yet, so rumors are not enough to judge Billy is against red heads.
by Mulderfan on Jul 23, 2007 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Good luck Good luck troll
May your hair be mighty and your hits long.
by mlleaimee on Jul 23, 2007 4:54 PM PDT reply actions
Thanks
Great props to whomever posted the diary about the pending roster crunch earlier today. I did not think about the effects of Street's return, but the author of that diary correctly identified that there was going to be a roster move like this on the horizon. I had just assumed (since this is generally what it's like) that some minor leaguer would go down, without thinking about who was actually on the roster. So again, nice job on the part of that poster.
good luck Bobby
My Kielty troll doll remains one of my all time favorite giveaways!
Wish it was JoKe instead of Kielty
although I know we were loaded up w/ OF's
by Hawk on Jul 23, 2007 4:58 PM PDT reply actions
When are they going to have a Scutaro giveaway?
Probably just before they trade him.
by mlleaimee on Jul 23, 2007 4:58 PM PDT reply actions
Speaking of giveaway..
Piazza boblehead??? Where is Joe Blanton's or Dukes? Why not do a retro one again.. Steinbach, Welch, Rickey or even Curt Young??
by Hawk on Jul 23, 2007 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Exactly
I know a player is going this year when they have a giveaway of them. Or at least in Piazza's case and Milton's. I would LOVE a Duke bobblehead.
by mlleaimee on Jul 23, 2007 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions
NO...
anyone but Mark Ellis!
lol...but it is kind of ironic how Bradley is gone and Piazza may be by the trade deadline or at least next year
Speaking of bobbleheads...
I would like to buy a Piazza bobblehead from someone with an extra. Email me.
by sf drift king on Jul 23, 2007 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it's a great idea
Except I would like a Charlie Finley bobblehead
by billyball1981 on Jul 23, 2007 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Wouldnt it be sick
If they had a Billy Beane bobble head? Im suprised they didnt have Blanton yet. I want a Duke bobblehead too!
Beane bobblehead would be pretty sweet
but what would he be doing,, what action,, throwing a chair at Bradley, firing Macha??
On the phone toying w/ another GM
by Hawk on Jul 23, 2007 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions
kicking a soccer ball
by BlameChannel53 on Jul 23, 2007 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions
The big question:
Was Kielty DFA before or after he threw the chair?
He threw a chair?!
When?
by mlleaimee on Jul 23, 2007 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
He forgot the apostrophe...
he meant to say "threw the clown hair" or "c'hair" for short.
Excellent creativity
that was inspired!
by One won lost won on Jul 23, 2007 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Good move, but a bit sad
Personality wise, Kielty was one of my favorite A's. Gotta have love for a math geek baseball player who's humble enough to take himself lightly.
Good luck Bobby!
He's a math geek?
Hm, I may have to revise my opinion of him.
Do you mean math math, or baseball math (statistics)?
Hmm..
I meant math math, as in majored in math in college, but now I'm finding absolutely no record of that, and am wondering where exactly I got this impression.
I haven't refuted it yet either, but it's possible that I'm the one who'll have to revise his opinion..
I remember an article on the official site
about how much he likes calculus.
Ah, found it!
http://www.mlb.com/content/printer_f...
Kielty said that as a sixth-grader he placed first in a county-wide math competition. He took his first calculus class at Canyon Springs (Calif.) High School, aced the calculus Advanced Placement exam, and took four more classes on the subject in college at Southern California (1996-97) and the University of Mississippi (1998).
Wow, nicely done
Thanks! Not quite as into it as I'd thought, but hey, a penchant for calculus is enough to justify my klown love.
dare not blow a what?
that's it, you people have stood in his way
long enough, bobby kielty is going to clown college!
with whom?
kielty only hit like 20 home runs with the a's
but didn't they all either tie the game or give the a's the lead? anyone remember that stat?
Good Bye Ronnie Mac!
You will be missed.
by BobbyCrosbysGirl on Jul 23, 2007 5:20 PM PDT reply actions
Thank you
I was wondering when someone would post the pictures.
Look carefully--these are idyllic, classic California baseball images, their like will never be seen again.
I'll miss him too. He only hammed up Ronnie Mac one year, then was cool with it. Damn good times.
Ciao, Booby. I'll miss ya too, mammary man.
Well, better two years late than never.
Maybe he'll find a niche with someone who insists that he never ever bat left-handed again.
Good thing we traded Milton Bradley.
kennedy not kielty
dang, billy beane, please don't get the two confused.
by greenandgoldpolarbear on Jul 23, 2007 5:39 PM PDT reply actions
Damm I know
One of my Faviort things about my DVR, is that now I can start watching games a half hour later, so I can fast foward through commericals and Joe Kennedy. Jeeze it sucked when he was a starter, because all the games I watched were only about 5 total innings long...lol
Sigh
Bonderman/Pena for Lilly. Lilly for Kielty.
Not exactly some of Beane's finer moves.
I remember
that grand slam last year. I was at the game with my dad and I remember it was a VERY cool moment because it was a no-doubter. Kielty slammed it, threw his bat, and watched it for a little. The pics from that shot were awesome too and I had them as a screen saver for a while.
I also remember
a time where Kielty was the best hitter in the line-up for a small stretch. it was either last year or two years ago. I only remember it because we were playing the Yankees and nobody else was hitting.
It was May 2005, which was hilarious
because everything else was going down the tank that month.
Son-of-a....
We got rid of the wrong Bobby ;-(
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 23, 2007 5:58 PM PDT reply actions
Kielty's Career
Unfortunately Kielty has undermined his own major league career by insisting on sticking with switch-hitting even though he hits poorly from the left-hand side. He hits very well as a right-handed hitter and it's unlikely that he would have that significant a drop-off if he stayed batting right-handed against right-handed pitchers. Most guys don't show that big a drop-off. At one point last season his slugging percentage batting right-handed was even better than Frank Thomas'. He will probably continue to insist on being a switch-hitter and that will continue to cost him. It's his career but it's too bad.
at least now he can stop hiding his true identity
as Syndrome
Does anyone
have a photo of Kielty flipping the "two outs" symbol to the LF bleachers?
And that walk off against the Rangers!
I remember going to a game against the Rangers in 2006 I think (maybe 2005), where Francisco Cordero blew the save in the 9th inning (back when Francisco Cordero was considered very good). My family and I sat SWELTERING in the sun until the 14th inning when Bobby Kielty hit a no doubter into the Right Field bleachers. Thanks for that, Bobby! Good luck to him.
BTW, huge mistake to trade Milton Bradley!
Also, I took my Mom to the Orioles game Sunday when the A's didn't even score. Two hits to cheer about. Made me wonder what else I could do with my Mom that would be funner. Does anybody know of a Pig Hunting guide that charges a reasonable rate? Contact me at erikmannie@gmail.com.
by eriklovestheathletics on Jul 23, 2007 8:53 PM PDT reply actions
Considered?
http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/league_leaders.jsp?statType=2&timeFrame=1&sortByStat=SV&basebal lScope=mlb&timeSubFrame=2007
by PositionPlayerProd on Jul 23, 2007 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Good Luck But Not Missed
Kielty's hair was fun, but the Little League-esque, "I can't believe I actually got a hit, grandpa!" stuff was a little over the top. It was one thing for me to think the guy had barely a prayer up there; it was annoying to hear him confirm that he felt the same way.
he made entirely too much $$
for his offensive and defensive contributions....about time he was DFA'd.
And While We're At It ... MB
Nice to see Milton with a 2-4, HR and 3 RBI tonight. Almost makes you wonder...
Bah!
I remember all of the arguements about how Kielty had so much more upside than Eric Byrnes because BK was 6 months younger than Byrnes.
Playing for Billy Beane is the kiss of death for a player's career. Maybe BK will get lucky and find a team that will give him a real chance. They will just have to be ready to put up with the ugliest man in MLB.
Kiss of Death
That's a very good analogy.
by Mulderfan on Jul 24, 2007 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
kielty memory
I went to a game in the Summer of 2004, vs the White Sox. Game tied in the 12th. Bottom 12, Kielty lines a shot over the left center jagged edge for his first walkoff as an A.
by spartan21 @ Athletics Nation on Jul 24, 2007 3:20 PM PDT reply actions
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