You've got to ask yourself a question ...
by monkeyball on Sep 8, 2007 8:37 PM PDT
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PrintI, for one, don't feel lucky.
Even worse, I don't feel good.
At this point in the season, it feels like every other team the A's face still has at least one bullet in the chamber.
And the A's are just lying there, bleeding in the street.
Chad Gaudin chose the wrong Dan Haren to do an impression of this eveing, and the A's offense ran into the multi-toothed Rangers pitching buzzsaw of Luis Mendoza, A.J. Foyt, James Woods, Judge Reinhold, Nanette Fabray, Oscar Levant, Zasu Pitts, and Basil Rathbone (the official scorer inexplicably awarded the win to Kenny Rogers).
When the highlight of the game is Dan Meyer throwing 2-1/3 perfect innings (before giving up a couple baserunners and a meaningless run), you know you're in garbage time.
Tomorrow, the A's frantically stab at the EMERGENCY STOP button on the elevator to keep from going all the way to the basement.
Rangers 7, A's 3. Gaudin: ineffective. Countless horde of faceless Ranger middle relievers: effective.
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Question:
If Swisher's shot up the middle had been just a little lower, would he officially be under the Mendoza line?
Faceless? Sounds scary.
But at least we got a Zasu Pits reference out of the whole thing. Nice.
A truly horrific
season. First to worst. Who woulda thunk it?
on the bright side...
the worse we do, the better the draft pick.
As it stands right now, we'd have about the 12th overall pick.
To put that in perspective, here are the 12th overall picks this decade.
- Joe Borchard
- Mike Jones
- Joe Saunders
- Lastings Milledge
- Jered Weaver
- Jay Bruce (Baseball America's #1 prospect in baseball)
- Kasey Kiker
Not bad. Truthfully, they're just playing out the
string. It happens. It sucks. I am excited about a healthy 2008 with the A's organization more carefully watches off season conditioning. C'mon Lenny! Keep us out of the cellar! C'mon offense! Wake up!
I like Geren
however I cannot fathom why DJ is still in the lineup. The season is lost, has been for some time, so why not play all the guys who have been brought up? Put Cust at DH, bench Piazza, DJ, Scutaro, and let the other guys play, it is infinitly more interesting watching the younger players, or at least the minor league players who are getting their first chance in the big leagues.
by china bob on Sep 9, 2007 8:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Just Got Back from the Game
Yeah, I went. No, I'm not going tomorrow. I can't bear to watch the Rangers sweep and I feel that's exactly what's going to happen. I came home to check the standings, having the awful feeling we might be close to last place. I didn't realize just HOW close. Since the game was rather dull, I hung around the bullpen enough to see Huston focused on UT football highlights and Andrew Brown mugging for my camera, showing off his biceps. Oh and the fireworks were pretty cool and my tix were free. I saw very few A's fans or if they were there, they weren't making any noise or wearing any green and gold.
Prove me wrong tomorrow and pull a win out this weekend!
Rivercats announcers only mentioned
Meyer's pitching, nothing else at all about the A's game tonight.
By the way, the 'Cats are in extra innings against Salt Lake City.
Great outing by Brad Ziegler too
He got the last 8 outs, giving up just 2 walks. Seems like he is DeFrancesco's most trusted reliever right now. But he threw 43 pitches, so not available for tomorrow's Game 5.
Putnam's HR was his second of the game. Nick Blasi also hit two. Kaz Tadano pitched well, going into the 8th inning.
Sweet! Go Cats!
See! We're in the playoffs against the baby Angels! Funny, huh? Not the way we planned it, but the playoffs anyway. Go Mini A's!
by A'sfansince1970 on Sep 8, 2007 10:09 PM PDT reply actions
the learning curve
The A's are playing out the last month trying to ask themselves questions. So far we are learning. DJ is not the answer at first. Hanahan might be only utility player value. Murphy can show the defense. The A's need scutaro. Meyer or Braden could be the second lefty out of the bullpen. Lugo has a shot at the bullpen and so does brown for next year.
Every time I see Murphy,
he looks better to me than Crosby. More hits, more loud outs. Crosby plays better defense, but not THAT much better.
If nothing else...
Maybe Murphy introduces doubt into young Mr. Crosby's belief in his approach. Some healthy competition would do everyone a bit of good in ST.
Someone has a hard-on for Clint Eastwood! :P
I'm willing to invoke the mercy rule at this point.
It's been a terrible season with few bright spots. The decline of the starting pitching since the All Star break has been the biggest worry - Haren and Gaudin have dropped off the face of the earth.
FWIW, Gaudin and Haren both
may be getting an early start on ST next year. There's no doubt that a long frustrating season is wearing them down. So why not use September as a time to experiment with pitches?
I'm selfish, I'd go for the wins to beef up my
career stats. Not that I agree with the idea that they're experimenting with pitches. To me they're both tired and missing their spots.
except that I'm an idiot
I forgot that the Simpsons meta-character that's a Clint homage is McGarnagle, not McBain.
The MENDOZAAAAA! was worth the inconsistency, though.
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