Open Thread: Game 125 - A's vs. Royals
by baseballgirl on Aug 19, 2007 12:07 PM PDT
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Print<sigh> And we were having so much fun this week too. The 2007 Athletics: If They Were Just A Little Bit Better.
Lenny DiNardo will try to end the homestand on a positive note today, hooking up with the Royals' Kyle Davies for today's pitching matchup, as the A's try to avoid the sweep.
Yes, the Royals. <sigh again>
Because one crappy offense is just not enough for me, I'm heading out to Dodger Stadium for their game today. All complaints can be directed to Chavez Ravine.
C'mon Oakland, let's have one good game this weekend!
Maybe the lineup fairy will make an appearance in the thread.
LET'S GO OAK-LAND!
HowdyAN! JoeyGathrighthereagain! ThoughtI'dshoveintothemiddleofbaseballgirl'sgamethreadtopostthelineups! Youcanthankmelater! Wheeee! I'mfast!
Lineups
KC
German 3B
DeJesus LF
Grudzielanek 2B
Butler DH
Brown RF
Gordon 1B
Pena SS
Albert Belle LF
LaRue C
Athletics
Stewart LF
DaVanon CF
Swisher RF
Cust DH
Ellis 2B
Johnson 1B
Scutaro SS
Hannahan 3B
Bowen C
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you were on first, but you ran into Coach Cleats
... and were awarded second.
<Standing O>
great line, easy QOTM nom.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Aug 19, 2007 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I like getting Murphy and Zuke a day off ...
... but I'd really like to see Swisher getting some rest as well.
Hey ladies!
On Marty Lurie's pregame radio show, Jack Cust was interviewed on their running Sunday segment, "Three Guys at the Ballpark." Cust was asked: "If you had to set your sister up with a guy on the A's, who would it be?"
The answer: "Travis Buck, because he's got a good head on his shoulders, knows where he's going in life, and is a really nice guy."
<swoons>
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Aug 19, 2007 12:34 PM PDT reply actions
[triple swoon]
Nice, smart, focused, and very good looking.
Notice how he left that last one off his list.
{double swoon, thinking about triple swoo--}
OW!!! <grabs hammy>
until last night, I thought that was ...
... what it would take for Cust to hit a three-bagger.
want to meet
this really nice, knows-where-he-is-going, good-head-on-his-shoulder guy?
Meet A's outfielder Travis Buck after the game on Wednesday, August 29 at the Sunshine Saloon, 1807k Santa Rita Road in Pleasanton
jairo?
The A's did not announce another roster move after the game, but Santiago Casilla left the clubhouse carrying his equipment bag. Casilla has allowed 14 runs in his last 16» innings, spanning 15 outings.
What happened?
Waiting for the Giants to end their stupid game on FSN
by AintEasyBeinGreen on Aug 19, 2007 1:17 PM PDT reply actions
leadoff triple for shannon!
after gathright dove and missed the ball.
you can watch the game on FSN+!
I'm watching the Giants/Fish
and I kind of hope Hennessey blows the save
by SwisherThresher on Aug 19, 2007 1:18 PM PDT reply actions
nope
Florida had runners at the corners, 2 out and Rameriz popped up to Feliz. Game over, 6-5 SF.
by SwisherThresher on Aug 19, 2007 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I know
that would require me to get up and go to another TV in the house. So difficult
by AintEasyBeinGreen on Aug 19, 2007 1:19 PM PDT reply actions
Yay
Bye Bye giants.
by AintEasyBeinGreen on Aug 19, 2007 1:19 PM PDT reply actions
Can we please score
10 plus runs today? (And not give up 11)
by AintEasyBeinGreen on Aug 19, 2007 1:21 PM PDT reply actions
I like giving Murphy the day off
Especially right after the talk with Scutaro explaining that Hannahan and Murphy are the starters and he's the back-up again.
We all understand the reasoning for that, and I think Scoot does too, but it still sucks for him. Giving him a start today is a nice way to soften the blow and let him know he's still important to the team as the regular backup.
Not a big deal, but given how the front office has bungled communication with players so much this year, it's nice to see one done right.
9th inning Tex @ Minn
Twins up 1-0 and Joe Nathan is in now. Santana's line:
8 innings, 2 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, and...
17 strikeouts!
by SwisherThresher on Aug 19, 2007 1:28 PM PDT reply actions
showed lachman and crosby in dugout lol
it was so funny
by smasfan on Aug 19, 2007 1:38 PM PDT reply actions
Caught stealing makes Billy Beane cry
especially when the batter at the plate takes a free trip to first soon after
woops
by SwisherThresher on Aug 19, 2007 1:40 PM PDT reply actions
doubly especially when ...
