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Wrap - Game 109: Red Sox 12, A's 2

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Way back on March 26th of this season Emil Brown squared-up a Jon Lester cut fastball and deposited it into the left-field bleachers in the Tokyo Dome for a 3-run homer that gave the A's an early lead that they would not surrender, en route to a 5-1 victory. Tonight's game began similarly to that Tokyo evening as Emil took a clone of that cut fastball from Lester and blasted it over the Green Monster to give the A's an early 2 run lead. However, in the March 26th winning affair the A's had Rich Harden on the mound...tonight they had Dana Eveland...that being the main difference between that game and this one.

Eveland took the mound in the bottom of the frame, and promptly gave the Red Sox the lead back - plus a couple of insurance runs for good measure - via a Kevin Youkilis 2-run homer and a Jason Bay monster 3-run shot. Fosse called it "demoralizing" for Eveland to fail to shut down the Red Sox lineup after the A's offense jumped out to an early lead...I called it "more of the same" from Eveland. He went on to record a scoreless 2nd inning but then get pounded again for 4 more runs in the 3rd, after which he was lifted for Lenny DiNardo. It was by far the shortest outing of Eveland's season and was an apt punctuation of his month-long tailspin into complete ineffectiveness. As we discussed in the Game Thread, it's probably not worth it to option Eveland to Triple-A at this point in the season, but it's definitely worth it to at least move him to the bullpen and bring up Dan Meyer to take his place in the rotation and see if Meyer has anything to offer this organization before he's Rule 5 eligible this winter and out of options.

The aforementioned Lenny DiNardo chewed 6 innings and saved the A's bullpen tonight, which might have a positive impact on this team's fortunes tomorrow if Dallas Braden finds a way to hand a lead to the pen at some point. And the Big Hurt put a couple of nice swings on a few Lester offerings, collecting two opposite-field line-drive singles in his first 2 at-bats of the game. It's possible that he wasn't BS-ing as much as I thought when he proclaimed that he didn't need any Triple-A at-bats before he could help the team.

In other news:

- Geren indicated before the game that Jerry Blevins and Ziggy might get save opportunities at Street's expense sometime down the stretch. I like the idea for the long-term, but if Beane wants to move Street sooner rather than later and for something of value, then it would be wise for Huston to remain the top-option for saves in the short-term.

- Something to smile about: every loss gets the A's a higher pick in next year's amateur draft. Yippeeeeeee!

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Sadly, no one really wants to talk about this team anymore.

Hope you’re listening Mr. Beane.

"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer

by alox on Aug 2, 2008 7:19 PM PDT   0 recs

Lenny threw a quality start

[Crosby] "Guy that has driven in some big runs for the A's over the years" - Vince Cotroneo

by WaddellCanseco on Aug 2, 2008 7:20 PM PDT   0 recs

I guess it's safe to say,

that August will be as dreadful as July.

"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer

by alox on Aug 2, 2008 7:24 PM PDT   0 recs

Finally, the beating ends

Maybe tomorrow we can sucker punch ‘em and get the win.

The monster at the end of this blog.

by grover on Aug 2, 2008 7:24 PM PDT   0 recs

Meyer's not Rule 5 eligible

He would have to be released or outrighted—guys on a 40-man aren’t Rule 5 eligible.

The A’s can keep him through spring of next year, but at that point they will need to decide whether he makes the MLB team or not.

The functional difference is that they get one more spring to see what he’s got.

In other news, that pythagorean differential sure is shrinking in a hurry.

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by PaulThomas on Aug 2, 2008 7:29 PM PDT   0 recs

I look at him...

....and say to myself: “Will Daric Barton ever get a major league hit again”?

by doubleplayer on Aug 2, 2008 7:35 PM PDT   0 recs

I agree regarding Meyer

He’ll be out of options next year, so let’s see if the guy can stick.

Meyer up, Eveland to the ‘pen (Innings and Ineptitude) DFA DiNardo and send to Sacto if he clears waivers again.

"We've come a long way, and I'm not talking about Virginia Slims, either." - Art Howe

by EastCoastA on Aug 2, 2008 7:39 PM PDT   0 recs

The scary thing is,

This team might need TWO mop-up relievers down the stretch. I’d keep DiNardo and Eveland in the pen for long relief.

"The painting was a gift, Todd. I'm taking it with me." -Wedding Crashers

by notsellingjeans on Aug 2, 2008 8:07 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Manny crushes one

1st as a Dodger.

