Crosby, Ellis, Overshadow Smith in Tense A's Win

Hey RAFs

If you're going south from San Francisco, check 511 first -- apparently there was a shooting on southbound 280 and it's closed down.

The candy and the baseball all night long: )

by Englishmajor on Apr 9, 2008 7:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I hope the victim was

the idiot at Comcast Sports Net who cut off the A's telecast in the 9th inning.

by Soaker on Apr 9, 2008 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Call Comcast sportsnet

That was weak 415-296-8900 show them A's fans care.Go A's

by floorpimp on Apr 9, 2008 7:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Reg's I-hate-Comcast diary also has the link to the email form to contact them.

The candy and the baseball all night long: )

by Englishmajor on Apr 9, 2008 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good link.

I used it and emailed them. :-)

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 9, 2008 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

yes.

done and done.

Can we keep small-sample-size Bobby Crosby? Please? -Joey C.

by pam5981 on Apr 9, 2008 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

so a rookie A's pitcher gets his first win

on his debut...but it's not the starter Smith, it's the Rule 5 guy Hernandez...

by OaklandSi on Apr 9, 2008 7:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

And I heartily endorse

the new and improved Bobby Crosby.

The candy and the baseball all night long: )

by Englishmajor on Apr 9, 2008 7:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I am thoroughly enjoying

the Royals shutting out the Yankees.

Can we keep small-sample-size Bobby Crosby? Please? -Joey C.

by pam5981 on Apr 9, 2008 7:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

mikeA and i are already on the royals bandwagon

hop aboard!

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

by xbhaskarx on Apr 9, 2008 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm on!

One of my favorite (non-A's) teams of all-time: The 1985 (?) Royals, featuring Bret Saberhagen, Charlie Leibrandt, Danny Jackson, Dan Quisenberry - and of course Steve Balboni and Buddy Biancalana.

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 Apr 9, 2008 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Royals, woo!

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Apr 9, 2008 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Great to see Greinke finally succeed, at least so far

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Apr 9, 2008 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, it was getting depressing

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 Apr 9, 2008 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Chavy please come back soon.

We need your healthy Bat. No matter what people say I still love ya. This team right now has no HR threats. Unless Cust gets outta his funk.

When will then be now? Soon.

by Syphon on Apr 9, 2008 7:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Well finally a new thread!

The other was so long that my computer would lock up when I tried looking at it. I wish I could have seen the end of the game. Boo to Hockey but I guess all's well that ends well.

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 9, 2008 8:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

It did get long...

But it didn't start getting "too long" until inning #9, and that wouldn't have been a good time to mess with the mojo.

More than just ANtics: http://www.louisgray.com/live/

by louismg on Apr 9, 2008 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well it was too long for me.

Because it froze my computer. Not cool for me .

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 9, 2008 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sorry. I'll watch it closer next time.

We were breezing along over here. What are your comp specs?

More than just ANtics: http://www.louisgray.com/live/

by louismg on Apr 9, 2008 8:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No clue.

But evidentally my comp can't handle a 700 + thread.

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 9, 2008 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think there is some imrovements to be made in SBNation

Somebody better get cracking on javascript optimization.
NOW

by MobiusKlein on Apr 9, 2008 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

(I'd voluenteer btw.)

by MobiusKlein on Apr 9, 2008 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wish I could have seen the first three goals of the hockey game

seeing as how it was, you know, the playoffs, not 1 game out of 162.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Apr 9, 2008 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And in other news...

Cubs 4, Pirates 4 in the 14th.

More than just ANtics: http://www.louisgray.com/live/

by louismg on Apr 9, 2008 8:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Don't pass the Buck....

The golden boy is back! 2 nice games from Buck starting this roadie, a great sign.

by Force on Apr 9, 2008 8:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

thank goodness

I was worried Buck's batting avg might be around .030, making him Da Thirty Point Buck.

The glare was not practiced. I would get into the game situations, and when that happens, there comes a level of concentration that most can only imagine but can never achieve. You become what you are doing, and that is what you see on my face. -Dave Stewart

by Hegenberger Road on Apr 9, 2008 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

this is definitely better

now he's batting a Buck 29...

by oakinboston on Apr 10, 2008 7:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Its wierd

this is the first time the value of a buck has gone up in months.

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

by 5Aces on Apr 10, 2008 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah!!

he's actually looked like a baseball player the past few days...love it!

Finished with my woman 'cause she couldn't help me with my mind...

by diaryofmac10 on Apr 9, 2008 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Street/Suzuki

Wonder what the deal was with all the confusion???

Smith looked great and other than that juiced first inning, he seems poised to fit right in with the team.

I'm worried Gaudin was rushed back to soon????