... the player caught stealing just marched into Billy's office demanding an explanation why the manager had benched him.
Uh oh.
Gathright on first.
Lenny "fielding" is always an adventure.
They give Donnie Murphy a day off
but can't give Gaudin a day off. How come?
by A'sfansince1970 on Aug 19, 2007 1:48 PM PDT reply actions
Perfecto for DeNardo is gone!
Rats! and he was seven batters into twenty-seven straight!
by One won lost won on Aug 19, 2007 1:49 PM PDT reply actions
yet another missed marketing opportunity
Cotroneo just mentioned the upcoming "A's Retro Alarm Clock" giveaway -- they really should have made it the "A's Official Rich Harden Disabled Retroactive to [time here] Alarm Clock."
To hear Cotroneo, you'd have thought
that ball Ellis hit was not a routine fly ball out. Which it was.
I was just about to say:
I looked away for a minute and heard the announcement. I thought it was at least a double with the way he called it.
I'm stuck with RSTN.
And a virus on my laptop, I think. :\
Ew.
Lach is basically antagonistically asking little kids whether they're rooting for the A's or not, giving them baseballs and telling them not to fight with their siblings. Oh, and giving Bobby Crosby a hard time about his fractured hand.
Marco!
Awesome! Player to be named later comes through AGAIN!
by A'sfansince1970 on Aug 19, 2007 2:13 PM PDT reply actions
I love Lenny DiNardo.
If it weren't for The Mosquito,
Lenny'd be working on a perfecto.
Lenny oughta get his friends to "off" Gathright. (All people named Lenny DiNardo have mafia connections, right?)
Brenly might do it for him
Didn't he say something about breaking up a no-no with a bunt being horseshit?
That was a late-inning bunt attempt
And my personal opinion (not that anybody REALLY would care) is that these traditional, unwritten baseball rules are complete BS.
I'm with you on that
You think Brenly was telling his pitchers to challenge Mac and Sosa in '98? I doubt it.
Agree--btw the guy who bunted
for an 8th inning hit was...Rob Bowen. And if you want a no-hitter, then you should be prepared to field a bunt. That rule is unwritten because it's hooey!
Ewww
If that puts him on the DL, I hope they just say that he has a "strained back" or something. No detail, please.
Or a typo of bulging disc in his back?
Wow, every time I tune back in, Cust is on first
with a walk. I thought gameday had gotten stuck.
Mariners
already up 10-2 on the White Sox in the third
by SwisherThresher on Aug 19, 2007 2:34 PM PDT reply actions
Joey Gathright
stays close to the bag and out of Marco's way.
Damn straight.
um
is Lenny really this good? Sometimes he gets rolling and throws numbers like an ace would
I think he's a good #4
I think he should switch places with Gaudin next year. Haren, Loaiza, Blanton, Dinardo, Gaudin.
by A'sfansince1970 on Aug 19, 2007 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
You're assuming
Harden... sorry, couldn't type that with a straight face.
Lenny! 59 pitches through 6 innings!
Sweet! 2 hits!
by A'sfansince1970 on Aug 19, 2007 2:39 PM PDT reply actions
DAN JOHNSON!
poor Melhuse
they just said he could very likely have given his new Texas teammates the latest Oakland signs, whereas Kendall, not that it would matter much now that he is in the NL with the Cubs, would not even consider doing such a thing
oh hai, DJ lives
by SwisherThresher on Aug 19, 2007 2:41 PM PDT reply actions
Welcome to the ballgame!
DJ says see ya later!
Meanwhile in the feds' witness protection bunker
Three shame-faced agents are wondering how they let Dan Johnson get out of their sight.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Aug 19, 2007 2:42 PM PDT reply actions
And wonder why Mike Piazza is tied up
in the basement.
maybe scutaro
should have tea and crumpets with Beane more often
by SwisherThresher on Aug 19, 2007 2:42 PM PDT reply actions
Yahoo Gamechannel
is a little-bit slow today. Still hasn't posted DJ's big fly.
Oh, and how nice is it to see someone score from 1st on a double?
Hannnnnnnahaaaaan!
Scoot scores on Hannahan double!
YAY.
keep it going
I'd like to see the A's score about 20 in this game
by SwisherThresher on Aug 19, 2007 2:48 PM PDT reply actions
Anyone got a camcorder?
