Open Thread: Spring Training Game 12 - A's at Angels
by Tyler Bleszinski on Mar 10, 2008 12:45 PM PDT
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PrintThe A's take on the Angels with Dallas Braden today. The Angels send out Slingblade (aka John Lackey for those of you who might be new to the site).
Keith Foulke is scheduled to make an appearance for the first time this spring training and the first time in an A's uni since 2003. It will be interesting to see how he does and if he has lost a lot off his fastball as has been reported a few times. Course Foulke has never really been about velocity more than pinpoint accuracy, but it can still have a huge impact on his pitching if the difference in velocity between his fastball and changeup has lowered.
Obviously it could be a very rough day for the A's as they're facing the Angels ace and the A's are starting one of their fifth starter candidates. My hope right now is still that no one else gets hurt and that Daric Barton is actually 100 percent.
LET'S GO A'S!!!!!!
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12:55 pm now PDT
all of the 1:05 PDT games show up on mlb.com audio except the Arizona game and the A's game...still hoping it shows up...
No MLB Audio today?
We're getting jipped.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mediacenter/index.jsp#20080310
"I'm going to take a camera crew and march into Billy Beane's office and demand to know why instituting his newfangled cost-saving measures means that the run manufacturing plant had to get shut down." FJM
Foulke
If his fastball velocity is lower (and I'm sure it is), would his changeup velocity also be lower?
by thejd44 on Mar 10, 2008 12:57 PM PDT reply actions
That's a good question
But we shall see.
by Tyler Bleszinski on Mar 10, 2008 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions
what if his fastball is *slower* than his changeup?
I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@
Whoa, that's trippy.
I think that would create some kind of rip in the space-time continuum. It's like crossing the streams. But worse.
by thejd44 on Mar 10, 2008 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Lackey
I hope his arm falls off. If there is one player in all of baseball that i can't stand, it would have to be him. I find "stuff" in my cat's litter box that's less of a waste of space than him. Now that i have that off my chest.....go A's!!
"Didja ever look at a dollar bill, man? There's some spooky s*** goin' on there. And it's green too." -Slater
lineup from box scores
Oakland
Denorfia, CF
Barton, 1B
Sweeney, M, DH
Cust, LF
Brown, E, RF
Hannahan, 3B
Murphy, SS
Bowen, C
Conrad, 2B
LA Angels
Figgins, 3B
Matthews, DH
Guerrero, RF
Hunter, CF
Anderson, LF
Kendrick, 2B
Kotchman, 1B
Napoli, C
Izturis, SS
Linden
No Linden in the lineup. That's not surprising.
"Didja ever look at a dollar bill, man? There's some spooky s*** goin' on there. And it's green too." -Slater
by OrlandoAsFan on Mar 10, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not sure
I mean, no one can deny the fact that he is tearing it up this spring. Maybe it's because of his numbers with the giants and the marlins. They weren't very impressive, but he should still get the same opportunity as everyone else, which i believe he is. If anything, his recent comments probably hurt his chances more than help them.
"Didja ever look at a dollar bill, man? There's some spooky s*** goin' on there. And it's green too." -Slater
by OrlandoAsFan on Mar 10, 2008 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
last time
I said it last time we played them and they had all their starters playing. It seems like they are playing their spring training games against us as if they were regular season. I think they are trying to prove a point that they are still the heavyweights in the division.
"Didja ever look at a dollar bill, man? There's some spooky s*** goin' on there. And it's green too." -Slater
by OrlandoAsFan on Mar 10, 2008 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions
This Sat im going to see the A's play!
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So when MLB.com say "Live Box Score"
What do you think they mean by "Live"?
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Kinda like Frankenstein's monster
but not as entertaining; not It's ALIVE, more it's um, live?
"Last night, Darth Vader came down from planet Vulcan and told me that if I didn't take Lorraine out that he'd melt my brain." - George McFly
by GreenAndGoldFish on Mar 10, 2008 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions
The people on it are alive
or at least they were at one point.
Winner of the 2008 "find grover a new sig" contest.
Left over Zacharys deep dish
Spinach/mushroom/pepperoni
"Last night, Darth Vader came down from planet Vulcan and told me that if I didn't take Lorraine out that he'd melt my brain." - George McFly
by GreenAndGoldFish on Mar 10, 2008 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Jackpot!!!!
"Didja ever look at a dollar bill, man? There's some spooky s*** goin' on there. And it's green too." -Slater
by OrlandoAsFan on Mar 10, 2008 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Lack was supposed to only throw 20-30 pitches...
By my unofficial count, he threw at least 30, so there may be nothing wrong.
Hes saving them all for the regular season
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hes on my fantasy team thank you....
got him as a sleeper 2nd to last round
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I picked up Harden 3rd to last round...
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I stayed away from Harden and Barton
I didn't want to jinkx them.
A's all the way in 08 . . . oh never mind!
whatever happened to
Brad Halsey
Jason Windsor
Shane Komine? Are they still with the A's somewhere?
Let's have our Piazza and eat the Cust too - SPWC
Unreliable, Overrated and Underdeveloped
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Helllllllloooooooooooooooooo everyone
We're winning? Outstanding!
"I've got a lot of wins waiting in these white shoes." -Dan Meyer
Already playing Celebration...
a bit premature, no?
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
I'm sticking to my theory
that our peeps have infiltrated the Halos' organization at every level.
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
LOL
If they all start pulling muscles we've never heard of, then we'll KNOW I'm right!
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
If they start straining their moles
then you can assume that I have love handles...
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
An Angel just struck out with a man on and no out... you ARE right!
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they are getting ready for a peep fight
microwaves + peeps = really cool stuff
There's no crying in baseball!
Is Buan ever going to read this epic email he keeps talking about?
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Lol $35 for all you can eat A's game
It was $7 for all you can eat dollar dog days!
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but only hot dogs, popcorn, soda
none of my faves such as the bbq place, pulled pork, pastrami sandwich...
I'm assuming no Black Muslim Bakery stand
with my veggie burgers this year. I seem to remember hearing something about that organization having some, uh, issues.
the cafeteria food at san quentin has really improved
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
I love when fly balls slice away from Hunter...
*cough* ALDS *cough*
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No surprises in Surprise
Zito pulled after walking the bases loaded in the 4th
by green star oakland on Mar 10, 2008 2:30 PM PDT reply actions
He needs to be more relaxed on the mound
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... and Tyler walker gives up a double on his first pitch
clearing the bases and charging them all to Zito ... ERA now a hair over 17
by green star oakland on Mar 10, 2008 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
who's doing these little commentaries
about the A's players (such as Devine and the splitter, Brown and getting away from pulling everything, etc)? I'm not recognizing the voice.
2 out basehit! I enjoy these traditions that come along with being a Bean Era A's fan
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Come on Bowen
knock one out!
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
he's been playing toward the end
of most games, in general not facing the top pitchers -- perhaps that's what he was griping about
I've been doing awesome PxP here all spring
And yet the A's haven't offered me a job yet. It really is an unfair organization.
yeah, isn't it?
I was initially puzzled by his complaints, since he's had a fair amount of at bats considering all the outfielders the A's are considering. I did notice that many of them were towards the end of games, when the MLB pitchers are less likely to be pitching (and the MLB position players perhaps less likely to be playing), so maybe that's what he was referring to. Either way it's not a good move on his part.
Embree has been getting rocked all ST
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I left to go get some food.
It's OK, though, I'm back now.
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
Anyone still here?
DiNardo starts his second inning, bottom 8, A's still up 5-4, Haynes batting.
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
I trust HP more than myself.
Must be Angels 5-4.
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
I checked the
scoreboard. Angels are up 5-4. Man...wish I had me some MLB radio (and some headphones...i'm in a coffee shop haha)
Hey...Beer me!
Thanks for the catch
I wish I had a cadre of people to take care of that long to-do list on my board so I could actually pay attention!
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
Does that mean
Bowen owes a case of beer to his teammates for striking out to end the game?
Hey...Beer me!
Embree's ERA is way up into the Zitosphere.
by theblackpearl on Mar 10, 2008 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Zito's line today:
3.2 IP, 5H, 8R, 5ER, 4BB, 0K, 1HR - 17.18 ERA for the spring, which means his ERA actually fell with this outing.
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