I hate unproductive outs and the A's are producing them at record production

by Trainman on Aug 2, 2008 7:40 PM PDT   0 recs

That, or he's settling into journeyman status...

re: Eveland, in the A’s news sidebar

The lack of command of late suggests he might be hiding an arm injury.

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

by UncleLeo on Aug 2, 2008 7:59 PM PDT   0 recs

Let's not pull a Chad Gaudin here

Shut his ass down. These games mean nothing.

"The painting was a gift, Todd. I'm taking it with me." -Wedding Crashers

by notsellingjeans on Aug 2, 2008 8:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't think he's hurt

He didn’t have much command earlier when he was getting outs. His pitching throwing is just catching up to him.

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by Nico on Aug 2, 2008 9:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I think his velocity is a little down though

I remember to start the year he was throwing close to 93-94, now he’s sitting at 89-90.

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by baseb3383 on Aug 2, 2008 9:42 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah - could be fatigue

I just don’t buy that he’s injured when he’s never had sufficient command, and when his slider is biting just fine. Slight “dead arm” maybe, but he’s not pitching like someone who is injured as much as he’s pitching like someone who isn’t all that 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 2, 2008 9:46 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

That's what I'm thinking...

...I have not seen anything from him to suggest he’ll ever be anything more than a journeyman pitcher. I think he was pitching above his norm earlier this season, and fooled us.

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

by UncleLeo on Aug 2, 2008 9:59 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Eveland Said he felt really, really good. Best he's thrown in month and a half

Strangely enough, Eveland said he felt “really, really good – even when they were hitting me around. That’s the best I’ve thrown the baseball in a month and a half and to have that outcome is pretty frustrating.”

This little gem was in the SF Chronicle from Susan Slusser

Also said he needs to move hitters off plate.

I say, “Move him off the team before tomorrow”

I hate unproductive outs and the A's are producing them at record production

by Trainman on Aug 2, 2008 10:05 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

No matter how good you are..

Pitchers just have bad days. Now while I dont think Eveland is great or anything, but its just one of those days.

"With 16-year-old Dominican righty Michel Inoa in tow, Gio Gonzalez improving at Triple-A and lefty Brett Anderson carving up Double-Abatters along with Simmons and Trevor Cahill, Oakland’s pitching depthis officially the envy of baseball." - BaseballAmerica.com

by Syphon on Aug 3, 2008 12:34 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I see him as a 5th starter

and those are a dime a dozen. I would trade Eveland for any one of the Angels starting five.

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 2, 2008 10:06 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

agree on that

we have several #5 starters and many #8 hitters.

Please Billy, get us a 3B and a SS like yesterday.

I hate unproductive outs and the A's are producing them at record production

by Trainman on Aug 2, 2008 10:10 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I dont agree..when he had his controll earlier in the year..

he was quite good. He prob getting fatigued and I hope he stays in the rotation and work threw things so hes better for it next year.

"With 16-year-old Dominican righty Michel Inoa in tow, Gio Gonzalez improving at Triple-A and lefty Brett Anderson carving up Double-Abatters along with Simmons and Trevor Cahill, Oakland’s pitching depthis officially the envy of baseball." - BaseballAmerica.com

by Syphon on Aug 3, 2008 12:36 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I haven't seen Eveland pitch in a couple months

This is (essentially) his rookie year. I know we’ve been spoiled in the past (Huddy, Zito, Blanton, heck Haren had more big league innings under his belt when he got to Oakland) but rookies tend to get their ass kicked.

The league has adapted to Eveland, now we get to see if he can adapt to the league.

The monster at the end of this blog.

by grover on Aug 2, 2008 10:16 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I feel all that with Smith and Gallagher

I just don’t see it with Eveland; never really have.

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 2, 2008 10:19 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Will the A's win 70 games this year??

Seeing Embree, Eveland and Street blowing up of late and the offense in full zzzz mode, I am just praying that we can overcome this already and win at least one game per series. This stretch the team is on is really hell. It will be a long month.

Since I live in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, I will pay a bit more attention to the Marlins. They are fun, in the playoff chase and will ease my pain a bit. I love the A’s, they beat many of my expectations (not of late of course) this year and I am excited about what is to come in the next few years. I just hope we can start getting back on track. I look forward to the callups in the near future. GO A’S!!!

The swinging (and missing) A's of 2008!!

by OakFaninFL on Aug 2, 2008 8:12 PM PDT   0 recs

I'm in for the higher draft pick

My call: A’s have the 9th worse record in baseball when all is said and done. Could be even worse though.

Wow, this team is bad and pretty unwatchable. Though as a lifelong A’s fan I was there in the late 70s the mid-80s and the mid-90s, so I’ve seen my share of bad teams.

