time to go to bed

tomorrow is a new game

... why the hell did we not attempt to steal a bag with Sweeney on and one out?? All of a sudden we’re going to string a couple hits together?? We’re lucky to get one hit an inning, for cryin’ out loud. So Sweeney just sits there and doesn’t budge until there’s two strikes on Bowen. When the team is slumping, you have to try anything to manufacture runs.

Just….

Fuck him. He sucks. He has a .280 something OBP. He’s dogsh*t.

Get well soon, Denorfia/Buck.

Or just have Davis and Sweeney play at the same time. Would that be so bad? Jesus.

lets just be hapoy with good pithing.
just got back frolm the xos game. hammerded.

i knew the offense would be questionable. patience. ,

But the loss clearly rests on the offense’s shoulders. As I said during the game thread, the approach at the plate is atrocious. Over the past few games we’re getting into good hitter’s counts (3-1 and 2-0) and then swinging at bad pitches and grounding out feebly or popping up. Granted a lot of these hitters are young, but you should have an idea by the age of 24 or 25 that when you’ve got a pitcher on the ropes you do not bail him out repeatedly. Scott Kazmir did not have good stuff tonight. His fastball was topping out at 92 and he was leaving a lot of those meatballs right over the heart of the plate. We either laid off those pitches or just swung right through them. Van Burkleo better be working with these guys to improve the mental side of hitting or the season could go down the drain in a hurry and he could find himself in the enemployment line very soon.

Smith looked good though but he shouldn’t have gone out to start the 8th. Not that it really matters, you can’t score 1 run through 8 innings and expect to win very often.

3 errors in the game… this is not A’s baseball. I’d rather see them lose 1-0 and play solid D. I really like the idea of having Davis play OF for the rest of the season and dumping Email before his numbers start to get crappier.

Smith gets the loss, not Devine because Smith was “responsible” for 2 of the 3 runners that scored. Of course we all know who was really “responsible” . . . or should it be “irresponsible.”

Time to cut and run on Emil. Put in Davis and Sweeney and let them play daily. Very frustrating game. Nice homer by Frank, though.

then restless, I got up to get me a little Nico game-wrap read. very good. night.

You said it all , Nico.

At this point we have no choice but to bring these guys up and let them get there feet wet in the majors, well buck as already, this is a rebuilding year, so cut soem ties with these older players and bring up the young kids.

...But Bonds would have made that catch. Just saying…

Take Cust and Brown into the outfield at night and hit them each 100 fly balls.
Why is it the opposition can see and catch the ball at night and we are blinded? Some home field advantage.
Also trying coaching Suzuki , Sweeny and Crosby on base running…..

“losing the ball in the lights” isn’t an error. That’s like saying, “I can’t help it if the ball just clanks off my glove.” Or, “I can’t help it that I took the wrong angle to the ball.”
I have no idea how that “explanation” warrants changing the play from an error to a hit.
The way you position yourself, the way in which you charge the ball, the way in which you hold your glove, these all determine whether or not you lose the ball in the lights. It was a horrible error on a very playable ball. I would rather Brown just admit that and move on.
When Suzuki got thrown out rounding second the other day, he said, “There is no excuse for it, so I won’t offer one. It was a horrible mistake, and it won’t happen again.” Then he shut the hell up. That’s what I want a player to do when he butchers a routine play. Tell us you sucked, and then shut up.