Since when was Cust at First Base an option?

by jackcustismyhero32 on Feb 18, 2008 12:53 PM PST

So I was reading the Chronicle this , morning and I look at the A's notebook and Ratto brings up something weird and somewhat scary in his first sentence. "Another quiet but decidedly warmer day at A's camp revealed the arrivals of designated hitter and first-base candidate Jack Cust......" This is the first I've heard of Cust being at first, and I come here every day, so I don't see myself as out of touch with A's news. This seems kinda random. It also doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense, what with Barton probably being our starting first baseman. Has anybody else heard about this before? Or is Ratto just pulling this out of the air?

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Not the air....

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Feb 18, 2008 1:05 PM PST reply actions

Hate seeing Cust

wear a ...glove.

by IM4Oakgal on Feb 18, 2008 1:06 PM PST reply actions

Typo?

It was probably just a typo or he could've been referring to Mike Sweeney.

by Coffee13eans on Feb 18, 2008 1:11 PM PST reply actions

I haven't read the article

but I bet that Coffee13 is right.

by IM4Oakgal on Feb 18, 2008 1:14 PM PST up reply actions

Not that weird

Guys like Cust who don't really have a true position work out at a bunch of different places in the spring just to see if there's maybe a chance of them being able to fill in there at some point during the regular season. It wouldn't be a bad idea to see if Cust can possibly handle 1B in order to give Barton a rest and get Sweeney some ABs at DH from time to time. This by no means signifies the end of Barton at 1B so there's nothing to really be scared about.

"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin

by Helloooo 1st on Feb 18, 2008 7:17 PM PST reply actions

Why not just rest Barton by

putting Sweeney at 1B and Cust at DH? If you've ever seen Cust try to move in the field or catch a ball, you don't want to see him try to do it with 100 feet less warning from the ball about where it's going.

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Feb 18, 2008 10:01 PM PST up reply actions

Well, (clears throat)

what we got here Nico is a combo of complex human physiology, physics and savvy baseball strategy going here. Cust or Custy as you call him, may just have a better place at first because he has less time to think. His natural fast-twitch muscle reaction, as in his hitting, may just make him a better first baseman than a right fielder.

alaska A

by ak_A on Feb 18, 2008 10:59 PM PST up reply actions

If first base is better because

you have less time to think, then allow me to suggest that you begin posting from first base.

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Feb 19, 2008 8:24 AM PST up reply actions

I got to first base with a women I met at a bar

and let me tell you, I'm glad I had enough time to think it through before taking off for second. Could have been a big mistake,

"Oakland has now increased its payroll to the point that it now ranks third in the Bay Area among all McDonald's franchises.”

-Sandy Alderson, former A’s general manager.

by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 19, 2008 9:44 AM PST up reply actions

see my recent Poetic Interlude for further proof of that

Even if they're clever, they become stupid with repetition. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Feb 19, 2008 10:39 AM PST up reply actions

would have given new meaning

to "bump in the road"

"Oakland has now increased its payroll to the point that it now ranks third in the Bay Area among all McDonald's franchises.”

-Sandy Alderson, former A’s general manager.

by 67MARQUEZ on Feb 19, 2008 11:31 AM PST up reply actions

and "lump in the throat"

It has been considered a blunder for decades and will probably continue to be so. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Feb 19, 2008 2:56 PM PST up reply actions

Mean Mr. Custy

Sleeps in the park, shaves in the dark.

by EddieVegas_NRAF on Feb 19, 2008 3:30 PM PST up reply actions

Nothing is being signified here

other than that Ratto doesn't know what the hell he's talking about.

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Feb 19, 2008 10:09 AM PST up reply actions

Or that he wrote Cust when he meant Sweeney,

or wrote 1B when he meant DH. Susan Slusser makes just as many of those basic errors (i.e., not very many but the occasional one) and gets no grief. Which is good. We love you, Sluss. But Ratto, IMO, gets a bad rap - heck, at least as a columnist the guy WRITES about the A's with some frequency. At least give him that.

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Feb 19, 2008 12:30 PM PST up reply actions

I agree, baseballgirl

It has been considered a blunder for decades and will probably continue to be so. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Feb 19, 2008 2:57 PM PST up reply actions

Thanks, louismg!

And great job on antiCS, by the way.

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Feb 19, 2008 5:01 PM PST up reply actions