Open Game Thread: Game 99 - A's at Anaheim
by Tyler Bleszinski on Jul 23, 2007 6:55 PM PDT
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PrintThe A's and Chad Gaudin with an 8-5 record and a 3.39 ERA take on Bartolo "Shrek" Colon and the Anaheim Angels. Colon has a 6-5 record and a 6.38 ERA. So that obviously means he's going to shut out the A's tonight as that's seemingly been the trend this year. Any pitcher who has a bloated ERA always seems to find his game against our offense.
The A's activated Huston Street today and he'll initially be a part of the middle relief. Hopefully he has the nerve to get back in and close soon (I think I've been reading Nico too much lately ;-) They also decided that in their roster crunch to designated Bobby Kielty for assignment. I hate to say this, but I honestly think I had an emotional attachment to Kielty for his hairy ANtics (shout out to my man Louis) and that bomb off Francisco Rodriguez a year or two back. He had some great moments with the team, but unfortunately he's basically a one-trick pony and that's hitting left-handed pitching. The A's are hitching their wagon to Cust-mobile full speed ahead.
Any way, here is the A's lineup tonight:
Stewart
Swisher
Cust
Piazza
Johnson
Ellis
Scutaro
Crosby
Suzuki
Chavez must've been having back issues again. Still, I actually do kind of like this lineup. Hopefully they like me more than they me yesterday.
The Angels lineup looks like this:
Figgins
Cabrera
Guerrero
Anderson
Matthews
Kotchman
Izturis
Napoli
Willits
The Angels have their own injury issues right now, albeit nothing in comparison to what the A's have had to deal with this year, but Kendrick is a major cog in that offense and he's no where to be found.
We'll see if Gaudin throws some consistent strikes tonight. He has a 6.11 ERA in July and 15 walks to only nine strikeouts. There's no secret as to why he's gone from 2.54 ERA in April to 2.15 ERA in May to 4.04 ERA in June to 6.11 ERA in July. As his walkout to strike ratio has gotten worse, his ERA has gone North. Hopefully he can right that trend tonight. The A's may be fading, but I still want to beat that team from the OC badly.
LET'S GO A'S!!!!!!!
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Winning against the Angels
is always nice. Taking a series against the Orange county Angles of LaHabra is sweet indeed. Sweeping the Angels will cause me to forgive a multitude of sins, including being out of the race in mid July.
Go A's!
yep, chavvy has back issues again
SuSlu said:
The A's lineup doesn't include Eric Chavez again tonight - the third baseman's recent back soreness flared up again. A recent MRI showed no structural damage, but since this is the third time Chavez had dealt with this issue, he said he might get checked out by a doctor in Seattle when the team is there. He is likely to sit out the entire series at Anaheim.
inquiring hive mind wants to know.
I'm putting down Harry Potter 7 for this
I expect to be entertained!
LET'S GO OAKLAND!
I won't post any spoilers then....
by Englishmajor on Jul 23, 2007 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I am pissed off right now. This is the first
time in a looooong time that the game isn't on EI. This happened last year against the Angel's too!
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 23, 2007 7:08 PM PDT reply actions
Fun to play the Angels
I don't have any illusions about the season. But still I'm glad were playing a game that feels like it means something.
Honestly, I'm guessing the team feels the same way.
same here,
and if the team does not show some spunkiness with this series, then forgettaboutit.
LET'S GO OAKLAND!
(: I'm in a good mood today.
We got a...base hit? We already have a hit and
it's only the top of the 1st!
Better than using it in the lavatory.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 23, 2007 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Exchange rates
How many comments is a "Shout Out" worth? I have to find my VORP (Value Over Replacement Poster)...
Sweeeeet.
Wow, Bartolo Colon looks really terrible.
This could be just the kind of mental jumpstart our offense needs.
Thank GOD no Chavez!!
Last I checked there isn't a Designated Fielder in MLB...thank GOD his $11 million dollar "bat" is on the shelf like it belongs. We might actually get a win now.
by oaklandathleticsfan1 on Jul 23, 2007 7:19 PM PDT reply actions
OH. MY. GOD.
who the hell are these people?
What the heck?
OH MY GOD
Not only have we had hits already, we have runs, RUNS! This is our day.
by mlleaimee on Jul 23, 2007 7:22 PM PDT reply actions
OHMYGOD!
Bartolo Colon has perfected
a seemingly unmarketable skill--the art of a breaking ball that hones in to the exact center of the plate.
I can't recall the last time we had one hug
the line and land "fair." Yea!
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 23, 2007 7:23 PM PDT reply actions
Oh thank god, Ty.