Memo to Beane: Bring back Canseco!!!!!

by MMunoz33 on Apr 9, 2008 8:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

They were probably arguing who's college world series ring was shinnier.

by miggyk2 on Apr 9, 2008 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Street won MOP in his CWS

so he's shinier

Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way. We're reaching the point where you can be a truly dedicated, state-of-the-art fan or you can have a life. Take your pick. ~Thomas Boswell, Washington Post, 13 April 1990

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Other A's in CWS

Travis Buck (Arizona St., 2005), Mark Ellis (Florida, 1998),

Dan Johnson (Nebraska, 2001)

Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way. We're reaching the point where you can be a truly dedicated, state-of-the-art fan or you can have a life. Take your pick. ~Thomas Boswell, Washington Post, 13 April 1990

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who is this "Dan Johnson" you speak of?

"Hi, I need to... uh... determination..."

by Jennifer on Apr 10, 2008 6:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The guy responsible for the A's move to Fremont.

"He's a misfit. He gets along with everyone." - Reggie Jackson, describing Joe Rudi

by McFood on Apr 10, 2008 6:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Crosby definitely looks more competent

with two strikes and/or RISP so far this season - at the very least, not a sitting duck for an easy and automatic out-on-an-overswing. He's played solid D, too.

Hannahan, OTOH, looks terrible at the plate - he must have swung and missed more pitches already than he did all of 2007 (slight exaggeration). He worries me more than Cust does, because we KNOW Cust will have those stretches of whiffitude, but Hannahan cannot afford to make such little contact.

Tonight's game just proves that when two teams match up, they simply both can't lose. Even if they try.

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 Apr 9, 2008 8:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree about Crosby

I'm not thinking automatic out when he comes to the plate this season. It's so great yet strange at the same time.

by butler19 on Apr 9, 2008 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

butler I feel the same way.

It's nice but it feels too good to be true.

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 9, 2008 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Great win

A's bad habits with RISP were apparent for most of the game, lucky that it all turned out ok.

by Oaktownflav on Apr 9, 2008 8:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

There were distinct differences between some

very poor ABs and just some bad luck. Emil Brown had solid ABs throughout - including the dribbler to third, which was the "at least just put the bat on the ball" AB Hannahan and Cust needed. Ryan Sweeney swung at bad balls on 2-0 and 2-1 with the bases loaded, but then made solid contact on 3-2 and wound up with a DP to show for it.

And Mark Ellis just rocks.

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 Apr 9, 2008 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pujols 2 HRs and Izzy got the save!

I thought he was retired...

by Oaktownflav on Apr 9, 2008 8:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Izzy

I've had Izzy as one of my closers (fantasy) for the previous two season (and this one). He's solid. Love him. I need Izzy... cuz I also have Street.

In other news, Swish HRed... not that its helping CWS today. But still...

Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way. We're reaching the point where you can be a truly dedicated, state-of-the-art fan or you can have a life. Take your pick. ~Thomas Boswell, Washington Post, 13 April 1990

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

There has been no talk of Barry Bonds lately. I hate the guy, but one can't deny the impact he could have ( positive or negative) for our team. Do the positives outweigh the negatives?

by miggyk2 on Apr 9, 2008 8:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

yes

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

by xbhaskarx on Apr 9, 2008 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, because with the limited amount of ABs he can give

he's not significantly better than Cust and/or Sweeney. A little bit, sure. But not at the financial cost or at the PR hit the team would take.

http://bocropleasestopswingingatbadpitches.blogspot.com/

by thejd44 on Apr 10, 2008 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It would be great pr for those of us who enjoy it when the A's score runs

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Apr 10, 2008 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

you have an idiosyncratic notion of what "significantly" means

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

by monkeyball on Apr 10, 2008 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

and also "better"

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

by monkeyball on Apr 10, 2008 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

guess it depends on your expectations

If sweeney plays twice as well as he's ever played in his career ... well, that's about as good as bonds would be.

This season, Cust just might maybe be as good as Barry would almost definitely be. (It doesn't look that way so far.)

So, yeah, if you're really really high on Sweeney and Cust, then I guess you're right.

by phastphill on Apr 10, 2008 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

NNNOOOOO

by butler19 on Apr 9, 2008 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

yes

by Future Ed on Apr 9, 2008 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes

But Mike Sweeney is starting to come around.

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 9, 2008 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

In his own words...

"It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't." ~Barry Bonds

That and yer a jerk.

The great thing about baseball is that there's a crisis every day. ~Gabe Paul

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fine, I'll say it

Undefeated in 2008 without Dan Johnson on the roster.

