Yankees announcers were all over it

I’m trying to find it on MLB.TV and coming up empty-handed.

even if he’s going to grow up to be a Yankees fan.

He reacted right when the ball dropped and Cust didnt get there…and then looked in the dugout like “why is he out there?”. It looked really bad.

He continues to say good things about Oakland, the team and his time here whenever he comes back and he is extremely friendly to our players…..he and Chavez appear to still be very close. I never got the Giambi hatred.

I just wrote a lengthy comment in the “Expectations Of A Catcher” thread about how I believe it’s silly that Bowen is buried on the bench. He can hit a little and he has decent plate discipline, although he strikes out a lot. Let him start once a week to keep Suzuki, and himself, sharp.

I hate the philosophy of treating a backup catcher as an emergency catcher, and burying him on the bench. This team has an obvious emergency catcher in Barton. Emergency catchers aren’t meant to play stretches of games or even start. They come in if the #1 gets hurt after the #2 pinch hit. They play one game, and hopefully don’t lose it on a passed ball. Then, the next day, someone gets called up from AAA and the #1 either goes on the DL or to the bench. If the A’s started going through catchers like Spinal Tap went through drummers, the emergency catcher would only catch two or three times in any given year. Much more likely, though, is that the emergency catcher will not be needed at all.

(The preceding comment was brought to you by the Bitter Ex-Little League Backup Catchers’ Society, Pacific Division)

Okay!

Lets hope they stick to something heavier.

The only Giant i’ve ever loved

Cust really had to run a long way, and the replay showed that he was trying his hardest. Duke might have overreacted in the heat of the game, but to give him credit, he didn’t get rattled like he did last time, but settled down and got a double play to get out of the inning. Duke is a competitive guy. He would beat up on himself if he give up runs and let his team down. It’s a two-edged sword.

and it was Duke’s own frustration:

June 13th www.sfgate.com
Briefly: Some viewers of Wednesday’s game apparently interpreted Justin Duchscherer’s gesture of disgust at Jason Giambi’s seventh-inning double as directed at left fielder Jack Cust, though the A’s were playing Giambi in an exaggerated shift. Duchscherer said he was reacting because Giambi has his number, adding, “Jason was 9-for-9 off me (5-for-7 actually), and I finally get him to pop up and we’re shifted the other way. And I would never show up Jack – he’s huge.”

Sounds like he has come down w/ some “Unknown Illness”, thus, sucking the life out of his bat. It might be a good time to DL Emil Brown. Active R. Sweeney.

Then, in activating Casilla, I would send down Ziegler (He has options, right???). I would much rather see Kiko Calero or Keith Foulke be traded, but that might be a stretch.

Activating Big Frank would probably mean sending down Gregorio Petit.

if the a’s dfa him someone else will likely pick him up.

exactly as I interprete them. Thanks.

Briefly: Some viewers of Wednesday’s game apparently interpreted Justin Duchscherer’s gesture of disgust at Jason Giambi’s seventh-inning double as directed at left fielder Jack Cust, though the A’s were playing Giambi in an exaggerated shift. Duchscherer said he was reacting because Giambi has his number, adding, “Jason was 9-for-9 off me (5-for-7 actually), and I finally get him to pop up and we’re shifted the other way. And I would never show up Jack – he’s huge.”

he dropped some doozies in March and April, but not only is he catching those now, but he’s making some amazing stops at first too. His hitting is coming around, too. He’ll get hot soon, and before you know it, his average will be up to .270 or so and nobody will have anything to complain about.