Screw Gathright, I'm gonna make a video of me jumping over 3 Hot Wheels,a teddy bear, and a fully cooked rutabaga.
tough day for fly balls
No clouds makes it hard to judge. Of course, it didn't help that Davanon turned the wrong way two or three times.
Should've had that single
His glove went all turtle-head on that ball
Yes! And a Gold Glove!
Don't be cheap, A's!
by A'sfansince1970 on Aug 19, 2007 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Has DaVanon played a day game yet?
Or is this the first one?
Lenny at 71 pitches through 7.
He's workin' it today.
Hot stuff.
and somehow charge him with an error.
lucky break there
Ellis came off the bag
let's go Marco!
by SwisherThresher on Aug 19, 2007 3:13 PM PDT reply actions
Hannahan looks like a GREAT fit for the A's
He sees a lot of pitches, and that was his 3rd GIDP already.
Unbelievably, Joey Gathright
is now batting .476 (30/63) on the road this year. That's amazing.
A very long time ago
I had a computer game called Pursue the Pennant. THis was in the late '80's or early '90's. The Yankees had a 3b who had like 100 AB's or something and hit over .500 against lefties. I think you see where I'm going with this.
Lenny, what a STUD.
Lenny! Lenny! Pitch the 9th!
He's awesome today!
by A'sfansince1970 on Aug 19, 2007 3:25 PM PDT reply actions
i like gathright
he seems like a fun player to have on the team!
during batting practice yesterday, gathright went after a fly ball and the fly ball bounced out of his glove and hit another guy on the back of his head. gathright fell on the grass laughing! haha.
showed lachman with some girls that were
celebrating a birthday. he said do you have a designated driver lol
by smasfan on Aug 19, 2007 3:27 PM PDT reply actions
looking like they are warming someone up for a's
by smasfan on Aug 19, 2007 3:29 PM PDT reply actions
I hope they let Lenny try for the complete game
from the 5th inning:
by SwisherThresher on Aug 19, 2007 3:31 PM PDT reply actions
woo hoo announcers said looks like lenny is going
out to pitch
by smasfan on Aug 19, 2007 3:32 PM PDT reply actions
guess it's good to have someone ready just in
case. but he's earned the opportunity to go for it
Let's go Lenny!
Booooooo, that's not Lenny!
Shut them down and put a bow on this one
and give him the game ball.
They should have left Lenny in
until he got in any trouble. Then Street.
by A'sfansince1970 on Aug 19, 2007 3:35 PM PDT reply actions
he was at 85 pitches and on fire
did they really have to use Street in this situation?
I mean, really now?
by SwisherThresher on Aug 19, 2007 3:35 PM PDT reply actions
What?? Gameday shows DiNardo. and Gruds with a
single! Is it Huston? Was there a hit?
Street is in
Single to shallow right for Grudz.
I don't get it. It's not a save situation. it's
not a setup for a save situation. and the guy had his best game ever going. I can't imagine he was given the option and said no. I like Huston, but this is a let down for me. It's so rare to have a guy be this strong for 8 innings.
this would be a much more exciting 9th
if lenny was out there trying to get the CG.
i wonder why he's not back out there?
they said his arm was tired
I agree that this final frame would have been far more exciting if Lenny was looking to close it out for the complete game
aw well
Let's go Oakland!
by SwisherThresher on Aug 19, 2007 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
AND with a 5 run lead? I don't get Geren!
by A'sfansince1970 on Aug 19, 2007 3:39 PM PDT reply actions
Did the announcers seem puzzled that Street came
in? I'm not listening to the streaming audio and don't have it on tv
What happened to royalsreview?
He could still talk some trash about winning this series plus the season series.
oh I'm sure
royalsreview will provide us with a third blog shortly
by SwisherThresher on Aug 19, 2007 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
YAY! We beat the Royals!
Let's take 2 from the Blue Jays, Eh? And then sweep in the Trop! Go A's! Nice one, Lenny!
by A'sfansince1970 on Aug 19, 2007 3:42 PM PDT reply actions
Good game! Non sweep (always a good thing)
Time for grocery shopping (ugh)
Lach throwing some propaganda
out there for Scoot in the post-game.
i wonder who the heckler is going to bother in
tampa bay
by smasfan on Aug 19, 2007 3:43 PM PDT reply actions
who did he bother last time...
I can't recall
Was it Kotsay or Kendall?
by SwisherThresher on Aug 19, 2007 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
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