fuck foulke! that guy is finished!

I described a few days ago where Gaudin should pitch 2-3 innings. Eveland goes 5.2 IP, A’s lead, you can go to someone also worthy of the rotation and who’s fresh, instead of squeezing outs from a series of flawed pitchers.

Ziggy 3 IP yesterday when he’s on a roll, and Gaudin today, and we may well sweep the series.

(I type like Keith and Alan pitch.)

It’s only going to get worse. he is done.

Fantastic way to end the first half and get some momentum heading towards the ASB.

now Saunders is in line for the win

dammit!

I say no Foulke for you. He has just not done it for us this year. And yes, we are wasting a quality arm in Gaudin.

Did you see Rich Harden and Dana Eveland both shaking their heads in the dugout after the Rivera bomb? I imagine they felt it was coming. Just as we all did.

if the A’s insist on using Foulke why they wouldn’t have left Eveland in for Kotchman at the very least? I’m thoroughly baffled by that.

He would’ve been better than Foulke no doubt today, and Embree last night. But over the long haul we can’t just keep saying use Gaudin (although that may never be the problem if Geren doesn’t use him). The guy can’t come in every single night. We need some help in that bullpen. If Casilla is healthy he’s about the only other guy we can have confidence in the pen. I wonder if Taylor Buchholz might be available???

I just like typing that.

5-4. Saunders about to lose #12.

Yahoo has not updated for a few minutes (since Gonzalez single)

The Angels are pathetic.

This game is comedy.

Game tied, go-ahead run at second.

When Murphy gets the walk, I’m immediately thinking, “Shit, this means a double play.”

the way Geren manages the bullpen. break even, please….

Oh wait, we don’t know how to bunt

Just stopping in during a short break at work ….

That lineup is really funny. Even funnier that we’re only 1 run behind with it.

the math isn’t so hard

Bowen should have gone harder into Figgy there..gave up too quick,

two innings in a row. Pathetic. All he had to do is push a bunt right at Kendrick and it’s tied.

On both sides.

shrug

you got a young pitcher on the ropes, he just walked the batter in front of you but because your a great leadoff hitter with such bat control you swing at the very first pitch you see.

cough choke.

Our entire pen has gone down the crapper. When the A’s start allowing home runs to the Angels and their crappy offense, you know it has to hurt.

I guess we know why Casilla hasn’t been coming in during the difficult situations now.

And what has he done with Casilla?

It’s porno stachio, Aybar and Juan “clank” Rivera.

by a thread. The league has figured him out. The power “threat” prevents pitchers from grooving anything against him-so they nibble. Sometimes they win (league K leader) and sometimes they lose (league BB leader)-but the bottom is he K’s alot more than he W’s.

I just came back to see that we had 1 out, men on 1st and 3rd, the Angels brought in a righty reliever—and Geren didn’t PH one of our multitude of lefties for Rajai?

when all the injuries caught up to us and we were exposed as non-contenders. The team on the field is not a very good team.

And I have an illogical seething hatred of Chad Gaudin.

Scot Shields is pitching

Let’s see how it pans out for the opposition…

Trainer out there

what happened to him?

There goes 2008.

Well, A’s fans, here’s a great and surprising first half. Now, go __ yourselves.

You are injury prone.

The day the injury bug bit hard enough to kill our chances of contending.
(I hope I’m wrong)

I have to wonder if Billy Beane doesn’t just hate baseball.

is worse than not pinch hitting for Rajai earlier.

Nice

Maybe Crosby getting injured, Chavy going back on the DL, Big Hurt’s uncertainty and Ryan Sweeney’s ankle will force the A’s to do some trading with their starting pitching now.

That is, IF they can still get anything for Harden.

KKKKKust.

Beane pull your head out and go get a damn bat