Might as well Jump! - Van Halen

by sprtsnwyn on Apr 9, 2008 8:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

LOL

Can we keep small-sample-size Bobby Crosby? Please? -Joey C.

by pam5981 on Apr 9, 2008 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hahaha.

by danmerqury on Apr 10, 2008 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thoughts on Smith:

Weird start for him. Supposedly a command pitcher, which his his milb stats back up, and he had 5 BBs and a HBP. He's also not going to strike out 5 in six innings very often, and even less likely to give up 2 hits in 6 innings and 0 HRs.

He rebounded well after the first there, but he has a slow FB, and not much life on his slider, though the cutter looked pretty good. Basically, I think his stuff is pretty bad, and he needs to have perfect command to succeed. He figures to give up a great many home runs.

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Apr 9, 2008 8:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Maybe he was nervous.

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 9, 2008 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He was nervous, and that explains the bad 1st inning,

but he still has bad stuff.

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Apr 9, 2008 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So does Moyer, so does DiNardo -

Wait, what was my point?

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 Apr 9, 2008 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sounds to me like he was overthrowing

Doesn't really make you throw any (or much) harder, but it can sap the life out of breaking stuff. It also kills command.

Wouldn't surprise me if MLB debut jitters caused him to try a little too hard out there.

I didn't see any of tonight's game, but I'm not sure how you can make a judgment of bad stuff off one start.

http://bocropleasestopswingingatbadpitches.blogspot.com/

by thejd44 on Apr 9, 2008 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I saw innings 4-6 and would say

he has a very good changeup, a sneaky backdoor slider, and a below average fastball that he often threw just off the corner (I'm guessing he usually spots it on the corner). LIttle margin for error, but Smith has a history of not needing much margin.

So basically he seems like Lenny DiNardo with potentially more consistent command.

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 Apr 9, 2008 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I actually really liked Smith's outing outside of that messy first inning

He's a control guy, yes, and he was just missing on the outside corner. It's really encouraging to me that the Jays have such a righty-dominant lineup too. Wells, Rios, Thomas are all guys with great power.

The thing that has been the most impressive to me so far this year has been Zook's game calling. He has done a fantastic freaking job of calling games so far. You can tell that hitters are off balance no matter who the A's have on the mound. Even the guys who don't have great stuff have looked good. And the one guy who seems to be shaking him off a bit (Embree) has been hammered.

by Blez on Apr 9, 2008 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

that's fine public school education in action

CSU Fullerton, baby! Go Zook.
I preferred Ken-Doll's game calling, but will give credit where due. Agreed, good job Zook.

Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way. We're reaching the point where you can be a truly dedicated, state-of-the-art fan or you can have a life. Take your pick. ~Thomas Boswell, Washington Post, 13 April 1990

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've been hammered too, actually

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 Apr 9, 2008 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

A's Fan Coctail Recipe

2 shots Patron
1 Prozac
2 Valium

Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way. We're reaching the point where you can be a truly dedicated, state-of-the-art fan or you can have a life. Take your pick. ~Thomas Boswell, Washington Post, 13 April 1990

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

A vodka chaser is a nice finish

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 Apr 9, 2008 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Harsh

I think that's a pretty harsh assessment. To say his stuff is "pretty bad" seems a bit premature. There have been a lot of pitchers who have succeeded w/ sub 90 MPH stuff. Last Night, I saw a lot of bad swings coming from very good hitters (Rios, Hurt, Overbay). The cutter is Smith's bread and butter. He'll get batters to start leaning over the plate to cover the outside corner, then here comes the cutter to saw them off. Very Glavine-ish.

The way Smith rebounded is what impressed me the most. Most 24 year olds fold like a cheap suit in that situation. The reason the A's wanted Greg Smith as part of the Haren deal was 100% based on "mental makeup"... not because of "pure stuff". Curt Young will fall in love w/ Greg Smith. Same exact pitchers, basically.

by Colorado Fan on Apr 10, 2008 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Alrite time to ask the question...

who comes back first: Duchscherer or Harden?

by Oaktownflav on Apr 9, 2008 8:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Duke

Memo to Beane: Bring back Canseco!!!!!

by MMunoz33 on Apr 9, 2008 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

FYI

Canseco was in OAK tonight... Jack London B&N signing his new book.

Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way. We're reaching the point where you can be a truly dedicated, state-of-the-art fan or you can have a life. Take your pick. ~Thomas Boswell, Washington Post, 13 April 1990

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey MMunoz33

did you grow up in the Concord area or go to YVHS? Your name sounds familiar.

Can we keep small-sample-size Bobby Crosby? Please? -Joey C.

by pam5981 on Apr 9, 2008 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

are you the same pam5981

who was in my yearbook class?

by skutch on Apr 9, 2008 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, I would never hang out with the yearbook dorks!

(newspaper and band geeks were much more my style)

Can we keep small-sample-size Bobby Crosby? Please? -Joey C.

by pam5981 on Apr 9, 2008 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sharks Game

I understand frustrations, and agree that the game should have been shown. But even non-hockey fans have to agree with the decision to put a playoff game on CSN. They'll get into form over the next few weeks with the switches during sharks/warriors overlaps. Great game though, good to see our bats finally unloaded from the tokyo plane

by MaineAthletic on Apr 9, 2008 8:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

non-hockey fan

and no... I don't have to agree. The Sharks game could have waited 15 mins. Dammit.

Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way. We're reaching the point where you can be a truly dedicated, state-of-the-art fan or you can have a life. Take your pick. ~Thomas Boswell, Washington Post, 13 April 1990

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree the game should have been on CSN

once the A's game was over! It was what, 10 minutes?

The candy and the baseball all night long: )

by Englishmajor on Apr 9, 2008 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They could have put

the game on FSN+ or whatever this year's equivalent is.

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 9, 2008 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I actually thought CSN was respectful to A's fans

to delay showing a playoff game hockey fans were waiting for, and staying with the A's game while the A's tied it, while they took the lead - and only giving up the A's game when it got to 6-3. Felt to me like a conscientious producer, trying to do the right thing, was watching carefully for just the "fairest" moment. Imagine if the A's were in the playoffs and you were waiting to see the first inning. I think they did the right thing, frankly. {ducks}

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 Apr 9, 2008 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They could

have updated us on commercials..and breaks in the hockey game.

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 9, 2008 8:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ditto

And I basically said that, and a bunch more in my letter to them. I think they did an okay thing switching to the hockey game, except that there was no warning that the A's were going off the air, plus they could have given us updates throughout the Sharks broadcast or flipped us over to CSN+ and pre-empted the first inning of the Giants game.

They'll get better at it, but they messed this one up.

Can we keep small-sample-size Bobby Crosby? Please? -Joey C.

by pam5981 on Apr 9, 2008 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The one thing I was hoping they'd do

is cut back to the A's game during breaks in the hockey game. But then again, I'm not one of their sponsors.

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 Apr 9, 2008 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

As one of their viewers, I'm now not going to buy a lexus and my plans to join the marines have been cancelled being that they advertised instead of showing the A's game.

In search of a new signature. Say something funny and you may see your comment here!

by DMOAS on Apr 9, 2008 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

pblpblpbl ;-P

If the hockey game was tied up on the third period, sure... cut away because it's a play off game. But it was the first period... and the A's were in the 9th... with Street on the mound. Seriously.

Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way. We're reaching the point where you can be a truly dedicated, state-of-the-art fan or you can have a life. Take your pick. ~Thomas Boswell, Washington Post, 13 April 1990

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

What was Street's line

anyway?

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 9, 2008 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

1IP, 1BB, SV

Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way. We're reaching the point where you can be a truly dedicated, state-of-the-art fan or you can have a life. Take your pick. ~Thomas Boswell, Washington Post, 13 April 1990

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

TY 149

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 9, 2008 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually 1IP, 1 hit, 1 BB, SV

Ol' "Buck's batting average" didn't mention the hit.

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 Apr 9, 2008 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who got the hit?

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 9, 2008 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll give you a hint:

It was someone really pesky.

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 Apr 9, 2008 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Note to everyone

I use yahoo's stat-tracker... which doesn't care about hits.

Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way. We're reaching the point where you can be a truly dedicated, state-of-the-art fan or you can have a life. Take your pick. ~Thomas Boswell, Washington Post, 13 April 1990

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I use Jack Cust, who doesn't seem to either

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 Apr 9, 2008 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They have CSN+2 (formerly FSN+2)

carried on Comcast Digital 412. They didn't use it.

They also have CSN West carried on Comcast Digital 400. Didn't use that either.

If I were a Sharks fan I'd be very PO'd not to see the entire playoff game from the start. I just think Comcast has other options than to drop the A's game entirely.

by Soaker on Apr 9, 2008 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

fair enough

but I don't have to like it.

Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way. We're reaching the point where you can be a truly dedicated, state-of-the-art fan or you can have a life. Take your pick. ~Thomas Boswell, Washington Post, 13 April 1990

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well the hockey game is also being carried nationally on VS

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

by Buck Turgidson on Apr 9, 2008 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Versus is blacked out during local telecasts

It wasn't an option.

We, meaning hockey watchers, missed essentially the entire relevant portion of the game because of the end of the A's game. 3 of the 5 goals were scored in the first 6 minutes, which were not televised.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Apr 9, 2008 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Apr 9, 2008 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why Baseball is Better Than Hockey (playoffs)

You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the goddamn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all. ~Earl Weaver

Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way. We're reaching the point where you can be a truly dedicated, state-of-the-art fan or you can have a life. Take your pick. ~Thomas Boswell, Washington Post, 13 April 1990

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

... thereby proving you didn't watch the last 5 minutes of the Sharks game

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

by monkeyball on Apr 10, 2008 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

2004

ROY, not 2005.