Trying to convince BoCro to stand closer to the plate. Freaking genius, I tell you.
Phew. Much better.
That's what I had expected...
Fartolo Colon is looking for some cookies already
OMIGOD!!!
4 points all at once!!!!! Go Hotties--you can still win this conference, I'm telling you! :-}}}}}}}}}}}}
-Cindi.
Of course...
this game isn't on tv.
I don't think my internet is fast enough.
But thank you.
I can't remember the last time a non-Fox game
wasn't televised on EI. Do you remember the last time?
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 23, 2007 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions
nope
I could probably find out.
Don't bother. What a ripoff to be playing your
rival and, conveniently, they don't figure out a way to televise the f'n game. Bitches.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 23, 2007 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Coincidence...?
I was sleeping during the run scoring party.
<sings>
A gentle breeze from hushabye mountain
Softly blows o'er lullaby bay
It fills the sails of boats that are waiting
Waiting to sail your worries away
thinking of turning it off right now
good enough.
Obviously Ty told Crosby to stand closer
to home not realizing that Crosby's SoCal home is actually somewhere towards the third base side of plate, thus moving Crosby further away from the ball.
i've figured it out....
instead of cooking i ordered chines delivery.
i guess i will be eating moo shu for the rest of the season!
if bocro got a hit, i would have sent some crab and creamcheese dunplings ty's way. it's about time bocro took an inside stance......
Just read the latest. No Ronnie Mac? Awww
But it sure is good to have Huston back!
So...getting ahead in the count early
was Chad's "game plan"....
Kielty
I like Kielty -- I think he's better than he usually gets credit for on this site -- but I'm not disappointed to see him go. The move makes a lot of sense. There's bound to be interest in a 4th/5th outfielder who platoons well against LH pitching.
BoCro is the most stubborn player ever
Van Burkleo's been begging him to stand closer to the plate for more than a month now and Crosby's only just starting to listen to him.
Texas just went up 6-3 over Seattle
But I'm hoping that sometime in this stand we get to be the team that presides over the Angels giving up first place....never to see it again.
Yeah
Melhuse is playing tonight too. Laird has a bruised hand.
by mlleaimee on Jul 23, 2007 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes... a shutout.
But this time, by our guy!
<sprinkles anti-woofing powder...>
That was quick.
What inning is this? Did I sleep that long?
Second.
According to the PA, he left with "right elbow irritation" and will be seen by Dr. Lewis Yocum tomorrow. Yes, they actually broadcast his appointment with Dr. Black Arm Death over the PA.
Top of the order, top of the order
by mlleaimee on Jul 23, 2007 7:38 PM PDT reply actions
Who's going to see Yocum now?
I lied, I didn't completely put HP7 down.
Is someone's arm falling off?
All that wanding takes a toll on the elbow.
It's how they came up with "Sirius Black surgery."
It's FP Santangelo on the Giants broadcast!
Barry Bonds! WOO!
I missed all the scoreing...
I've been waiting 4 weeks for this!
Wow, Cust being protected in the lineup by Piazza! Who's responsible for this brilliance!
These 2-out hits are killing me.
Cust
Should have completely blown up Napoli.
He would have achieved instant folk hero status.
He could have been our Paul Bunyan.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 23, 2007 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Woo! Pour it on!
Runs in every inning!
Beane's new undervalued commodity is
relievers who can start. I think Andrew Brown is next.
I want him to get Proctor and Heilman
And I want Wigginton. He would be better fill in for Chavez
Anyone mad about the Bradley DFA
should remember: The conversation about blunders begins and ends with the Piazza-catching farce that deprived us of this Cust-Piazza actual batting lineup! (And I'm not retracting that until Cust butchers his first ball in RF. And not even then, seriously.)
I've been saying that for a while, too
I just never understood why we couldn't run out Swisher-Cust-Piazza-Chavez 5 out of every 7 days (at least). Ridiculous.
My Book:
#1 Bonehead Move: DFA of Bradley
#2 Bonehead Move: Piazza learning to catch again
by Colorado Fan on Jul 23, 2007 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
totally agree about Piazza
the A's front office just didnt make the bold (and correct) roster moves that could have kept the team in the race this year. Particularly with the hitting void that's been apparent to almost everyone else.
Kielty and Kendall could have been traded weeks before these decisions were eventually made. And when room was finally made for Piazza on the roster we're out of the race.
by oak1 on Jul 23, 2007 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah...here's Lew's run
up to the new stadium before the Fremont city council meeting tomorrow....stay tuned.
Swisher-Cust-Piazza
great 2-3-4 in the middle of the lineup. the a's front office should have made this lineup decision 3 weeks ago. the lineup takes on a completely different look with Piazza in it.