What’s distinguishing this group is the futility of the offense. They’re just so awful. No one wants to watch any of these guys hit except for maybe one or two.

by RLangford on Aug 2, 2008 8:40 PM PDT   0 recs

Gotta love the story that is the Marlins...

They kinda remind me of the A’s; it’d be pretty cool for them to take the East.

by Pucking Insane on Aug 2, 2008 8:55 PM PDT   0 recs

In the "How About Some Good News?" Department . . . .

. . . . my wife and I saw the Rivercats game last night and were VERY impressed w/ Gio Gonzalez. He threw 8 innings of 2-hit ball, mixing his fastball, change, and offspeed stuff very well. On the one occasion that he walked the leadoff hitter, he quickly got the next three hitters on strikeout, strikeout, flyout. Certainly, one game does not a call-up make, and I gather he’s still got lots to learn, but good times are around the corner, folks. (Of course, this being city blocks and all, that corner is a fur piece [creampuff pun opportunity] but, still . . . .)

"Life without geometry has no point"

by camperdog on Aug 2, 2008 9:11 PM PDT   0 recs

Nice to hear - there is ample pitching around the corner for sure

Too bad about the other part.

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 2, 2008 9:38 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Bottom line is unfortunately

We’re going to have to rush up some hitting prospects to have a chance to compete next year. And where are the options at SS and 3B? Like Nico has said, we could use some hope on the left side of the infield and should have acquired talent in the Blanton/Swisher/Haren/Harden/Kotsay trades.

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by baseb3383 on Aug 2, 2008 9:44 PM PDT   0 recs

I'd feel very differently if we were watching "the future"

struggle while figuring it out. But not only aren’t we, I don’t see that next power hitter or next 3Bman or next SS anywhere in AA or AAA.

I think Gonzalez and Suzuki are keepers; hopefully Barton too if he can get his head straight. Ryan Sweeney I’m just not sold on – I’m hoping to be wrong but my eyes just aren’t impressed.

In the minors, I think Cunningham is a keeper and I hope the A’s extend Ellis – and build a lineup around him that allows him to bat 7th.

That gives you most of, or all of, an outfield, a catcher, a second baseman and maybe a first baseman. And that’s IT. All the way down to Midland – Chris Carter and Adrian Cardenas excite me, but they will not be factors before 2010 at the earliest.

It’s very disappointing, considering all the talent we’ve given up, that this team is not in better shape for 2009, and isn’t putting more “keepers” on the field for us to watch develop, even in Sacramento, in 2008.

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 2, 2008 9:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

When we were going well before the break

I thought there was a possible Division title next season.

Now, Not a shot in hell. Too many holes and like you say, The future is not here learning yet.

There are 10 players on this roster that should not and would not be on a contending team IMO. And that’s being conservative.

I hate unproductive outs and the A's are producing them at record production

by Trainman on Aug 2, 2008 10:08 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Same here...

...I thought a division title was a seriously legitimate possibility for 2009. Now, I’m wondering.

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

by UncleLeo on Aug 2, 2008 10:14 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

My "for the most part I agree" post was supposed to go here.

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

by UncleLeo on Aug 2, 2008 10:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Totally agree

I was trying to write a comment that made this point, but couldn’t put anything cohesive together (not sure why I’m trying right now). I’d have a lot more fun watching if it at least seemed like the front office was trying to implement some sort of plan.

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

by oblique on Aug 2, 2008 10:16 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Actually I missed the part about Sweeney...

so I “totally agree” except for that.

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

by oblique on Aug 3, 2008 7:44 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Gee, this sounds so freakin' familiar!

The monster at the end of this blog.

by grover on Aug 2, 2008 10:17 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Just a year ago...

...people were talking about Barton as if he were the Second Coming of Willie Mays. Fast forward to today, and we’re talking about many of these hawt prospects in much the same manner. I feel good that, because we have so many, that we’ll do well if only half of them pan out, but not all of them will and we need to remember that.

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

by UncleLeo on Aug 2, 2008 10:20 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Hey, I'll let my secret out too.

Ryan is not up there on my list of potentiality gainers either.

alaska A

by ak_A on Aug 2, 2008 10:25 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I can't get past his long swing and the fact that

the ball comes off his bat kind of like..splursh. The one thing I do like is his “all fields” line drive approach. But it makes me think of a good Jason Kendall a lot more than it makes me think of a good Raul Ibañez.

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 2, 2008 10:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Barton & Buck

have been so terrible that they can not be counted on. Their backslide has been the worst part of this season.

I agree on Suzuki and Gonzalez. They have at least shown enough to get excited about. Sweeney could be a premium 4th OFer, but he shouldn’t be counted on to be the lynch pin of the 09 offense given his lack of power and unsustainable hit rate.

Cunningham will be a significant upgrade to the offense.

The good news is that the offense has so many major holes that it will not be difficult to find upgrades.

by DKNJ on Aug 2, 2008 10:02 PM PDT   0 recs

Agree, except that power is not easy to find

The Haren trade was brilliant – we got a true “potential impact player” in Gonzalez, at least one decent starter in Smith, a stud pitching prospect in Anderson, a solid position player prospect in Cunningham, and a true power hitting prospect in Carter. Well done and then some.

The rest of the trades? Each are ok when looked at individually. But in combination, we dealt Swisher, Harden, and Blanton, and got how many potential power hitters? Arguably none, certainly none at the level of even Swisher – and he’s kind of a “poor man’s power hitter”. How many potential replacements for 3B and SS before 2010? None.

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 2, 2008 10:10 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

well at least we have lots of money to spend

should that potential bat be available in 2010. So we have that going for us,.....which is nice

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by norcalfan on Aug 2, 2008 10:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Will they?

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

by UncleLeo on Aug 2, 2008 10:28 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

For the most part, I agree.

Gonzalez and Suzuki are keepers and will continue to improve. I’m not fully soured on Barton, yet, though I’m having frustrations and some doubt is kicking in. I am sold on Sweeney(1), and feel that he will be a solid player, albeit not a superstar or major power threat.

I’m glad we got all this pitching, and it will serve us well, but I believe the time for rebuilding trades is done… unless a serious bat or two is in the return. And I mean a bat that can start contributing at the major league level soon, if not immediately

I’d prefer they re-sign/extend Ellis and Duke, as I’m a big believer that some balance on a team in the form of veteran experience is good for long-term success, and I think those are the right two. From what’s left, anyway.

(1) Notice how nobody even makes a distinction anymore… a sure sign that MSweeney is done, at least for the year, if not for good. On this team, anyway.

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

by UncleLeo on Aug 2, 2008 10:11 PM PDT   0 recs

Duke should

be extended. He has been brilliant and may have the type stuff that will age well.

I am less sure about Ellis. Most of his value is tied up in his defense and he is getting to the age where he may lose some range. I think that this decision will come down to price and number of years.

The Blanton trade looks very good at this point. I think that they sold Harden cheaply given that he can turn a pennant race. Gallagher and spare change seems like an inferior return.

by DKNJ on Aug 2, 2008 10:19 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It won't, though, if his arm falls off in the next month

I think the A’s were banking on that happening and I’m never one to bet against Harden’s ill health.

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 2, 2008 10:21 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

True

but Gaudin seems to have a similiar profile to Gallagher. It is still perplexing that they had to throw him in.

I also don’t trust the A’s medical staff to make the million dollar call on Harden. He is a $15 million pitcher when healthy. There are only a handful of these in the game and he can be very valuable pitching only 100 innings a year.

by DKNJ on Aug 2, 2008 10:32 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

True -but Gaudin is a couple years older than Gallagher,

and the consensus seems to be that Gallagher’s upside is #2 starter, likely #3, while Gaudin is generally regarded as more like a #4.

If Harden somehow stays healthy for the next 1.5 years the A’s medical staff is going to look bad. Or should I say, even worse.

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 2, 2008 10:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

plus gaudin probably wasn't going to still be under contract...

for the projected rise to dominance, either. He only had two years of team control left.

Gallagher gives the A’s six years of team control after this one, meaning he’ll be peaking when the A’s are in their next playoff run.

"The painting was a gift, Todd. I'm taking it with me." -Wedding Crashers

by notsellingjeans on Aug 2, 2008 11:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Don't disagree about Ellis, but...

...diminished range for Ellis is still much better than the vast majority of other players out their. Relatively, he’d still be pretty damn good. I feel his defense and leadership makes him worth it, and the fact that he can be “clutchy” at times, albeit streaky, is an added plus.

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

by UncleLeo on Aug 2, 2008 10:23 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

And the fact that quality 2Bmen, to replace Ellis, don't abound -

either within the organization or from outside.

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 2, 2008 10:26 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

didn't Brown hit a hanging curveball?

Greed and fear cause over-reactions in both directions. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 2, 2008 10:15 PM PDT   0 recs

I'm just hoping Beane gets one of these in the offseason ...

Greed and fear cause over-reactions in both directions. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 2, 2008 10:17 PM PDT   0 recs

Wow - Josh Donaldson 3 for 4 for Stockton tonight,

now batting an even .400 (32/80). Chris Carter went 3 for 5, and Corey Brown HRed twice, Spencer once. Henry Rodriguez walked 3 in 2.1 IP and allowed 3 runs in relief. Stockton outlasted Modesto 12-11.

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 2, 2008 10:49 PM PDT   0 recs

gee whiz, Zito had a good game and a win.

he must have finally got it together….the stars, the planets, the humidity, the right food, the humidity, bio-rhythms, tea leaves, they all were “right”.

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by ak_A on Aug 2, 2008 10:56 PM PDT   0 recs

Oh, the humidity!

Greed and fear cause over-reactions in both directions. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 2, 2008 11:02 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Humidity?

In SF?

In the days of my youth, I was told what it means to be a man. That has little to do with the debacle that happened in Boston this evening.

The good times were Dana’s second inning, Email’s homerun, and Lenny D eating some innings and giving our bullpen some much-needed relief, and Frank had his first hits coming off the DL.. The bad times were essentially everything else. Dana could not have been worse. Well, I guess he could have had his second blow-up in the second instead of the third, but…

These are the kind of games that I really curse Fox over. If this happens in the afternoon, it’s Ak_A-like click-time and I’ve got the rest of the day to pout or get over it or do something else. As it is, I fell asleep watching the A’s just getting stomped like a 1982 frat boy at a DC Bad Brains show, only to wake up at five in the morning, wondering what the hell happened, why I’m so bitter and where the remote is. Ugly game. I’m glad I feel asleep, but I want my eight hours back.

By process of elimination (the only process I endorse), I guess that makes you a piece of lamb. @('.')@

by Leopold Bloom on Aug 3, 2008 2:10 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Other applicable title references....

In My Time of Dying.

What is and What Should Never Be.

Bronyar Stomp (Good for Celtic reference, spelling be damned)

And the most hoped for….The Rain Song.

"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer

by alox on Aug 3, 2008 6:06 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It was against the Padres, though

Most of his wins this year have been against poor teams.

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by Flashfire on Aug 2, 2008 11:44 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Crap.

I told myself that I wouldn’t check in on A’s baseball this weekend and enjoy this mini-roadtrip, but I failed. I should know better than that.

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by Kimberly on Aug 2, 2008 11:09 PM PDT   0 recs

Jason Bay is making Epstein look damn good

I wouldn’t be surprised if he got a five year, 70-80 million extension from the Red Sox this winter.

"The painting was a gift, Todd. I'm taking it with me." -Wedding Crashers

by notsellingjeans on Aug 2, 2008 11:16 PM PDT   0 recs

I would

If he keeps hitting like this, why on earth would he undersell himself like that?

Greed and fear cause over-reactions in both directions. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Aug 2, 2008 11:18 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Lowell did

Boston gets guys to sign for less than top dollar now, apparently. Plus he’d be getting security a year early, before he hits FA.

He shouldn’t quite get market value if he’s signing an extension, otherwise there’s very little incentive for the team to offer it a year early.

What figure do you think would get him extended in the offseason?

"The painting was a gift, Todd. I'm taking it with me." -Wedding Crashers

by notsellingjeans on Aug 3, 2008 9:01 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

36-24-36

and no questions asked?

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 3, 2008 9:29 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

i walked right into that one

"The painting was a gift, Todd. I'm taking it with me." -Wedding Crashers

by notsellingjeans on Aug 3, 2008 9:41 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I hope not.

"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer

by alox on Aug 3, 2008 2:24 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

To compete next year

We need some major upgrades to the offense, especially at SS. How about a trade for a proven SS then? Would JJ Hardy and Corey Hart for Sweeney, Mazzaro, HRod, and Smith/Eveland work for both teams? The Brewers top prospects Alcides Escobar and Matt Gamel will play Hardy and Hart’s respective positions and they get Sweeney in center,a SP to replace Sabathia/Sheets both now and later and a hard throwing prospect in either the rotation or the pen (HRod threw from the bullpen for the first time today). We get two hitters entering their primes who are not studly enough to be untradeable (like Braun) but good enough to put up mid-.850 OPSes.

Along with a couple signings like Giambi and Manny/Burrell/Dunn or a trade for Miggy, I think we could have a good enough offense to compete with our rotation which could add Gio, Simmons, and midseason callups of Anderson and Cahill.

"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton

by vignette17 on Aug 2, 2008 11:26 PM PDT   0 recs