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Open Game Thread: A's vs. Twins

Oakland_tiny by Blez on

A's are already up 6-1 as they drove Francisco Liriano to the showers.  Just need Greg Smith to shut the Twins down now.

How good is it to see Frank Thomas in the lineup again?

Sorry again for the downtime.  Been a miserable experience for all of us at SBN.

LET'S GO A'S!!!!!

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THE BIG HURT BROKE AN!

"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty

by 5Aces on Apr 24, 2008 1:16 PM PDT   0 recs

You can't blame thomas.

The site was down last night too. I blame davis.

by Future Ed on Apr 24, 2008 1:17 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Or perhaps

SBN is racist?

Poll: Who’s more racist:
- Beane
- SBN

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by HigherPie on Apr 24, 2008 1:18 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Danica...

She loves races…

You don't win friends with salad.

by tresselfan on Apr 24, 2008 1:19 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Blame?

I was impressed. When one guy has such a feared bat that a whole nation of sports blogs collapses by his signing-that’s a mean feat!

"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty

by 5Aces on Apr 24, 2008 1:59 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Go SBN! Go servers! Go Hurt!

Go A’s!

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by HigherPie on Apr 24, 2008 1:16 PM PDT   0 recs

Whats up all?

The Big Hurt is back and the A’s are leading.

by asfaninpismobeach on Apr 24, 2008 1:17 PM PDT   0 recs

whew!

AN Withdrawl symptoms == not good

by calgbear on Apr 24, 2008 1:18 PM PDT   0 recs

Glad that Frank is back and AN, too!

Thanks for getting AN back up. I LOVE having Frank back in Oakland.

Faith and perspective...2008 Oakland A's.

by LongTimeFan on Apr 24, 2008 1:19 PM PDT   0 recs

Raise your hand if you like the Big Hurt!

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Apr 24, 2008 1:21 PM PDT   0 recs

Jason Stark

and other MLB Scouts seem to think Frank is DUN.

by Colorado Fan on Apr 24, 2008 1:27 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

leave out an "N"?

I predict lots of BBs and HRs for the Big Hurt!

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Apr 24, 2008 1:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Dusting off my Hurt bobblehead!

"Not in your wildest alcoholic nightmare would you ever imagines such events unfolding!" Bill King

by Buck Turgidson on Apr 24, 2008 1:22 PM PDT   0 recs

thank you lordy

i was going crazy!!

oAkLaNd AtHlEtIcS!!
It's only Spring Clean for the May Queen. Call the Gardener!

by LiZaRdReVoLuTiOn on Apr 24, 2008 1:22 PM PDT   0 recs

Man, this is a hell of a lineup against a lefty

"Not in your wildest alcoholic nightmare would you ever imagines such events unfolding!" Bill King

by Buck Turgidson on Apr 24, 2008 1:22 PM PDT   0 recs

< raises hand >

"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL

by oblique on Apr 24, 2008 1:22 PM PDT   0 recs

All right! Let's Go A's!

Fun game. Dern I missed the threads.

by paradox on Apr 24, 2008 1:23 PM PDT   0 recs

Poppy says Frank is missing his rebar.

"Hasn’t the foggiest inclination toward winning ‘tall. Hates to win. Likes to be buggered."

by Jennifer on Apr 24, 2008 1:23 PM PDT   0 recs

Frank's rebar travels by armoured van, I bet

...one Japanese woman standing in the lobby surrounded by Red Sox fans turned to her companion and said, "These Boston people are awful." -Slusser

by stormtown on Apr 24, 2008 1:26 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Back to back bunt singles

COME ON!!!

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by HigherPie on Apr 24, 2008 1:24 PM PDT   0 recs

As expected, this "aggressive base running"

leads to lots of extra outs … Denorfia in the 1st (who would subsequently have scored from 2nd anyway), and now Sweeney on the error (although with him on 2nd and Frank on 1st that might have been a triple play by Emil).

by green star oakland on Apr 24, 2008 1:25 PM PDT   0 recs

Sweeney should NEVER be attempting

aggressive base running, not with his knee issues because the chances are that he isn’t going to make it. The Denorfia play was just stupid because it was just clear they were going to hit the cutoff man. I appreciate the attempt to be aggressive, but you need to be aggressive when it makes sense.

by Blez on Apr 24, 2008 1:27 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

someone tell me what's happening

not tv today.

oAkLaNd AtHlEtIcS!!
It's only Spring Clean for the May Queen. Call the Gardener!

by LiZaRdReVoLuTiOn on Apr 24, 2008 1:25 PM PDT   0 recs

Lariano was ripped by the A's

6 runs, the Big Hurt walked. Leadoff HR for MN a distant twinge, thankfully.

by paradox on Apr 24, 2008 1:26 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

"ripped" not quite accurate

3 walks and about a hundred singles.

And what did we do once we discovered a rift in the fourth dimension? We launched a monkey into it. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 24, 2008 1:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

He was CRUSHED!

Hyperbole is the life blood fo sports writing.

by paradox on Apr 24, 2008 1:30 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

So, wow, can it really be true that the Jays are gonna pay Frank to be our DH?

I, mean, that seems really dumb for them. Pretty F’n cool for us!

"Not in your wildest alcoholic nightmare would you ever imagines such events unfolding!" Bill King

by Buck Turgidson on Apr 24, 2008 1:26 PM PDT   0 recs

dp!

"Not in your wildest alcoholic nightmare would you ever imagines such events unfolding!" Bill King

by Buck Turgidson on Apr 24, 2008 1:26 PM PDT   0 recs

woohoo!

oAkLaNd AtHlEtIcS!!
It's only Spring Clean for the May Queen. Call the Gardener!

by LiZaRdReVoLuTiOn on Apr 24, 2008 1:26 PM PDT   0 recs

Kubel on 3rd

"Not in your wildest alcoholic nightmare would you ever imagines such events unfolding!" Bill King

by Buck Turgidson on Apr 24, 2008 1:26 PM PDT   0 recs

i really don't like kubel!

oAkLaNd AtHlEtIcS!!
It's only Spring Clean for the May Queen. Call the Gardener!

by LiZaRdReVoLuTiOn on Apr 24, 2008 1:27 PM PDT   0 recs

I love the A's

I lose internet access for a couple of days, I come back, and Frank Thomas is in the lineup and we are suddenly the Uber platoon team.

by ChadGod on Apr 24, 2008 1:28 PM PDT   0 recs

i don't think it's are a platoon team, some just resting

oAkLaNd AtHlEtIcS!!
It's only Spring Clean for the May Queen. Call the Gardener!

by LiZaRdReVoLuTiOn on Apr 24, 2008 1:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

uh, yes; yes, it is a platoon team

And what did we do once we discovered a rift in the fourth dimension? We launched a monkey into it. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 24, 2008 1:30 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

it's only weird when you don't realize MSweeney is playing 1B today

And what did we do once we discovered a rift in the fourth dimension? We launched a monkey into it. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 24, 2008 1:32 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I really doubt that he'll get a signifigant amount of time there

His back and his knee are really gonna hurt him in the field I thnk

by mikev on Apr 24, 2008 1:33 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

you could be right

I expect that Beane/Geren will throw him out there pretty often, until he either breaks, is traded, or stops hitting.

And what did we do once we discovered a rift in the fourth dimension? We launched a monkey into it. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 24, 2008 1:40 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

... and that the signing of Rajai (and DL'ing of Buck) likely means Frank and Cust are a platoon tandem

And what did we do once we discovered a rift in the fourth dimension? We launched a monkey into it. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 24, 2008 1:33 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

probably maybe

I think we’re going to see a ton of mixing and matching based on splits and “ownership” of pitchers.

And on inflating potential trade values.

And what did we do once we discovered a rift in the fourth dimension? We launched a monkey into it. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 24, 2008 1:38 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

uh, okay!

oAkLaNd AtHlEtIcS!!
It's only Spring Clean for the May Queen. Call the Gardener!

by LiZaRdReVoLuTiOn on Apr 24, 2008 1:31 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Platoons ah plenty

:-)

A's all the way in 08 . . . oh never mind!

by micdog2001 on Apr 24, 2008 1:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

This day is out of control.

"Hasn’t the foggiest inclination toward winning ‘tall. Hates to win. Likes to be buggered."

by Jennifer on Apr 24, 2008 1:30 PM PDT   0 recs

One hope

I hope the signing of Frank Thomas doesn’t take any playing time from Barton by Sweeney getting starts at first (like today).

Giving Dale a day off once every couple of weeks is fine. Starting Sweeney at first against every lefty will really suck.

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by HigherPie on Apr 24, 2008 1:32 PM PDT   0 recs

I'd expect Sweeney to play 1B in about 2/3 of starts vs LHSPs pre-ASB ...

... at which point, he’ll be traded (if he’s hitting well) or relegated to PH duties (if not).

And what did we do once we discovered a rift in the fourth dimension? We launched a monkey into it. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 24, 2008 1:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Getaway day for the Twins

Nice weather, good opportunity to stack up all the old right handed bats.

I don’t think it’s something we’ll see alot of.

"Not in your wildest alcoholic nightmare would you ever imagines such events unfolding!" Bill King

by Buck Turgidson on Apr 24, 2008 1:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Thanks for getting the server back, Blez

This is much, much better. Things happen, don’t worry about it.

by paradox on Apr 24, 2008 1:32 PM PDT   0 recs

They're still working on making the fix permanent

This is the worst outage we’ve ever had.

But thank you for the thanks.

by Blez on Apr 24, 2008 1:35 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

they tried to fix the search, didn't they.

between that and Hurt coming back, the servers were doomed.

by mikev on Apr 24, 2008 1:36 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

They've been working on the search for a while

But essentially we upgraded the RAM on our servers and apparently some of the RAM was bad.

by Blez on Apr 24, 2008 1:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Someone tipped their server, didn't they?

"Hasn’t the foggiest inclination toward winning ‘tall. Hates to win. Likes to be buggered."

by Jennifer on Apr 24, 2008 1:39 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

bad ram?

I knew Nico was somehow to blame.

And what did we do once we discovered a rift in the fourth dimension? We launched a monkey into it. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 24, 2008 1:40 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Keeping Barton in the lineup.

They’ll cut Sweeney when Buck comes back, no?

by jefeboy on Apr 24, 2008 1:33 PM PDT   0 recs

that sucks, i love M. Sweeney, don't like Thomas all that much

oAkLaNd AtHlEtIcS!!
It's only Spring Clean for the May Queen. Call the Gardener!

by LiZaRdReVoLuTiOn on Apr 24, 2008 1:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

how? why?

President of the Joey Devine fan club as of 1/15/08. Accepting applications for other positions. "He has no equivalent." -Paul DePodesta on Jeremy Brown

by flipgatey3 on Apr 24, 2008 1:40 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

diva! swisher was the only one that kept him sane.

oAkLaNd AtHlEtIcS!!
It's only Spring Clean for the May Queen. Call the Gardener!

by LiZaRdReVoLuTiOn on Apr 24, 2008 1:41 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

interesting

i never heard any of that. i don’t think it will be a problem though.

for the record, i love sweeney. i hope they both stay

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by flipgatey3 on Apr 24, 2008 1:48 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I think Cust is the odd man out

Sweeney makes way more contact and is valuable in clubhouse to youngsters

by Trainman on Apr 24, 2008 1:36 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

change "think" to "wish"

If you truly think that, you haven’t been paying attention to Beane the last decade.

And what did we do once we discovered a rift in the fourth dimension? We launched a monkey into it. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 24, 2008 1:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Don't wish it at all

I think that is maybe what is going to happen.

by Trainman on Apr 24, 2008 1:38 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

not likely.

Beane’s not going to trade 4 years of Cust for 1 year of Sweeney, especially with Hurt back.

by mikev on Apr 24, 2008 1:39 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

cust to the outfield

r. sweeney or denorfia to AAA possibly…it would be easier to justify if either was playing poorly, but they are not doing bad at all

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by flipgatey3 on Apr 24, 2008 1:42 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

yeah right!

oAkLaNd AtHlEtIcS!!
It's only Spring Clean for the May Queen. Call the Gardener!

by LiZaRdReVoLuTiOn on Apr 24, 2008 1:42 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs