Captain Kirk Beams Down to Save A's After Duke Leaves With an Injury
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Nice little start to the series. I sure wish the post ASB started
this way : – 0
Looking forward to Spring Training and the hope of another World Series title.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 18, 2008 8:10 PM PDT 0 recs
Can I just say
. . . A win! Woohooo!
A lot of guys ignore the laugh, and that's about standards.~Dr. Horrible
by lynnzgal on Aug 18, 2008 8:12 PM PDT 0 recs
Forgot, almost
A’s win!! REALLY! YAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOO!!!
"You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart."
Fred Allen
by One won lost won on
Aug 18, 2008 8:15 PM PDT
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It will be the first of many
We must be patient.
A lot of guys ignore the laugh, and that's about standards.~Dr. Horrible
by lynnzgal on
Aug 18, 2008 8:16 PM PDT
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You are correct!! Optimism!
I’m calling it! 8-2 road trip! Who’s with me??!!
"You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart."
Fred Allen
by One won lost won on
Aug 18, 2008 8:27 PM PDT
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You so crazy.
"I'm telling you, I can't wait to put on that white uniform," Gonzalez said. "That will be the prettiest uniform I'll ever see."
by pam5981 on
Aug 18, 2008 8:29 PM PDT
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Thats fine, I am an optimist.
And no, it may not happen this year or next. But I’m not giving up on my team just because we’re not all that we can be right now. Its how I’m built, and its how our team has been built. My bad?
A lot of guys ignore the laugh, and that's about standards.~Dr. Horrible
by lynnzgal on
Aug 18, 2008 8:40 PM PDT
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True
but it hasn’t affected my excessive drinking! *8^d
"You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart."
Fred Allen
by One won lost won on
Aug 18, 2008 9:47 PM PDT
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Small steps here.
A lot of guys ignore the laugh, and that's about standards.~Dr. Horrible
by lynnzgal on Aug 18, 2008 8:12 PM PDT 0 recs
So Beane was prescient
about not signing Duke mid-season..indicating a full season was the way to get a munificent contract…
Now, we wait for the medical…
…AGAIN!!!!!
"You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart."
Fred Allen
by One won lost won on Aug 18, 2008 8:13 PM PDT 0 recs
A'S WIN!!!!!!!!!!
WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!
Sorry. I’ve been wanting to do that for weeks.
by #14fan on Aug 18, 2008 8:43 PM PDT 0 recs
Not even a week
are we improving?
A lot of guys ignore the laugh, and that's about standards.~Dr. Horrible
by lynnzgal on
Aug 18, 2008 8:45 PM PDT
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Or ist it just MN?
A lot of guys ignore the laugh, and that's about standards.~Dr. Horrible
by lynnzgal on
Aug 18, 2008 8:48 PM PDT
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Good thing we didn't deal Duke mid season for prospects!
yep
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by Zonis on Aug 18, 2008 8:47 PM PDT 0 recs
I have no idea how bad Duke's injury is or isn't,
but can I at least remind AN that Gallagher missed a start and was “going to be out forever as they sky fell” – then returned five days later feeling fine (his poor pitching had nothing to do with his shoulder; it had more to do with his being 22).
It’s not that shocking that after throwing 150 innings a few months following hip surgery, the hip might finally balk (luckily not in the 14th inning in Seattle). It doesn’t mean Duchscherer’s career is over or that having him in the rotation in 2009 will not be a good thing.
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
Aug 18, 2008 8:56 PM PDT
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We don't really
know the reason for Gallagher’s poor pitching.
by IM4Oakgal on
Aug 19, 2008 1:08 AM PDT
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We don't even know that Beane was offered anything
My bet is that if he was offered anything, it was garbage and I’d rather have nothing than garbage because if you have nothing, you don’t have to worry about how to get rid of the garbage,
by Blez on
Aug 18, 2008 9:22 PM PDT
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Ooh, that reminds me -
I need to take out the Rhodes.
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
Aug 18, 2008 9:25 PM PDT
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Exactly
And don’t forget to take out the cans too. They’re in the Redman.
by Blez on
Aug 18, 2008 9:26 PM PDT
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Thanks - I'll even forego the rest of the basketball game
After all, it’s just “Kendall time” anyway.
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
Aug 18, 2008 9:27 PM PDT
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Oh, did you say Charles Thomas or Juan Cruz?
I must have misheard because I thought you said Dan Meyer.
"The two of them deserve each other. One's a born liar, the other's convicted."
by SwampyD on
Aug 19, 2008 10:28 AM PDT
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I would doubt that all he was offered was garbage.
My guess is that Duke was pretty highly valued by Beane and he just wasn’t offered enough for him. But c’mon…I know people here love Duke and he’s been great for us…but he does have a very significant injury history…and he’s not young. Let another team take a chance on him next year.
by IM4Oakgal on
Aug 19, 2008 1:13 AM PDT
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Well, the Duke for Fields/Poreda deal was about to happen
Then Joe Crede went on the DL and the White Sox called up Fields (and he was terrible and they shipped him out pretty quickly, but after the deadline).
by thejd44 on
Aug 19, 2008 1:15 AM PDT
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Maybe it's just the pruno talking
but the Kirk kallup seems suspiciously well-timed vis the Duke injury.
Arte didn't get much Home Run Derby. He was dug in too deep or moving too fast. His idea of great R&R was cold rice and a little rat meat.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Aug 18, 2008 8:53 PM PDT 0 recs
I think it was more the fact that Meyer had pitched so much recently
he was going to be unavailable for at least two games and that left the A’s literally without a long reliever – and with a rotation that includes a pair of 22 year olds, and four rookies, you can’t assume that you won’t need a long reliever.
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
Aug 18, 2008 8:58 PM PDT
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Well there was that.
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
Aug 18, 2008 9:20 PM PDT
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i gotta admit, i don't really understand that conspiracy theory
are you suggesting they had duke fake an injury so they could DL him, or that duke was already injured but they had him pitch 2 2/3 innings anyways?
you think that’s more likely than calling up saarloos because dan meyer pitched 3 of the last 4 games?
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
Aug 18, 2008 9:02 PM PDT
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I thought it was that they had Duke intentionally injure himself
so they could justify pitching Saarloos, which they wanted to do because “double-vowels are cool, and Saarloos has two of them.”
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
Aug 18, 2008 9:05 PM PDT
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Double vowels ARE cool
If Kirk also had an umlaut he’d be unhittable.
I just meant to intimate, sourcelessly, that maybe the A’s knew Duke was sore already…lying about injuries being this team’s de facto “simplest explanation.”
Arte didn't get much Home Run Derby. He was dug in too deep or moving too fast. His idea of great R&R was cold rice and a little rat meat.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on
Aug 18, 2008 9:14 PM PDT
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I've used Los Kirk as inspiration for many a video game name.
It usually gets the job done
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on
Aug 18, 2008 9:22 PM PDT
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Yes yes, vowels are the new OBP
Consonants are over valued. Sorry Duke.
by mikedaviswhereareyou on
Aug 18, 2008 10:12 PM PDT
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I'm thinking it's more likely that
Duke just experienced problems in his problem hip once more on a poor mound in Minnesota. Shocker someone getting hurt at the Metrodome.
by Blez on
Aug 18, 2008 9:23 PM PDT
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It may have been a wise precaution
It could be that Duchscherer had some doubts about his readiness so Saarloos was called up for a possible emergency start/ long relief stint. Meyer just pitched Sunday so he wouldn’t be available tonight. If Duchscherer is okay and Saarloos isn’t needed right away, there’s no harm done. Meyer didn’t do anything to cement a spot on the Oakland roster. If Duchscherer is hurt, Saarloos can step in and Meyer can be recalled. Seems okay to me — if that’s what happened.
Root for the Giants? Not even if they're playing al-Qaeda!
by Monday Fan on
Aug 18, 2008 10:27 PM PDT
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It appears the soreness first surfaced the start before
And he tried to pitch through it.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on
Aug 19, 2008 7:59 AM PDT
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Here's some double good news from Sacramento:
- Dana Eveland: 6 IP, 2 hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K (76 pitches, 62 strikes).
- Aaron Cunningham: 2 for 2 with a BB and a HR (#3 since joining the Rivercats).
Also, Chris Denorfia is 2 for 4, which I believe marks his 6th consecutive multi-hit game; he is now batting .297. And Danny Putnam has a HR, his 15th.
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 Aug 18, 2008 9:04 PM PDT 0 recs
I was just typing similar info
but not in the detail you have.
Cunningham is doing great.
Dana needs to do that more than 1 start as his other starts down there have been crappy. I don’t really want to see him back up here until next year in ST.
I hate unproductive outs and the A's are producing them at record production
by Trainman on
Aug 18, 2008 9:07 PM PDT
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I agree he needs to do this for several starts - what's most
encouraging, though, is the 0 BBs and the high percentage of strikes. Thing is, he’s always had pretty low BB numbers in the minors. My suspicion is that he didn’t throw a lot of strikes in the minors, but hitters chased a lot more pitches. Whereas with Greg Smith, my suspicion is he threw a lot more strikes in the minors and doesn’t feel he can come after hitters as aggressively in the bigs.
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
Aug 18, 2008 9:24 PM PDT
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I think this is pretty accurate
Which is why I get so annoyed during game threads of Smith starts when people yell to challenge hitters with a BP fastball. He just needs to get a little better with the control and he can be a pretty solid, if not spectacular, pitcher.
by thejd44 on
Aug 19, 2008 1:19 AM PDT
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I somewhat agree but...
…at some point, he has to throw strikes. If he can’t throw his other pitches for strikes, I’d rather see him throw that BP fastball early than on a 2-0 or 3-1 count when the hitter is sitting on it. He can’t afford to continue pitching from behind in the count and walking so many hitters. He’ll struggle to reach the fifth inning. Nor can he expect the umpires to give him the Jimmy Key/Tom Glavine strike zone.
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by Monday Fan on
Aug 19, 2008 10:25 AM PDT
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I agree - I prefer the mentality of
“If you’re gonna get me, get me on the first pitch.” For one thing, if the hitter gets out – even on a hard hit ball – your pitch count is way down. You’re also working ahead in the count as a rule, so hitters have more pressure to swing early in the count. And once you’ve established that you throw strikes early and often, you’ll get hitters expanding the strike zone earlier in the count because they’re looking to swing.
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
Aug 19, 2008 10:48 AM PDT
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First pitch strike and attacking/challenging hitters aren't exactly the same though
Of course the first pitch strike is important, especially for him. I want him to do that, too. What I don’t want is what seems to be the call from many people, and that’s to go after hitters like he has Randy Johnson stuff. Generally, he has to nibble at the edges of the strike zone. He just has to get better at that. Or he can start throwing 5 mph harder. That would help.
by thejd44 on
Aug 19, 2008 2:04 PM PDT
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I hope Eveland keeps it up
In which case we should def. call him up after the AAA playoffs.
Cunningham is looking more and more for-real.
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on
Aug 18, 2008 9:24 PM PDT
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Cunningham...hmmm
I think there was a “Cunningham” branch in my family tree around 1840.
Maybe we’re related, and I can hit him up for some “comp” tickets!
Of course, go back to about 1280 A.D. in the family tree, and I probably can produce “relatives” for half of the MLB rosters as well as 40% of the AN members!
"You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart."
Fred Allen
by One won lost won on
Aug 18, 2008 9:58 PM PDT
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Back in 1840's there was a Cunningham family tree, and someone from my
family tree….. well never mind
by theblackpearl on
Aug 19, 2008 9:01 AM PDT
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Would a walk off grand slam constitute reparations?
Of course, that’s going to be an awful lot of pressure on Aaron.
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
Aug 19, 2008 9:17 AM PDT
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Well, maybe they can use my 40 acres to finally build a damn
stadium. You can have the mule, of course.
by theblackpearl on
Aug 19, 2008 9:24 AM PDT
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QOTM
There were a lot of stupid, long confusing words that I’m sure normal people don’t use. @('.')@
by monkeyball on
Aug 19, 2008 9:35 AM PDT
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We already had
the mule.
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
by 5Aces on
Aug 19, 2008 1:30 PM PDT
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I'm hoping Cunningham keeps doing well
so we can see him a bit in less than two weeks.
Can you believe the September call-ups are almost here already? Sheesh.
by Blez on
Aug 18, 2008 9:24 PM PDT
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Time flies when your favorite team sucks at baseball
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on
Aug 18, 2008 9:28 PM PDT
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62/76 strikes = nice.
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
by oblique on
Aug 18, 2008 9:43 PM PDT
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I might have mistyped that - my recollection
is that it was 52/76. Anyway, the final line is below and is accurate – and is very good.
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
Aug 18, 2008 9:48 PM PDT
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A's win!
I’m sad about Duke, but hopefully Nico is right and it’s just a little sore. Go A’s!
by A'sfansince1970 on Aug 18, 2008 9:26 PM PDT 0 recs
"I hope it's just a little sore"
didn’t help me the last time I was tested for Herpes.
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
Aug 18, 2008 9:28 PM PDT
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Well,
You’re exceptsorenal.
A lot of guys ignore the laugh, and that's about standards.~Dr. Horrible
by lynnzgal on
Aug 18, 2008 9:31 PM PDT
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According to ESPN wrap
Duke is flying home to have it examined.
Also B. J. Upton is in the doghouse with his teammates for another base running blunder and not hustling. Cliff Floyd said the players are going to handle it
I hate unproductive outs and the A's are producing them at record production
by Trainman on
Aug 18, 2008 9:30 PM PDT
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Buy low on Upton!
Duke will be buried by Thursday.
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
Aug 18, 2008 9:32 PM PDT
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Is that a new form of treatment
It will keep the hip from any movement, that’s for sure
I hate unproductive outs and the A's are producing them at record production
by Trainman on
Aug 18, 2008 9:34 PM PDT
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Cliff Floyd.....uh oh!
Isn’t he the guy Mark Mulder said everyone was afraid of, back when Cliff Floyd was in HS??
Bigger, meaner, hit the baseball at about 120mph back through the box…
"You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart."
Fred Allen
by One won lost won on
Aug 18, 2008 9:52 PM PDT
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Update on Eveland - final line tonight:
8 IP, 2 hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K (98 pitches, 66 strikes).
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 Aug 18, 2008 9:37 PM PDT 0 recs
Who did he face, Tucson?
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by Flashfire on
Aug 18, 2008 9:39 PM PDT
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Ah, Tacoma
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by Flashfire on
Aug 18, 2008 9:39 PM PDT
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I'd compromise a lot on the MLB line for that 0 BB part
Anyone know whether it was getting swinging strikes outside the zone (less likely to translate to MLB) or actually pounding the zone (which just means he needs to be FITZ in the bigs)?
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
by nevermoor on
Aug 18, 2008 9:41 PM PDT
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Oh, and Jared Lansford pitched his 17th scoreless inning
tonight for Midland: 17 IP, 8 hits, 0 ER, 6 BB, 16 K. Right handed batters are hitting .100 against him.
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 Aug 18, 2008 9:40 PM PDT 0 recs
Looks like Kirk's fantasyland resume was a big hit
What are those people, sick?
"You can throw your cocks if I don't care!" - Iggy Pop
by AlamedaAphid on Aug 18, 2008 11:01 PM PDT 1 recs
Guffaw
Arte didn't get much Home Run Derby. He was dug in too deep or moving too fast. His idea of great R&R was cold rice and a little rat meat.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on
Aug 18, 2008 11:35 PM PDT
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+1
Well played.
"I'm going to take a camera crew and march into Billy Beane's office and demand to know why instituting his newfangled cost-saving measures means that the run manufacturing plant had to get shut down." FJM
by Elvez on
Aug 18, 2008 11:55 PM PDT
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You come push it!
Polynesian Sauce may not be available in all locations.
by Englishmajor on
Aug 19, 2008 9:15 AM PDT
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AN Box Score
I like how the AN box score on the front page lists the 10th inning. It’s as if AN’s program expected us to blow it in the ninth. A’s don’t blow save? Does not compute! Does not compute!
by Deep Puddle on Aug 18, 2008 11:12 PM PDT 0 recs
Strange lines for A's minor leaguers today
Travis Banwart in Stockton: 4 IP 6H 3ER 2 BB 8 (!) K
Shawn Haviland in Vancouver: 4 IP 4H 3ER 3BB 10 (!!) K
Also Tyson Ross pitched today and got hammered. Jesus Guzman again played at SS in the AZL and homered (in the same game, Dixon did the same; Leyja didn’t play for the second day in a row). If Guzman follows Baisley’s path, he’ll stay in Arizona for 6 games before going back to Sacramento. But with Petit, Baisley, and Donnie Murphy at AAA (and Patterson/Pennington in Oakland), the IF is crowded. Will Petit get called up soon? Or does Guzman stay in AZ until rosters expand?
Only other MILB stats of notes. Both Italiano and HRod threw 2 innings in relief in Stockton and each struck out 3 and allowed no hits. Italiano gave up a walk. The A’s have huge depth of relief prospects. Both Midland and Stockton have a trio of good relief prospects: Andrew Carignan, Andrew Bailey, and Lansford in AA, and Demel, Italiano, and HRod in A. Also, token callup and 27th round pick Justin Murray pitched a scoreless inning and was rewarded with a second win in AA.
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