Juan Pierre: 44 Million Dollars, Juan Pierre's 3.2 WARP3: Priceless

by Travis Buck Nuckin on Apr 9, 2008 8:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Oooh... you're right.

D'oh!

More than just ANtics: http://www.louisgray.com/live/

by louismg on Apr 9, 2008 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jeezus...

Greinke is 2-0 with 15 ip and .60 ERA. This is the guy who everyone thought was out of baseball a couple of years ago. The Royals are 6-2!!

by Oaktownflav on Apr 9, 2008 8:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Woo hoo!

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 Apr 9, 2008 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

But

the Tigers won :(

Juan Pierre: 44 Million Dollars, Juan Pierre's 3.2 WARP3: Priceless

by Travis Buck Nuckin on Apr 9, 2008 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, but...

he's pitched against the Tiger and Yankees. Two last place teams. Big deal.

Might as well Jump! - Van Halen

by sprtsnwyn on Apr 9, 2008 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Scratch that

Yanks aren't in last, but they don't even have the world's greatest player Derek Jeter in the lineup.

Might as well Jump! - Van Halen

by sprtsnwyn on Apr 9, 2008 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jeter's pulling a Cros

Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way. We're reaching the point where you can be a truly dedicated, state-of-the-art fan or you can have a life. Take your pick. ~Thomas Boswell, Washington Post, 13 April 1990

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

not me, i always had faith in greinke

i drafted him in like 4 fantasy leagues last year

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

by xbhaskarx on Apr 9, 2008 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

X!

Where do you get all of the time to play in all of those leagues?

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 9, 2008 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i gave them up for 2-3 months during summer

but still won two just by drafting fielder and picking up bruan/pence/gallardo...

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

by xbhaskarx on Apr 9, 2008 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Harry Doyle: In case you haven't noticed, and judging by the attendance you haven't, the Athletics have managed to win a few ball games...

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Apr 9, 2008 8:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Forst sez:

Harden injury "isolated thing" not fair for us to harp on Rich.

Also sez: "Not something that's going to linger."

Forst = delusional.

Can we keep small-sample-size Bobby Crosby? Please? -Joey C.

by pam5981 on Apr 9, 2008 8:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Ditto!

Memo to Beane: Bring back Canseco!!!!!

by MMunoz33 on Apr 9, 2008 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Next Question

What is he smoking and can he please pass it around.

In search of a new signature. Say something funny and you may see your comment here!

by DMOAS on Apr 9, 2008 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf." - Asked for a preference of grass or Astroturf
~Tug McGraw (RIP)

The great thing about baseball is that there's a crisis every day. ~Gabe Paul

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Of course it won't linger -

by next week, two new injuries from now, we won't even remember what this injury was.

And his point about it being an isolated thing - so I'm supposed to be thankful Rich's injury didn't affect five of our pitchers? Those injuries are usually pretty isolated, I find.

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 Apr 9, 2008 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Delusional?

Try "dissembling."

Or, if you don't care about D-words, "lying."

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Apr 9, 2008 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If they lie about his health enough, they'll keep his trade value high

< / xbhaskarx >

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

by monkeyball on Apr 10, 2008 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Something I miss in AN 3.0

especially in game threads:

AN 2.0 used to flag you when someone replied to your comment...now all new comments are grouped together. Makes it harder to have a "conversation".

Can we keep small-sample-size Bobby Crosby? Please? -Joey C.

by pam5981 on Apr 9, 2008 8:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree

And maybe someone can tell me what the "0 recs" next to the actions button means?

Might as well Jump! - Van Halen

by sprtsnwyn on Apr 9, 2008 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs

it means nobody loves you

Can we keep small-sample-size Bobby Crosby? Please? -Joey C.

by pam5981 on Apr 9, 2008 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The recs for comments is lame

IMO. It's nice for diaries but comments? Get real.

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 9, 2008 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions 8 recs

a simple +1 and -1 system would be much better, people would actually use it (at least they do over at dailykos)

and there could be a separate option to flag a comment if it was spam or inappropriate

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

by xbhaskarx on Apr 9, 2008 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why rate individual comments?

We don't need to judge every comment.

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 9, 2008 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Clearly each letter needs separate attention

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 Apr 9, 2008 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

I dunno

it's boosting my ego a little bit.

That's only because I keep fucking up and need ego boosting today.

Can we keep small-sample-size Bobby Crosby? Please? -Joey C.

by pam5981 on Apr 9, 2008 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Aw poor girl.

I recommended your comment.

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 9, 2008 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Haha...yes...

pretty soon everyone will be rec'ing comments.

