Open Game Thread: A's vs. Twins
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
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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
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Danica...
She loves races…
You don't win friends with salad.
by tresselfan on
Apr 24, 2008 1:19 PM PDT
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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
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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
Good thing the server problems happened
on a slow day.
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by HigherPie on
Apr 24, 2008 1:17 PM PDT
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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
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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
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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
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Why was he cut?
Low average? Noticeably sluggish bat speed?
by paradox on
Apr 24, 2008 1:24 PM PDT
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So, um, somebody tell Mike Sweeney that he doesn't go first to third EVERY TIME.
Especially when it’ a grounder to the infield.
by mikev on Apr 24, 2008 1:23 PM PDT 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
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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
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"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
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He was CRUSHED!
Hyperbole is the life blood fo sports writing.
by paradox on
Apr 24, 2008 1:30 PM PDT
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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
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by LiZaRdReVoLuTiOn on
Apr 24, 2008 1:29 PM PDT
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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
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It's weird when both halves of the DH platoon are righties
by mikev on
Apr 24, 2008 1:31 PM PDT
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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
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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
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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
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... 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
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I would assume Cust and Frank will both play against RHs.
The A's colors are green and gold.
by mikeA on
Apr 24, 2008 1:34 PM PDT
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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.
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by monkeyball on
Apr 24, 2008 1:38 PM PDT
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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
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Platoons ah plenty
:-)
A's all the way in 08 . . . oh never mind!
by micdog2001 on
Apr 24, 2008 1:29 PM PDT
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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He didn't say they were upgrading the COW on their servers
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
by PaulThomas on
Apr 24, 2008 3:10 PM PDT
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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
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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
Braden is on the 25-man roster.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on
Apr 24, 2008 1:47 PM PDT
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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
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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
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diva! swisher was the only one that kept him sane.
oAkLaNd AtHlEtIcS!!
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by LiZaRdReVoLuTiOn on
Apr 24, 2008 1:41 PM PDT
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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
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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
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change "think" to "wish"
If you truly think that, you haven’t been paying attention to Beane the last decade.
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by monkeyball on
Apr 24, 2008 1:37 PM PDT
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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
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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
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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
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yeah right!
oAkLaNd AtHlEtIcS!!
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by LiZaRdReVoLuTiOn on
Apr 24, 2008 1:42 PM PDT
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They are not going to keep 5 outfielders are they?
Buck
Cust
Brown
Deno
Sweeney
by asfaninpismobeach on Apr 24, 2008 1:35 PM PDT 0 recs