It early but I've been pulling to keep Piazza in the lineup the rest of the year and trying to sign him to an extension.
by oak1 on Jul 23, 2007 7:50 PM PDT reply actions
won't happen
sorry. only need one DH. the money is better spent on a SS or CF
it makes more sense
if Piazza can catch some of the time. all of the injuries this year have pointed to one thing -- versatile players like Swish and Scutaro give a lot of roster flexibility and you are better able to cover for injuries to key players. another reason i'd like Barton to be serviceable at 3B as well particularly if Chavvy decides to go in for that surgery.
by oak1 on Jul 23, 2007 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Can someone keep us NRAF's up to date on
the Lew Wolff conversation?
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 23, 2007 7:52 PM PDT reply actions
There are only 3-4 of those depending on whether
your "roommate" has come on board.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 23, 2007 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions
He's politicking mainly...
Although what he's selling is worth buying. Fremont's not being asked to put up any extraordinary efforts, and the reward is great for a community of its size.
They're basically talking about the new stadium
and how cool it will be. And wondering why anyone would ever have any problems with it. EVER.
Nothing much of substance yet.
Talking quite a bit about the reverse scoreboard in center, about benefits to Fremont, and about how hard political will is to achieve in California.
If Cust had hit him harder....
oh did I say that?
The stadium looks like "Foghat" just finished
playing a set. Ridiculous.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 23, 2007 7:57 PM PDT reply actions
Everytime the Angels get a homerun,
a poor, innocent bird suffocates and dies.
I was looking at jobs in Sunnyvale today.
No frigging way I can buy a house or even a townhouse there. And I don't want to commute from Modesto. But the thought of being back in A's ville was so appealing.
Do you want a roommate?
That's a thought. I have one roomie already.
My 9 yr old son.
Yeah, but I'd pay rent.
- I don't smell funny
- I can cook
- I'm fairly clean
- I don't smoke
- I'd be willing to babysit
Babysit?
Didn't you once say, "Just cuz I'm squishy it doesn't mean I give a shit"?
But I don't know those people.
Then you're going to hate my kid.
We decided to go the single name route, like "Prince" or "Madonna."
Have you lived there a long time or just very
well paid?
ELLIE HR!
I don't know who these guys are but I like them!
Ellis takes that Napoli run back
Yay, Mark!
Woo! Pour it on!
Runs in every inning!
Sell them to Vick!
Lew Wolff playing baby matchmaker
between Briggs and Piazza's daughter
BRIGGS IS MINE!!
[head spins around]
AAAARRRRGGGG!!!
Lew really comes across
as the grandfather everyone wishes they had. Funny, charming, and rich. He was recounting a conversation earlier today with Swish. Apparently Swish wants one of the new townhouses in the new park and is impatient for Lew to get them built. Cute.
Like Futurama
Mom's Robot Oil
I like Wolff. I'm hungry like him...
by oaklandSMASH on Jul 23, 2007 8:06 PM PDT up reply actions
You think Lew is going to
have a built in stripper pole?
mini-strippers?
Midget strippers....hmmmm
Nico?
Yeah, I'm in.
Tiny stippers on a tiny bar....
with shetland ponies and those little tiny goats that fall over.
I don't even know what a "stipper" is,
but I'm so turned on right now I can't concentrate.
Great. Now I want one.
Some want a batting cage
Others want a stripper pole
Kind of a tandem thing...
Can't have one without the other. I thought everyone knew these things.
I'm no longer talking...
I'm smoking.
I'm playing the mandatory Aerosmith cd.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 23, 2007 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Poor Allison Stokke...
She'll never get any respect...
by OaklandInvader on Jul 23, 2007 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Isn't she the one who had HS guys posting her
pic on the internet and her dad got all pissed off?
IDK. I've never seen her before tonight.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 23, 2007 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Employee of the month discount?
He will be the Ryan Klesko of the A's.
Party all night and then just take an elevator to the ballpark in the morning.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 23, 2007 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions
hey how about this for a trade
Crosby Chavez and Blanton for Melvin Mora and Miggy.
Would you guys go for that?
No way. Too much youth
for too much age. I would prefer one talent ready now player and two farm guys.
by A'sfansince1970 on Jul 23, 2007 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Nice when your starter can struggle
but your offense scores early and often, adds on, and carries the starter. What a concept!
how about
Piazza and Chavez for Chone Figgins and Willits?
Unfortunately, I don't think the Angels would
trade them to US.
Once again. A bunt works for this team.
I sure wish we would have known the concept earlier in the year when the division was still up for grabs.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 23, 2007 8:18 PM PDT reply actions
Well our "theory" certainly didn't work.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 23, 2007 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions
you were too busy
requesting to be "done again"
Chavvy is
I love this picture.
I wish I could see farther down.
by mlleaimee on Jul 23, 2007 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope they don't use up all the offense
tonight. Bad feeling.
by A'sfansince1970 on Jul 23, 2007 8:19 PM PDT reply actions
PIAZZA!!
RUNS!!
HOLYCRAP
Piazza 3 run HR!!!!!!!! 9-1 A's!!!!
what the hell were we doing
keeping this guy on the DL for so long?!?!!?!
SOOOOOOOOO STUPID.
snuck one over the short fence
wow, baseball is fun again for 1 day at least
Piazzzzzzza!
Wow! There it was. 9-1 A's. I wanted that all frickin' season long. Piazza!
Woo! Pour it on!
Runs in every inning!
Paint their porches RED.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 23, 2007 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions
i am for sure OUT of my
comfort zone now....this is too much, can't handle much more of this.
Physioc says...
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 23, 2007 8:27 PM PDT reply actions
TOO. MUCH, OFFENSE.
[head explodes]
A's front office
really screwed up on that one.
by oak1 on Jul 23, 2007 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions
They had a really bad year.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 23, 2007 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Little Angel pitcher
went to the well one time to many with that change up. And now he gets shown the door.
This Cust/Piazza thing....I like it. I like it almost as much as semi pro strippers.
Piazza should stay on the roster
for the rest of the year. unless billy really gets blown away with a deal.
by oak1 on Jul 23, 2007 8:28 PM PDT reply actions
Hi Everybody!!
LET'S GO OAKLAND!!
ok,two questions:
who are these guys??
where are the real Oakland A's??
The Milton Bradley curse is broken
Bobby Kielty was the antidote.
DFA color balance is restored.
how about a f'ing A trade
Haren Crosby and Kotsay for Sizemore and Peralta
Would you guys go for that?
Sorry for the trade ideas spam
You do realize that Haren is the BEST pitcher
in the league, right? He is worth a lot.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 23, 2007 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Less than Pronk. I would never trade an "ace"
like Haren while he is very affordable. I would consider trading Blanton or Gaudin for a great hitter combined with a salary dump.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 23, 2007 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
His salary is too high for us.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 23, 2007 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Man, I really hope they save...
the way gaudin is throwing
we may need everything we can get tonight
Piazza Cust = Pizza Crust
have we done that one already?
coupla times
but we love you anyway
by oaklandSMASH on Jul 23, 2007 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Almost the great line up !
Swisher to first, Travis Buck in center...how do ya like us now !!
by panamanianexpress on Jul 23, 2007 8:37 PM PDT reply actions
You know, here's a lineup
that ain't too bad:
Stewart or Buck - LF
Swisher - 1B
Cust - RF
Piazza - DH
Bradley - CF
Chavez - 3B
Ellis - 2B
Crosby - SS
Suzuki - C
And that still leaves you Kotsay when Bradley's hurt, plus the chance to trade Johnson for some bullpen help.
Ah, what could have been...
nitpicking
I'd put Pizza before the Crust, and bat Bradley 3rd
And seeing Crosby and Chavez still hurt my eyes
Good for a few days
Then Milton gets hurt.
Maybe
but he's just played 8 days running and 9 of the last 10.
by green star oakland on Jul 23, 2007 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Is it safe to go to sleep?
or are we going to squander all that offense?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Bases loaded, no one out.
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
has Gaudin reached a dead arm phase?
he's thrown more innings than ever before. doesnt seem to have the same command as he used to.
by oak1 on Jul 23, 2007 8:43 PM PDT reply actions
are you poundering the same I'm poundering??
I hope not, that'd be final point.
COME ON CHAD! You can do it!
positive thoughts everyone
I gave up my positive thinking
It's now "yeesh"
HALP!
Everyone
but Calero looks to be first.
by green star oakland on Jul 23, 2007 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd still be better than some of the guys we've
used outta the bullpen this year
Only one question ...
can you throw strikes ?
by green star oakland on Jul 23, 2007 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Is that your birthday?
why? hasn't anyone figured out he can't
pitch? when is Street supposed to get in the game since he's not closing?
Marginal call.
Gaudin seems to have to much movement on the ball.
did you see his face, like
"God, are they gonna leave me in here?"
chad mystified
that the ump refuses to call a strike at the shins
Big strike out.
Get Anderson. Dp ball please!!!
Another K.
Nice. One more...please!!!