(doubt it)

Can we keep small-sample-size Bobby Crosby? Please? -Joey C.

by pam5981 on Apr 9, 2008 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Yeah ... My Mom always told me...

Be a follower not a leader. if your friend tells you to jump off a bridge... do it.

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 9, 2008 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mine always wanted me to be more proactive

she wanted me to be the one tell my friends to jump off bridges. If they didn't, I was supposed to give them a push. Come to think of it, maybe it wasn't that she wanted me to be more proactive, just have better friends.

In search of a new signature. Say something funny and you may see your comment here!

by DMOAS on Apr 9, 2008 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh how the tides have turned!

.I just like the green because its very A's-friendly.

No Harden and No Chavez make the A's go, something something...

by gdub171 on Apr 10, 2008 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I recommend your recommendation

by Ray of Lite on Apr 10, 2008 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

seriously though,

you can recommend comments now.

Can we keep small-sample-size Bobby Crosby? Please? -Joey C.

by pam5981 on Apr 9, 2008 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

arrrrrrgh

Can we keep small-sample-size Bobby Crosby? Please? -Joey C.

by pam5981 on Apr 9, 2008 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions 7 recs

Again, recommended

You are truly poetic this fine evening.

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 Apr 9, 2008 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

thanks

Can we keep small-sample-size Bobby Crosby? Please? -Joey C.

by pam5981 on Apr 9, 2008 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

seriously though,

you can recommend comments now.

Can we keep small-sample-size Bobby Crosby? Please? -Joey C.

by pam5981 on Apr 9, 2008 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Shit.

Can we keep small-sample-size Bobby Crosby? Please? -Joey C.

by pam5981 on Apr 9, 2008 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions 12 recs

I just recommended that comment!

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 Apr 9, 2008 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

you can "un-recommend" too.

I giveth and I taketh away.

Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way. We're reaching the point where you can be a truly dedicated, state-of-the-art fan or you can have a life. Take your pick. ~Thomas Boswell, Washington Post, 13 April 1990

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Ok...AN 3.0 is screwing with me

because it double posted my comment above "Shit" and then it disappeared.

But still, I'm feeling the rec love. Thanks.

Can we keep small-sample-size Bobby Crosby? Please? -Joey C.

by pam5981 on Apr 9, 2008 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

AN 3.0 is obviously a man:

Wants to do it twice and then disappear.

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 Apr 9, 2008 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

ahahahaah!

Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way. We're reaching the point where you can be a truly dedicated, state-of-the-art fan or you can have a life. Take your pick. ~Thomas Boswell, Washington Post, 13 April 1990

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

How did Pam make her post green?

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 9, 2008 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

she got recs

Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way. We're reaching the point where you can be a truly dedicated, state-of-the-art fan or you can have a life. Take your pick. ~Thomas Boswell, Washington Post, 13 April 1990

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

How many are needed before it turns green?

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 9, 2008 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs

not sure

at 2 recs it was not green. next time I look there's 4 and it's green with the *.

Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way. We're reaching the point where you can be a truly dedicated, state-of-the-art fan or you can have a life. Take your pick. ~Thomas Boswell, Washington Post, 13 April 1990

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

First time I have seen that.

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 9, 2008 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

that's cuz

no one recs comments. see below.

Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way. We're reaching the point where you can be a truly dedicated, state-of-the-art fan or you can have a life. Take your pick. ~Thomas Boswell, Washington Post, 13 April 1990

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Does this mean that "Shit"

is officially the most popular comment ever on AN?

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 Apr 9, 2008 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

tied

with "recs for comments is lame"

Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way. We're reaching the point where you can be a truly dedicated, state-of-the-art fan or you can have a life. Take your pick. ~Thomas Boswell, Washington Post, 13 April 1990

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOL

Most of the time that's true...but Pam's comment was so pithy and astute ...welll that was certainly NOT lame.

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 9, 2008 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If we get enough recs

We get to be Trusted Users and then we can hide trolls. Oh wait....

The candy and the baseball all night long: )

by Englishmajor on Apr 9, 2008 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Where would you

hide your troll? I would hide mine under Nico's bed. Noone ever goes anywhere near there do they?

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 9, 2008 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're thinking of IN my bed

Even I won't go in my bed if I'm in there.

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 Apr 9, 2008 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I stand corrected.

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 9, 2008 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Okay, the comment recs have GOT to go.

There's no way to unmark them! They STAY GREEN!

SOYLENT GREEN IS MADE OUT OF RECOMMENDED COMMENTS!

by mikev on Apr 9, 2008 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions 7 recs

She left it in the frig too long

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

by 5Aces on Apr 9, 2008 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll recommend that shit too.

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

by oblique on Apr 10, 2008 6:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

10 recs

on one shitty comment.

Life doesn't get much better than this.

Can we keep small-sample-size Bobby Crosby? Please? -Joey C.

by pam5981 on Apr 10, 2008 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think we just made Poppy's QOTM job a lot easier.

Assuming she's not color-blind. Women generally aren't, right?

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Apr 10, 2008 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

FSU may be disappointed, however, that you can't self-rec.

/may need to work out a rec-swapping arrangement.

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Apr 10, 2008 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Crazy Game!

Crosby actually did something imagine that. Take out the 1st and Smith looked great.

by fansince1980 on Apr 9, 2008 9:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Take out the 9th and so did Street!

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 Apr 9, 2008 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't want my closer's nickname to be "Mr. Excitement."

He seems incapable of the routine, workman-like save I'd prefer.

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Apr 10, 2008 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

indeed

You want your closer to be a Slusser, not a Ratto.

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

by monkeyball on Apr 10, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

In every sense I can imagine. The mind boggles.

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Apr 10, 2008 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rod Beck = Ray Ratto

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

by monkeyball on Apr 10, 2008 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Alumni update

Every year my fantasy team is made up of mostly A's and former A's... just because I like to follow the guys and I don't care that much about winning in my league. Usually, I finish dead last. Considering most of my team are *former* A's players, I don't mind losing in fantasy... because it means those guys would not have been substantially better than whomever the A's were fielding. It peeves me when a guy leaves OAK and blows up, like Dye... WSMVP dammit.

But this year... I'm killing in my league. Granted, Ellis is scoring me more points than usual (he's my top batting producer at this point, and I don't expect that to continue). But Dye and Tejada are playing well; Haren, Harang, Isringhausen... seriously off to great starts. Swish homered today.

Also on the team... Street, Blanton, Foulke, Lilly.

Maybe this should have been a diary... sorry

Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way. We're reaching the point where you can be a truly dedicated, state-of-the-art fan or you can have a life. Take your pick. ~Thomas Boswell, Washington Post, 13 April 1990

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 9:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I think it should have been its own blog

No, that's not enough - an entire new form of internet!

I'll just shut up now.

Or now.

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 Apr 9, 2008 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

ur a night person aren't you nico?

Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way. We're reaching the point where you can be a truly dedicated, state-of-the-art fan or you can have a life. Take your pick. ~Thomas Boswell, Washington Post, 13 April 1990

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Whenever the alcohol from breakfast wears off

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 Apr 9, 2008 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

More alumni

Heart Byrnes had a solid day today 2/3, 1R, 1H, 1 2B, 2BB, 1K.

The great thing about baseball is that there's a crisis every day. ~Gabe Paul

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

CSN+ Waste

Nobody is going to mention the SF game taking precedence over the A's game? It counts as precedence in some crazy way, they should have interrupted that game for the conclusion of the A's game. That switch seemed to happen all the time during March Madness.

As friends of Sharks fan, I'm glad they cut to the Sharks game. It's not Comcast's fault that the A's can't bring runs in in bases loaded situations with 0 outs.

Nevertheless, we're all happy with the results.

"Whether they find life there or not, I think Jupiter should be called an enemy planet." - Jack Handey

by bluthbanana20 on Apr 9, 2008 9:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I know...

...that judging a hitter by strike outs is not very accurate, but at the same time Crosby has only 1 K so far this year. I'm proud of him, especially with his outside slider difficulties in the past...

Juan Pierre: 44 Million Dollars, Juan Pierre's 3.2 WARP3: Priceless

by Travis Buck Nuckin on Apr 9, 2008 9:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree.

He seems to be getting himself together as a hitter. Maybe he read AN last year haha.

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 9, 2008 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually, that's pretty remarkable -

Stat of the day.

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 Apr 9, 2008 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

A's above .500

I know it's to soon, but who would have predicted we were ahead of Detroit right now and Crosby was hitting?

Never mind the stress here's the Dank ~RIP~Justin Huff

by crb29 on Apr 9, 2008 9:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm sure NO one predicted that!

Well maybe the thing about Detroit.

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 Apr 9, 2008 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

and who could have predicted that Harden

would start two (regular season) games before going down with a shoulder problem?

by skutch on Apr 9, 2008 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I predicted 1 start

So I'm closest to the actual major league performance without going over.

The great thing about baseball is that there's a crisis every day. ~Gabe Paul

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

and you're our winner today on

Price is Right!

Can we keep small-sample-size Bobby Crosby? Please? -Joey C.

by pam5981 on Apr 9, 2008 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh sweeet

fan web gem in Toronto today... caught Sweeney's 2nd deck foul one-handed and didn't even spill his beer. I'm starting to like Canada.

The great thing about baseball is that there's a crisis every day. ~Gabe Paul

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 10:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

careful...let your guard down and

the sneaky bastards will go all Kyoto/socialized medicine on you!

by skutch on Apr 9, 2008 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

don't forget legal pot

without an RX even!

The great thing about baseball is that there's a crisis every day. ~Gabe Paul

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Polanco

made another error?

by Future Ed on Apr 9, 2008 10:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

are we discussing Baseball Tonight now?

The great thing about baseball is that there's a crisis every day. ~Gabe Paul

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

don't watch.

The only sports worth watching after 10 is ninja warrior

by Future Ed on Apr 9, 2008 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I watch

with the sound on mute.

The great thing about baseball is that there's a crisis every day. ~Gabe Paul

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

making up the commentary

I assume.

"the sox have had it so tough. Imagin having to travel so much."

"thats right, I know tito won't make excuses, but the team just wants to get home."

by Future Ed on Apr 9, 2008 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

critiquing ugly suits and ties

and I wanted to see Huston get Hurt for the last out-- which Comcast STOLE from me today. Huston looked better than he was blogged. Love AN.

The great thing about baseball is that there's a crisis every day. ~Gabe Paul

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Smith

Seemed Ok.

It will make things interesting when Harden and Duchscherer get back in the rotati.....oh, I crack myself up.

by Future Ed on Apr 9, 2008 10:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

They're comparing him to d'Nard-O

that can't be good.

The great thing about baseball is that there's a crisis every day. ~Gabe Paul

by 149 on Apr 9, 2008 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This was known

Smith's scouting report in the minors said "overachiever, mediocre fastball, but throws strikes and doesn't make mistakes."

Obviously today he made some mistakes, but that's understandable in context.

I mean, the guy was the sixth best piece in a six-man package. And he looks like he might be above replacement level. That's pretty good, to be honest.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Apr 9, 2008 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Another A's pitcher comes from nowhere

Obviously nervous in the first inning, likely still shaken for the next five, Smith held it together. Crosby is unbelievable (as in, I really can't believe he's actually healthy and productive).

by phastphill on Apr 9, 2008 10:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

lol

at the Crosby comment. And at the Blue Jays announcers trying to pronounce "Jairo." ("Jerry-o?")

(Formerly Nobody Girl)
"We are a complete freak show." -- Billy Beane

by day-to-day on Apr 9, 2008 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yie-ro? Yair-o?

I'm totally going to call him Yair-o from now on.

by danmerqury on Apr 10, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Daddy-O!

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

by monkeyball on Apr 10, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Considering that the Mercury News

has laid off tons of staff, they were remarkably fast about getting the Comcast Sucks story up.

The candy and the baseball all night long: )

by Englishmajor on Apr 9, 2008 10:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Technologically impossible?! MY @$$

The Giants own 20 percent of CSNBA, which inevitably leads to the question of whether they receive protected status. Griggs said he asked about moving either the Sharks or the A's to CSN Plus and pushing the Giants off the air entirely for the first few innings, but master control told him that was technologically impossible.

FSNBA had several occurrences where the A's had an early game that ran long, so they started the Giants on FSN+, and switched it over when the A's game ended. I also know that ESPN/ESPN2 has done this as well.

I suspect "master control" is just a euphemism for "Peter Magowan"

CSN should have anticipated this possibility the moment they found out the time of the Sharks game, and had contingency plans in place.

by calgbear on Apr 9, 2008 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gasp!

Crosby has gone seven games without striking out, the longest stretch of his career.

Can we keep small-sample-size Bobby Crosby? Please? -Joey C.

by pam5981 on Apr 10, 2008 12:06 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Amazing.

And here's an astonishing Crosby stat mentioned in the Merc News and confirmed by a glance at the stats page:

AB: 36
K: 1

Those don't look right at all, do they?

by Faust on Apr 10, 2008 4:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also at the bottom of that link

For those of you who thought Rich Harden was done, think again -- he's actually starting both Saturday AND Sunday!

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

by oblique on Apr 10, 2008 7:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Hi, I need to... uh... determination..."

by Jennifer on Apr 10, 2008 7:19 AM PDT up reply actions 5 recs

You'll be at 30,000 in no time!

putting that amount of careful thought into every post

by Faust on Apr 10, 2008 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Somebody rec J's graphic above, pls -- I want to see if he turns green.

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Apr 10, 2008 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks (rats)

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Apr 10, 2008 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I could see how that's possible.

He throws the first pitch on saturday. Leaves with an injury. Wakes up sunday feeling fine. Throws the first pitch sunday. Leaves with a different injury. Wakes up monday feeling fine. Ah what the hell, throws the first pitch monday too. It's even somewhat predictable too.

In search of a new signature. Say something funny and you may see your comment here!

by DMOAS on Apr 10, 2008 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs